The United States should suspend military aid to Uganda over the government’s human rights record, the U.S. lawyer for a prominent critic of President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday. The call broadened criticism of the government by opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician known by his stage name Bobi Wine. Authorities charged Kyagulanyi with treason

Djibouti – Djibouti and Eritrea have reached an early agreement to curb the conflict over the border between the two countries. The two sides, based on the Eritrean occupation of the Eritrean invasion of the Dumera, resulted in the withdrawal of troops from the Asmara military force and raided  Djiboutian border. After a long time, Eritrea

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey Turkish security forces confiscated cannabis roots and hashish in southeastern Turkey, the local governorship said on Wednesday. Diyarbakir Governor’s Office said in a statement that the Turkish army conducted an anti-terror operation against PKK terrorists in Lice and Hani districts of the Diyarbakir province between Sept. 2 and 5. A total of 218,500

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines A second bomb blast killed one person and injured 13 others injured in the town of Isulan in southern Philippines Sultan Kudarat province Sunday night. According to initial updates from the Philippine National Police (PNP), the blast occurred inside a computer shop and killed an 18-year-old man who was brought to the

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen admitted Saturday that “mistakes” had been made in an August airstrike on Yemen that killed 51 people including 40 children. An official said an investigation by the coalition had found “mistakes” were made in the strike on a crowded market in northern rebel-held Yemen, adding that those responsible must

PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said. Any sign that Iran is preparing a

The Gulf of Aden is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, connecting Europe with the Middle East. The US Navy seized hundreds of small arms, including AK-47s, from an unflagged boat in the Gulf of Aden, a US defence official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incident took

A 23-year-old man was killed after community members from White City in Soweto on Wednesday went on the rampage‚ looting foreign-owned shops amid allegations that they sold expired food and items with counterfeit labels. In a bid to protect his shop‚ a shop owner was alleged to have opened fire‚ killing one person – identified

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday called on Security Council member states to urge Myanmar to cooperate in solving the humanitarian crisis experienced by Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Guterres described the situation as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian and human rights crises” in an address to the Security Council. “I ask members of the

Ottawa — The number of people seeking asylum in Canada is rising “far beyond” what the existing system can handle, according to a recent letter from Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussein obtained by the National Post. “Without changes to improve efficiency and productivity of the asylum process, wait times and backlogs will only continue to grow,”