John Magufuli Tanzania’s Dr John Magufuli is set to renegotiate a deal his country made with a Chinese Company to build a port in one of his many seashores as he said the deal settled for in 2013 is equivalent to selling their country to China. According to Hit In Juba, the Tanzanian govt had signed a deal with China Merchants Holdings International, China’s which meant the Chinese would build a port in Bagamoyo and a special economic zone to transform the country into a regional trade and transport hub. Tanzanian Parliament in May 2019 was now questioning Magufuli’s stance…
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A man has been jailed for more than 15 years for burning a gay pride flag. Adolfo Martinez, 30, admitted stealing it from a church and setting it alight in June of this year. He was was found guilty last month of a hate crime, third-degree harassment, and reckless use of fire as a habitual offender,’ according to the Des Moines Register. The rainbow flag, which read “God is still speaking,” was hung above the doorway of the Ames United Church of Christ. Police arrested Martinez outside Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club, where they found him yelling while setting the LGBTQ…
Police has arrested two men on allegations of creating a fake facebook account in the names of the Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi and fleeced the public of millions of shillings. The two men identified as Iddi Bategeka and Mark Mutebi were arrested from Mpasan in Kukumiro District by detectives from CID. “The duo has been arrested after a vigorous investigation conducted by our detectives, following a spurious post on a pseudo-Facebook account that was created in the names of Vice president of the republic of Uganda, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi,” said the CID spokesperson, Charles Twine. These, he said would…
Ethiopia’s first satellite was sent into space on Friday, a landmark achievement for the ambitious country that also caps a banner year for Africa’s involvement in space. A Chinese Long March 4B rocket hoisted the first Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS-1) aloft from the Taiyuan space base in northern China. Scores of Ethiopian and Chinese officials and scientists gathered at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre outside the capital, Addis Ababa, early Friday to watch a live broadcast. The 70-kilogramme (154-pound) satellite was developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology with the help of 21 Ethiopian scientists, according to…
Uganda Police have launched an inquiry into the killing of a Chinese national only identified as Fan. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, said Fan’s death was brought to police’s attention on Friday morning by his colleague, Zhang Chunmu. According to Zhang’s statement, recorded at Jinja Road Police Station, Fan was killed by three men and a woman who raided their home in Mbuya II zone at around 2 a.m. The thugs allegedly broke into the house, tied Fan with ropes, beat him while demanding that he reveals where he had put some items. Zhang, who in his statement…
Comparitech and security researcher Bob Diachenko have uncovered a database containing more than 267 million Facebook users’ data that was left exposed online, with not even a password preventing unauthorized access to it. The Elasticsearch cluster contained user IDs, phone numbers, and names of mostly US-based users. According to Diachenko, who examined the evidence, the data likely came from “an illegal scraping operation or Facebook API abuse by criminals in Vietnam.” It was left exposed for nearly two weeks starting December 4, and is now unavailable – but not before it was allegedly shared as a download on a hacker…
Arsenal has confirmed the appointment of Mikel Arteta as their new manager replacing compatriot Emery on a three and a half year contract . The 37 year old Spaniard arrives at the Emirates following a successful spell as the Assistant coach of Man city . During his three and a half year spell at the Etihad, he led the blues to two consecutive premier league trophies. He’s believed to have been a key figure under Guardiola and is credited with development of several youngsters like Rahim sterling and Lorey Sane. Arsenal will hope he transfers those skills to youngsters at…
The General Court Martial sitting at Makindye has sentenced the four people to death by hanging for killing two mobile money operators in Zzana, Wakiso District. Among those sentenced include; two former UPDF soldiers, Private Bob Anichan and Private Dennis Mangusho. Others are Stanley Mulunda and Issa Ntale. The group was found guilty of killing Harriet Nalwadda and her employee Moureen Nakabuubi before taking off with about Shs6 million. Lt Gen Andrew Gutti who chairs the Army Court while sentencing the group held that, Private Anichan is not a first time offender while Private Mangusho and Ntale have been in…
A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule. Such a verdict is a first in a country with a history of army rule. The military reacted angrily, saying legal process “seems to have been ignored”. The general seized power in a 1999 coup and was president from 2001 to 2008. The penalty is unlikely to be carried out. Gen Musharraf was allowed to leave Pakistan in 2016 and is in Dubai. The high treason charge has been pending since 2013. It relates to Gen Musharraf’s…
Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom has ordered for the registration of members belonged to a particular clan as it used to be during the period of our ancestors. The Kabaka made the remarks while speaking at a meeting with clan leaders at Bulange Mengo. He urged all the clan leaders to revive the norm of registering all its members right from the family level so that the kingdom is well acquainted with the total population its people for easy planning. He noted that the methodology that will be applied in the registration of all the members should…