Story By Naoth Isaac Niwagaba. apearlnews.com Members of the Chama Cha Kiswahili Africa Mashariki, an association that brings together lecturers of the Kiswahili language from higher institutions in East Africa,…
Category: East Africa
Rwanda asylum plan: Campaigners’ challenge to be heard on Monday
By BBC Campaigners against the government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda say they will now take their fight to the Court of Appeal on Monday. It comes after the…
Low adoption of the Kiswahili language blamed on poor perception.
By APN Reporter apearlnews.com A section of Kabale university administrators and Kiswahilistakeholders in the East African Community member states have blamedthe slow adoption of the Swahili language on a lack…
Police Officers urged to Promote Peace
By APN Reporter apearlnews.com The Uganda Police Force Director Human Resource Development Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Godfrey Golooba has urged officers to embrace and promote peace in their…
UHRC holds stakeholders meeting to validate its Independent Report for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
By APN Reporter The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) convened a validation meeting today, 26 May 2022 to discuss its Independent Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of…
Kenya deputy president asks Kenyatta for forgiveness
By BBC Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta for forgiveness after the pair fell out following their re-election in 2018. The differences between President Kenyatta and…
Tension as M23 rebels gain territory in DRC
By APN Reporter Several localities have been occupied since Wednesday, May 25 morning by the rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) in Rutshuru and Nyiragongo. They fell after heavy…
Calm returns to East DRC after fierce fighting
By APN Reporter Calm has returned to Bunagana in the territory of Rutshuru in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo after fierce fighting. According to local sources,…
Gov’t embarks on massive cholera vaccination for Congolese refugees in Kisoro
By Sophan Niwamanya apearlnews.com The Government of Uganda has embarked on a massive cholera vaccination for Congolese asylum seekers in Kisoro district. Recently, a cholera outbreak was declared in the…
UNHCR transfers 1,000 Congolese to Nakivale refugee settlement camp.
By Niwamanya Sophan A total of 1000 Congolese refugees have today been transferred from Nyakabande transit center in Kisoro district to Nakivale refugee settlement camp. On 29th last month, over 13,000…