The German Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi has committed 25,400 Euro for a cultural heritage project aimed at preserving the African nation’s music and oral traditions. The project is entitled “Endangered Traditions – Endangered Creativity” and funding for it was provided through the German Foreign Office in Berlin under its Cultural Preservation Programme. Young man playing a large drum, Likoma Island, Malawi. The project will be conducted by renowned scientist and musician Dr. Moya Malamusi, Oral Literature Research Programme in Chileka, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bender, Centre for World Music, University of Hildesheim, Germany. The project will run over... Continue Reading
Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe – Four Ugandans were on Thursday paraded by Uganda’s Intelligence agency, the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and confessed to the bombings that rocked Kampala last month. They included Mr.Isa Ahmed Luyima, Hassan Luyima, Edris Nsubuga and Mohammed Mugisha. The group’s coordinator, Isa Luyima revealed that he had connections to the Al-Shabab militia which trained him for four months in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2009.The Al-Shabab militia which operates in Somalia against the interim Somali government under President Ahmed Sharif is accused by the Ugandan government for sponsoring terror attacks to two of the country’s restaurants on July... Continue Reading
Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe – The country yesterday joined the family of Late Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa to bury the former President. Binaisa was Uganda’s president under an ‘umbrella’ (transitional) government of the Uganda National Liberation government (UNLF) after ousting General Idi Amin Dada. He ruled for 11 months from 29th June 1979 to 13TH May 1980.He died in his sleep at his home in Makindye, a suburb of the country’s capital, Kampala. Mr. Binaisa had returned to Uganda in 2007 after a long spell in exile. At 90 year so f age, Binaisa was still fluent in the English language not... Continue Reading
KIGALI – Rwandan President Paul Kagame celebrated an overwhelming election victory by dancing with thousands of supporters early Tuesday, after opposition parties were banned from the vote and some Rwandans said they were forced to cast ballots for him. The country’s election commission said preliminary results indicated Kagame would win more than 90 percent of Monday’s vote. While Kagame faced three opponents on the ballot, analysts said none of the three presented any real competition. Human rights groups and other critics also had decried the arrest of several opposition figures in the lead-up to Monday’s election, and noted that several... Continue Reading
By Godfrey Marawanyika – HARARE — Zimbabwe on Wednesday held the first sale of diamonds from its Marange fields since international regulators partially lifted a ban imposed after the military violently seized control of the mines. About 900,000 carats valued at about 72 million US dollars were on sale, according to Abbey Chikane, the monitor from the international Kimberley Process which is charged with preventing trade in “blood diamonds”. Buyers from the United States, Israel, Russia, Lebanon and India were at the auction at Harare’s airport, some with pilots waiting to jet them out of the country afterwards. “Indeed it... Continue Reading
