Category Archives: National
Ugandan Poet Taking on Politics With Prose
KAMPALA – Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a …
Ugandan Poet Taking on Politics With Prose
KAMPALA – Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a …
Sri Lanka seizes record drugs haul at sea
Two foreign trawlers packed with over $33 million worth of heroin and crystal methamphetamine were seized in Sri Lanka’s biggest-ever drugs bust at sea, a navy spokesman said Thursday.
Troops found 400 kilogrammes (about 880 pounds) of heroin and 100 …
Sri Lanka seizes record drugs haul at sea
Two foreign trawlers packed with over $33 million worth of heroin and crystal methamphetamine were seized in Sri Lanka’s biggest-ever drugs bust at sea, a navy spokesman said Thursday.
Troops found 400 kilogrammes (about 880 pounds) of heroin and 100 …
No Deal From US-Brokered Nile Dam Talks
WHITE HOUSE – Ethiopia rejected a U.S.-brokered agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Dam (GERD) and said it would commence first filling of the structure, one day after the Trump administration concluded two days of what is supposed to be the …
