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Cops to be probed over fatal shooting of teen boy Machurusi during Kasarani protests
By Citizen Reporter,
1708, January 18, 2020 (EAT)
Police officers alleged to have been behind the fatal shooting of two people in Mwiki and Majengo are to be probed. The Independent Policing Overs...
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Police on the spot over killings during Kasarani protests
By Citizen Reporter,
2111, January 16, 2020 (EAT)
Police are once again on the spot over claims of extra-judicial killings and brutality while handling protesters. The men in uniform are accused of...
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Drama as Bobi Wine flees from Ugandan police on boda boda – VIDEO
By Ian Omondi,
1910, October 9, 2019 (EAT)
Chaos rocked the streets of Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday as singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine was forced to flee from police during a confrontation. ...
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Hong Kong protesters return to airport to drum up international support
By VOA,
1009, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands of protesters returned to Hong Kong International Airport for the second time in as many weeks Friday to raise global attention to their fig...
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Hong Kong protesters resume chorus of opposition to extradition bill
By Reuters,
1326, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people rallied for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers, as deep-seated anger and f...
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Trump takes on women’s soccer star Rapinoe over White House invite
By Reuters,
1139, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
United States President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to criticise U.S women’s soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe for saying she would...
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Hong Kong media say controversial extradition bill may be suspended
By Reuters,
1129, June 15, 2019 (EAT)
Hong Kong media reported on Saturday the city’s government would suspend a proposed law on extradition bill to mainland China that sparked widesprea...
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Bobi Wine now under house arrest
By Reuters,
901, April 24, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, said on Tuesday he has been placed under house arrest. This even as the U.S. gove...
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U.S Embassy urges Ugandan Gov’t to respect rights of citizens
By Ian Omondi,
1802, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
The United States Embassy in Uganda on Tuesday condemned President Yoweri Museveni’s government for reportedly blocking musical concerts and disrupt...
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Ugandan police fire teargas, water cannon at Bobi Wine supporters
By Reuters,
822, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday to disperse supporters of popular musician and lawmaker Bobi Wine after they gathered at a bea...
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Bobi Wine arrested in Uganda – VIDEO
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1750, April 22, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has been arrested. In a message on his Twitter account, Bobi Wine said he was ...
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The fatal shooting of a Nigerian man brings more demands to shut down a controversial police unit
By CNN,
844, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
The fatal police shooting of a Nigerian man has sparked outrage and reignited a public call for the shutdown of a controversial police unit in the cou...
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World saddened and angered by New Zealand mosque attacks
By Reuters,
1647, March 15, 2019 (EAT)
Leaders around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of at least 49 people in New Zealand mosques on Friday, and some also expressed a...
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Algerian police disperse journalists protesting in capital
By Reuters,
2051, February 28, 2019 (EAT)
Police in Algeria arrested several journalists at a protest in the capital on Thursday calling for the right to cover rarely seen anti-government demo...
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Cardinal Pell behind bars in Australia after child sex conviction
By Reuters,
1224, February 27, 2019 (EAT)
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded into custody pending sentencin...
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Zimbabwe President invites opposition for talks
By Reuters,
2037, February 6, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, they said, foll...
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Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20
By Reuters,
1814, January 27, 2019 (EAT)
The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...
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Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20
By Reuters,
1438, January 27, 2019 (EAT)
The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...
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Twin bombings at church kill at least 21 in southern Philippines
By Reuters,
1139, January 27, 2019 (EAT)
Twin bombings during a church service in the southern Philippines killed at least 21 people and wounded 71, security officials said, days after a refe...
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Zimbabwe now ‘war zone’ says citizen allegedly assaulted by security forces
By VOA,
1456, January 26, 2019 (EAT)
Some citizens in Zimbabwe say the country resembles a war zone. They want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rein in military forces, which reportedly co...
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