Parliament begins heated session to approve a major cabinet reshuffle, as president slams line-up and tensions run high in North African country.
Bobi Wine has been under house arrest at his home outside the capital, Kampala, since he returned from voting on January 14.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells reporters strict measures are being taken to avoid such incidents in future after Turkish sailors were kidnapped by pirates in Gulf of Guinea.
Wine has been under de-facto house arrest at his home outside the capital, Kampala, since he returned from voting on January 14.
Officials says around 30 attackers were killed in the "complex and simultaneous" attacks while some 40 motorcycles and a large amount of military gear were also seized from the militants.
Turkish officials say there has been no response from pirates who kidnapped 15 crew members after killing one and leaving three others to sail M/V Mozart off the coast of Nigeria.
The eye of the storm passed over Beira city in Mozambique before dawn on Saturday, having already brought heavy rains to Zambezia province and its capital, Quelimane.
The Saharawi army launched four rockets in the direction of Guerguerat along the security wall that separates Saharawi fighters from Moroccan forces in the desert territory.
A statement said that three crew members are still in the ship and pirates are waiting for negotiations for ransom.
Protesters march in capital Tunis over lack of jobs and police response to ongoing demonstrations, in defiance of government ban on crowds amid coronavirus.
New library Feast Afrique established by Ozoz Sokoh, a well-known Nigerian food explorer, aims to bring the African diaspora together through food, history, and hand-me-down recipes.
UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict says she is greatly concerned by allegations, including “a high number of alleged rapes” in Tigrayan capital Mekele, with evidence of abuse as a weapon of war coming in via the clinics.
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