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Bobi Wine is deeply concerned after the FBI launched an investigation into Senator Bob Menendez's associates and has already arrested a member of the Egyptian Mafia. Menendez has been providing funding to the NUP party and Bobi Wine, with the intention of helping Bobi Wine overthrow the government in Uganda. However, it is alleged that Menendez's involvement could lead to the establishment of a drug cartel and a significant increase in homosexuality promotion in Uganda. On September 25, 2023, Menendez was...

Egypt will hold a presidential election on December 10-12. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief who ousted democratically elected Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in response to public protests against Mursi's rule, has been in power since 2014. Judge Walid Hassan Hamza, the Chairman of the National Election Authority, announced that voting will take place from December 10 to December 12. Despite the country's economic crisis, which includes high inflation and a shortage of foreign currency, the elections...

Uganda will be joining the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day of Elder Persons, which will be commemorated on October 1, 2023, at Humura Primary School Playgrounds in Kyegegwa District, under the theme ”Healthy Ageing: A Call for Action." Dominic Mafwabi Gidudu, the Minister of State for Elderly Affairs, said while addressing the media at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday, September 1, 2023, that this day is observed every year on October 1, since the year...

Uganda's recent election as the pro tempore President of the G77 (Group of 77) plus China marks a significant diplomatic achievement on the global stage. This announcement was made by Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uganda to the UN, Adonia Ayebare. The election occurred during the working session of the 47th meeting of foreign affairs ministers, presided over by Cuba. This meeting is a crucial event that takes place at the outset of the regular session of the UN General...

The President of France Emmanuel Macron said that France will withdraw its ambassador from Niger followed by the French military contingent in the coming months,  in the aftermath of the coup in the West African country that ousted the pro-Paris president. Macron's announcement appeared to end two months of defiance in which Paris’s ambassador had been kept in Niamey despite coup leaders ordering him to leave. While appearing on French television, he said that France’s ambassador and several diplomats would return...

Elon Musk's brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has received approval to begin its first human trial. Patients with cervical spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) paralysis will be the focus of the clinical study. According to Nueralink, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the startup a go-ahead on September 19 to start recruiting humans for the trial. “We are happy to announce that we’ve received approval from the reviewing independent institutional review board and our first hospital site to begin...