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By APN Reporter Kabale A section of the Kabale –Katuna road has been destroyed by landslides paralyzing traffic along the road that is a a gate way to neighboring Rwanda. The landslides destroyed a section at Kyonyo in Katuna town council-Ndorwa West-Kabale district. The cracks started emerging following heavy rains in the area. Uganda National […]
By APN Reporter Kisoro Police in Kisoro district is investigating circumstances under which a new born baby was murdered and buried in a bean garden. According to police, on 12th this month, Jackline Mahirwe and Mathius Sebahire, all residents of Butuga village, Rwingi parish, Nyakabande sub-county, conspired and killed their baby and buried it in […]
By Jean Ndahimana Kigali Police in Rulindo District arrested four people on Saturday, who were trafficking 80kilograms of cannabis. The narcotics were being trafficked in a vehicle, Toyota Collora plate number RAB 306N, which was also impounded. Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Hamdun Twizeyimana, the Police spokesperson for the Northern region, identified the suspects as […]
Two British tourists, who were kidnapped last Friday in Virunga National Park, were released Sunday (May 13th), sources at the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) said. Unidentified gunmen kidnapped them between Kilimanyoka and Kibumba in Nyiragongo territory (North Kivu). ICCN sources indicate that it is currently difficult to decide on the terms of their […]
By APN Reporter Mbarara Court in Mbarara has again remanded 45 Rwandan nationals accused of terrorism. The suspects appeared on Monday morning before the Mbarara Grade one magistrate, Sanyu Mukasa for the mention of their case. During the mention of the case, The defense lawyers, Franco Barenkensi from Legal Aid project Mbarara and Innocent Okong […]
By Racheal Nakassi Kampala The East African Legislative Assembly has been tasked to implement both the Monitory Union and common market protocol while in their five year term in office. The Speaker of Parliament of Uganda Rebecca Kadaga while opening the fourth sitting one day orientation of the Assembly asked the regional assembly to foster […]
By Jean Ndahimana Kigali Police in Kigali is holding a 33-year old man after he was caught red-handed with counterfeit Euros amounting to 500. The suspect was arrested recently in Nyabugogo bus terminal, acting on information shared by a forex bureau agent, according to Senior Supt. Emmanuel Hitayezu, the Police spokesperson for the City of […]
By APN&Agencies At least a dozen soldiers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile eastern borderlands where the army is battling Ugandan Islamist rebels, Congolese security and diplomatic sources said on Friday. The armies of Congo and Uganda launched a military offensive last month against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who were suspected […]
By Jean Ndahimana President Paul Kagame today received in his office at Village Urugwiro in Kigali former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is in Rwanda on a two-day private visit, the President’s Office has said. Sarkozy, who served as French president from 2007 to 2012 during which time he visited Rwanda – the only French […]
By Jean Ndahimana Kigali About 3200 liters of locally made illicit brew was seized in a Police-led operation in Rulindo District, recently. The psychotropic substances were d disposed of in Bushoki Sector presence of hundreds of residents as police and local leaders conveyed the message against the criminal practice. The substances were seized from two […]
