Kampala — Forum for Democratic Change  founding president Kizza Besigye has accused the government of interfering with his digital communications, including deleting “some of my Ugandan Twitter followers”. Dr Besigye told Daily Monitor by telephone yesterday that in the last few months, his more than 20,000 Twitter following has been dropping by 200 or 500

The United Nations Human Rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein arrives in Ethiopia today for his second official trip in under a year. The visit is on the invitation of the host government, his office confirmed late last week. He is due to hold talks with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and also attend

Yemen’s Houthi rebels condemned the United Arab Emirates’ recent moves to interfere in the internal affairs of Somalia and voiced its support for the East African country. “We announce our support for our brothers in Somalia and condemn all the UAE regime meddling in Somalia’s affairs,” the chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee,  Mr .Mohammed

Ethiopia’s parliament, the House of Peoples’ Representatives, has chosen a former Minister of Women’s Affairs, as its new speaker, state-affiliated FANA Broadcasting Corporate reports. The report confirms earlier rumours that Mrs Muferiat Kamil was set to be named speaker. She replaces Abadula Gemeda who has been in the role since 2010. It remains to be

At least 15 people have died in various parts of the country following heavy rains which entered their third day yesterday. At least 250 houses in Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and Arusha were destroyed in the downpours, and the number looked set to go up as authorities continued to carry out a countrywide assessment. The

The 29th Arab League Summit was attended by the leaders of the Arab world today officially opened in the city of Dhahran  in Saudi Arabia. Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is not involved in the Qatari issue, because of the disagreement between the Gulf Arab countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain in the

Syria- The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites. The strikes were in response to a suspected chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week. Explosions hit the capital, Damascus, as well as two locations near the city of

Tanzania’s government has approved a law that will regulate content posted online, introducing fees for bloggers and online media in addition to policing morals and authenticity of social media users. The regulation known as the Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations 2018, was initially published by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and came

The government has proposed a daily taxation of Shs100 on all social media users.While addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre today, the State Minister for Planning, Mr David Bahati said the Shs100 will be charged daily on each SIM card that uses internet for social media. President Museveni recently revealed he was planning to introduce

ANKARA-Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has urged the U.S. and Russia to stop “fighting like street bullies”. Speaking at the Gebze Technical University in northwestern Kocaeli province Wednesday, Yildirim said: “‘I have better missiles’ one says. The other says ‘my missiles are better’. They are fighting like street bullies.” The Turkish premier’s remarks came after U.S.