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Uganda:Minister Shuts Down Gay Rights Workshop
A Ugandan minister illegally shut down a leadership training workshop organized by activists advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. The February 14, 2012 raid on a peaceful...
The worlds first real diving car with zero emission power
Is it just a clever computer animation or maybe more a fiction from a Hollywood movie? Or is it actually a real car sitting there? Many visitors to the Geneva Motor Show (March 6th – 16th, 2008) asked themselves just these questions when...
The glasses that can find anything
You know the feeling. Call it a senior moment, absent-mindedness or a sign of what a busy active brain you have. We’ve all asked ourselves that irritating question: “Where on earth did I leave my car keys?”
Now a team of Japanese scientists...
President Yoweri Museveni’s Friend among Forbes five worst leaders in Africa
Forbes Magazine has named the five worst leaders in Africa following a survey conducted among 800 African respondents by Journalist Mfonobong Nsehe. In his slightly edited piece here-below which lists five of Africa’s longest serving leaders,...
Picture of the day
On April 6, 1994 The Rwandan President Habyarimana and the Burundian President were killed when Habyarimana’s plane was shot down by Hutu extremists. This began the Rwandan Genocide.
The Rwandan army (FAR) and the Hutu Militia went from...
Amnesty International slams Uganda’s Gay Bill
Uganda’s Parliament today re-introduced a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill which Amnesty International considers a “grave assault on human rights” that must be rejected.
Under the bill, gay and lesbian people in Uganda could face the...
Brussels’ “peeing statue” shut off by deep freeze
BRUSSELS — The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures gripping much of Europe.
Officials turned off the flow...
Who says “Frosty the Snowman” has to be jolly?
A man in a “Frosty the Snowman” costume was arrested during the annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in USA. He’s accused of scuffling with police and kicking at a police dog.
Sgt. John A. Dolgos tells...
Ugandan troops serving in Somalia celebrate Ugandan People’s Defense Forces 31 years in existence
By Ahmed Bogere Masembe.
Mogadishu: This week in Mogadishu, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has been celebrating 31 years of existence by extending support to the people of Somalia. In al Dhara, Nerlo and Qartar, internally displaced...
Facebook Shows Strong Growth Over Past Five Years
Facebook’s reach amongst the total internet audience has continued to increase over the past five years across all regions.
Globally, Facebook reached 12 percent of the internet audience in December 2007 and as of December 2011 the social...