Kanungu Red Cross Official in trouble for obtaining money by false pretense

By APN Reporter Rogers Kumbuka, an employee of Red Cross Kanungu branch is in trouble for allegedly obtaining money by false pretense. Kumbuka, a resident of Kibimbiri parish,Kihihi sub county…

Bishop Patrick Tugume named caretaker Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese

By APN Reporter apearlnews.com The Rt. Rev. Patrick Tugume has been named as the Caretaker Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese by the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba, Archbishop of…

Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators

By APN&Agencies Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for…

Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis, says UN labor agency

By APN&Agencies Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs and working hours than other sectors, the UN labour agency ILO said on Tuesday. Ten…

North Kigezi Diocesan Bishop Rt.Rev,Benon Magezi is Dead

By Anthony Kushaba apearlnews.com Rt.Rev.Benon Magezi,the north Kigezi diocesan Bishop is dead.  The news of his dead was made public by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda His Grace…

‘Critical juncture’ for Mali warns UN mission chief, with democratic future at risk

By APN and Agencies Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections in Mali, where the security situation is as worrying as…

Israel’s new PM Naftali Bennett promises to unite the nation

By BBC Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has vowed to unite the nation frayed by four elections in two years of political stalemate. He said his government would “work…

‘Demystify’ albinism and end discrimination – UN chief

By APN and Agencies On International Albinism Awareness Day, Sunday, the UN chief reiterated his “solidarity with persons with albinism”.  Albinism, a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited condition found in both…

Guterres: Vaccines should be considered ‘global public goods’

By APN reporter and Agencies Lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines should be considered “global public goods”, the UN chief told journalists on Friday, covering the G7 Summit of leading industrialized nations taking…

G7: Leaders to unveil global anti-pandemic action plan

By BBC G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated. On the…