A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed as she entered the court in Kampala for the hearing. Nyanzi … Read more
The pastor, who was identified as Aloysius Bugingo set the Holy Book on fire The actions of a Ugandan pastor has angered many Christians all over the world after he burnt thousands of bible in a burning fire. Reports we gathered reveals that the pastor, who is the Head pastor of House of Prayer Ministries, … Read more
President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the closure of the country’s highest learning institution, Makerere University, “in order to guarantee safety of persons and property”. Established in 1922, the university remains a citadel of learning in East Africa. However, it has been recently rocked with strike by lecturers and resultant protests by students. … Read more
The erection of Indian iconic freedom fighter and thinker, Mahatma Gandhi’s statue on the campus of University Ghana (UG) was encumbered with a controversy. For example, a former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, started a campaign for the removal of the statue of Mahatma Ghandi from the UG campus … Read more