Moscow admits Ukrainian Air Force had inflicted damage on its giant warship on Crimean port
Although a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made little in the way of battlefield gains and the Russian military has regained the initiative in several places, Ukraine has been able to launch a series of attacks on Crimea, the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, inflicting serious damage.
Stolen right to land: Why are young Ugandan graduates joining risky slave labour in Middle East?
What we are seeing is a volcano waiting to explode. The grabbed land belongs to Ugandans, not the grabbers. Tomorrow Ugandans will grab it back to themselves from those pretending to be the owners of the land. The graduate slaves, will one day come to the realisation that their generation has been cheated, exploited and wasted. It will be like the slaves of USA who struggled to free themselves.
Israel PM vows ‘Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza demilitarised and Palestinians deradicalised’
Nearly 20,700 Gazans have been killed, including 250 in the last 24 hours, according to authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
Biden orders retaliatory strikes on Iranian-aligned group after US troops are injured in drone attack
Within hours, Biden convened his nationals security team for a call in which Austin and Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed Biden on the response options. Biden opted to target three locations used by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, the official said.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s $1.6b stake in Man United set for Premier League and NY Stock Exchange okay
The transaction will be funded by Trawlers Limited – a company wholly owned by Ratcliffe – without any debt, United said. United fans have been critical of the leveraged nature of the Glazers’ buyout that loaded debt onto the club, as well as a perceived lack of investment and the dividends taken out by the Fowners.
Why Uganda needs ‘Most Notorious Failures Museum’: The good and bad of 38-year presidency
Unfortunately, politicisation and militarisation of everything possible has become the norm rather than the exception in Uganda. In many cases, hypothesis testing and exploratory testing are eliminated and what is desired is implemented, often at very high cost in terms of energy, time, money, justice and development.
Descendants fight to maintain historic Black communities in America, but keeping legacy alive is tricky
Scholars define a historic Black community or town as a settlement founded by formerly enslaved people, usually between the late 19th and early 20th century. The enclaves often had their own churches, schools, stores and economic systems.
Obote to Oboteism, Amin to Aminism, Museveni to Musevenism: Sabotaging constitutionalism in Uganda
Resistance to President Milton Obote’s second reign almost immediately meant that he had no time to reintroduce the Common Man’s Charter nor revitalize his social programme. There were many human rights violations, but most of these could have been by his armed opponents trying to convince the people that Obote’s regime had no capacity to assure their security.
Bloodiest Christmas in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes kill dozens, Pope laments war in Holy Land
The Israeli military said 10 of its soldiers had been killed in the past day, following five killed the previous day, its worst two-day losses since early November.