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A Ugandan minister survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday after unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at his car. General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, was being driven in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi when four attackers on motorcycles opened fire at his car. Wamala, a former…

The Chinese government is set to allow married couples to have up to three children in a move aimed at averting a demographic crisis. The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership on Monday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The easing of…

A child reporter who hit international headlines after interviewing former US President Barack Obama in 2009 has died. Damon Weaver passed away on May 1st aged 23, according to the Palm Beach County medical examiner. The cause of his death was not revealed. Weaver’s celebration of life was held on…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for a sixth term. The 76-year-old took an oath of office in a ceremony held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala. President Kenyatta was among African heads of state who attended the inauguration ceremony. Kenyatta, who is the current…

The rogue Chinese rocket that was out of control and destined to crash on Earth has re-entered close to the Maldives.  Debris from the rocket dubbed Long March 5B disintegrated over the Indian Ocean at 10:24 am Beijing time, according to reports.  “The coordinates put the point of impact…

Uganda’s parliament has passed a bill criminalizing human sacrifice, according to reports. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifices Bill, 2020 prescribes a death sentence for any person found guilty of committing human sacrifice or financing the practice.  The new law also…

A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at a hospital in Morocco.  Halima Cisse, who hails from the northern part of the West African nation, was flown to Morocco by Mali’s government on March 30th for better health care.  She was initially thought to have been carrying…

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have announced they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage.  Gates, 65, and Melinda, 56, announced the split through a joint statement on Monday. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work, we have made the decision to end our marriage…

Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old Nigerian student has received 19 full-ride scholarship offers worth over $5 million from leading US and Canadian universities. The scholarship offers for an undergraduate program came from Ivy League schools including Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Brown. Other US…

Tanzania has installed oxygen production plants in seven referral hospitals to serve ICU wards treating COVID-19 patients. The country’s Health Ministry said each of the installed plants will produce at least 200 medical oxygen cylinders a day. The World Bank-backed project signifies another change…