A group of Muslim men in eastern Uganda gang raped 15 women and attacked several church members earlier this month as payback for their pastor for sharing the gospel with Muslims according to the Christian Post. From The Christian Post: Morning Star News reported that two weeks after the attack on Katira Church in Budaka District on Jan. 15, Pastor Moses Mutasa and eight other Christians are still... 

Somali army soldiers stand around the body of a killed al-Shabab militant on July 10, 2015 following an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. African Union (AU) forces have launched a fresh offensive against al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, vowing to flush out the terrorists. AU’s mission in Somalia, AMISOM, announced in a statement that “Operation Jubba Corridor” begun... 

More than 100 people have been killed in an alleged attack by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lawmakers say. The carnage took place near the volatile town of Beni, North Kivu Province, on Thursday, members of parliament told reporters. The bodies of 95 people were found in a mass grave while nine other dead bodies were shown to authorities at a morgue, said opposition lawmaker,... 

Ebola, Marburg, Enterovirus and Chikungunya these diseases were not even on the radar of most people coming into 2014, but now each one of them is making headline news. So why is this happening? Why are so many deadly diseases breaking out all over the world right now? Is there some kind of a connection, or is the fact that so many horrible diseases are arising all at once just a giant coincidence?... 

Studying footage of chimpanzees from Uganda between 2007 and 2009, scientists have arrived at translations for 66 gestures used between the apes as means of communication. Previous research had revealed that the animals use gestures to communicate. The authors from the University of St Andrews in Scotland said the messages ranged from “simple requests associated with just a few gestures to broader... 

Australian researchers announced on Monday that a super-enriched genetically engineered banana to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first human trial and will test its effect on vitamin A levels. “The project plans to have the special banana varieties – enriched with alpha and beta carotene which the body converts to vitamin A – growing in Uganda... 

The World Bank has put off a 90-million-dollar loan to Uganda, citing a new anti-gay law in the East African country that has already drawn criticism from the US and Europe, which control the global lending institution. “We have postponed the project for further review to ensure that the development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law,” claimed a... 

Over the last decade, America has quietly expanded its military presence throughout Africa in an attempt to counter Chinese and other emerging nations’ influence, while consolidating control over critical strategic resources and trade routes. The United States, like its allies Britain and France, has long maintained influence and indirect control in Africa through financial institutions such as... 

Clashes continue between government forces and troops loyal to fugitive former vice president, Riek Machar, as violence spreads across several regions of South Sudan. The UN says the unrest has now spread from the capital Juba to other parts of the country. The latest fighting took place near Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity State. Up to 500 people have been killed since the violence broke... 

The Ugandan parliament has ratified a bill that will see homosexuals imprisoned for life, if the person is caught in the act more than once, according to activists and reports on Friday. One gay activist speaking to AFP following the vote said that now he is “officially illegal.” This is the toughest measure to have been accepted in the country yet, although there was an even more severe version... 

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has threatened to increase its deadly attacks against Kenya, days after they killed tens of people at a mall in the Kenyan capital. The al-Shabab fighters vowed to transform Kenyan cities and towns into what they call grave yards, on Wednesday. “We will strike Kenyans where it hurts the most, turn their cities into graveyards and rivers of blood will flow... 

March 23 Movement (M23) rebels Clashes between army forces and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have left at least 130 people dead, including 10 soldiers, the government says. “Our forces have inflicted very heavy losses on the M23 (March 23 Movement) fighters, 120 have been killed and 12 captured,” government spokesman Lambert Mende said on Monday, referring to clashes that... 

Several armed groups, including the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels (members of which are seen above) are active in the eastern Congo. Violent clashes have broken out between the army forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and militants in the eastern regions of the country. Residents of the Nyamilima region in the eastern province of North Kivu said the army forces engaged in heavy fighting with... 

Ninety-three South African soldiers have been disciplined for offenses committed while deployed in a United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said Wednesday that the offending soldiers were punished for charges that ranged from murder to drunkenness, as well as sexual misconduct. One soldier was found... 

A column of Congolese Army soldiers walk towards the frontline between two tanks, near the village of Kibumba, some 13 kilometers from Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 29, 2012. A spokesman for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) says at least 36 people have lost their lives following clashes between the Congolese army and a rebel group, called...