A Tanzanian lady was arrested in Dar es Salaam suspected of killing her mother in the United States then fled to Tanzania. Wyluva Ngongoseke’s mother Catherine Ngongoseke (60) was found dead at her home in Texas with stabbed wound and her daughter the main suspect. Tanzania Police force is working closely with police forces in...
Ship carrying ‘nuclear waste’ to Tanzania detained in Mombasa: Officials still investigating
The Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) confirmed it has secured the cargo ship MV Piraeus Voy in Mombasa heading to Tanzania carrying harmful radioactive. The cargo on board the MV Piraeus Voy was detained after Kenya’s Health ministry raised the alarm that it was carrying radioactive material disguised as padlocks and other hardware items. Officials...
Uganda uses drones for HIV medicine supply
Poor infrastructures have long affected medical supplies to remote areas in Uganda, due to that conundrum, Uganda has finally opted to put on a trial customized drones to deliver HIV drugs to designated patients in rural hamlets in Bugala Island. This trial program gears toward improving the transportation of medicines in Uganda. The program is funded...
Understanding the EAC and East Africa
When one hears of East Africa, there are only a few countries that come to mind, i.e. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi meanwhile the region comprises many other countries and some mix between East Africa and East African Community (EAC). EAC was established with the aim is to widen and deepen economic, political, social,...
UN special rapporteur face a ban in Burundi
Burundi’s government has made it clear that it will never allow the appointed United Nations (UN) human rights rapporteur into the country. The country’s Foreign Minister, Albert Shingiro told reporters and separately told diplomats in a meeting that Burundi would “never” allow the special rapporteur to investigate the country, reported the Associated Press. The UN...
How to budget your December salary and escape Njaanuary
January is right around the clock with many still on their last-minute plan on how to spend their Christmas and New year. The gap between January to February feels like three months as these last-minute plans tend to cost many financially. In Africa, Christmas and new year are not holidays if they do not involve...
South Africa president tests positive for Covid
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa is currently under self-isolation after he tested positive with Covid-19. According to the Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, the president started feeling ill after he left a state memorial service held in honour of former deputy president FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier on Sunday. Ramaphosa has...