By Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the armed group said, as Congo accused Rwanda of ignoring calls for a ceasefire. Rebel commander Bernard Byamungu told Reuters the M23 has […]
High Court Justice Musa Ssekaana on Friday ordered the immediate arrest and imprisonment of Isaac Ssemakadde, the President of the Uganda Law Society, for two years. This ruling follows an application filed by Mugisha Hashim, alleging that Ssemakadde’s public remarks on social media violated judicial principles and amounted to contempt […]
A team of seven lawyers, led by Erias Lukwago and Earnest Kalibala, petitioned the Buganda Road Magistrates Court on Friday, demanding the immediate release of veteran politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye from Luzira Prison. Lukwago argued that the court had previously granted Besigye bail, and with the Supreme Court’s nullification of […]
By Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of the strategic Kavumu airport that serves Bukavu, the region’s second biggest city, the rebel alliance and a civil security source said on Friday. The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they […]
The High Court in Kampala has set February 21, 2025, to rule on Molly Katanga’s third bail application. Katanga, a 55-year-old widow, is accused of murdering her husband, Henry Katanga, on November 2, 2023. Justice Isaac Muwata rejected her two previous bail applications, ruling that she had not presented sufficient […]
