/News/World/688340-688340-5mji40z/index.html https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Civilian-deaths-mount-US-drone-strikes-Somalia-escalate/688340-5033770-xkny77z/index.html The US military said it had carried out 110 strikes by drones and manned aircraft in the past two years in Somalia, killing over 800 people, but insisted every death was that of a "terrorist." 2019-03-20T09:00:32Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/New-Zealand-PM-global-action-social-media-dangers-mosques/688340-5033458-lr8juyz/index.html Facebook said the livestream from Christchurch was viewed fewer than 200 times but it had to remove a staggering 1.5 million videos as footage of the slaughter went viral 2019-03-20T06:28:05Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Nile-crisis-conflict-report-Blue-Nile-Ethiopia-Egypt/688340-5033256-6eh9ga/index.html The Blue Nile takes its source in Ethiopia and converges with the White Nile in Sudan's capital Khartoum to form the Nile which runs through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea 2019-03-20T03:32:18Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Mozambique-races-save-stranded-survivors-killer-storm/688340-5032876-92m0oxz/index.html Four days after Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall, torrential rains, powerful winds and flash flooding swept away roads and bridges, inflicting further pain on the two impoverished nations 2019-03-19T17:11:29Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Pope-rejects-resignation-French-cardinal-sex-abuse-cover-up/688340-5032670-rv01de/index.html The 68-year-old is the most senior French cleric caught up in the global paedophilia scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church 2019-03-19T14:43:59Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Kazakh-president-announces-shock-resignation-three-decades-power/688340-5032658-5rp3qd/index.html The Central Asian strongman, 78, had ruled Kazakhstan since before the collapse of the Soviet Union and leaves no obvious successor 2019-03-19T14:30:39Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Kenyan-police-discover-Sh2bn-fake-cash-Barclays-Bank/688340-5032628-ppeubrz/index.html The hitherto unnamed client is said to have been keeping fake dollars in one of the bank's safes 2019-03-19T14:19:19Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Abel-Prize-maths-awarded-woman-first-time/688340-5032600-11g0a3x/index.html Karen Uhlenbeck, 76, is a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University, as well as visiting associate at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), both in the US 2019-03-19T14:03:51Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/DR-Congo-Tsishekedi-blocks-new-senators-graft-suspicions/688340-5032594-cy5f3o/index.html The announcement was made by the acting interior minister, Basile Olongo, after supporters of Tshisekedi's predecessor, Joseph Kabila, swept to victory in last Friday's senatorial elections 2019-03-19T14:03:01Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/UN-pledges-utmost-mitigate-risk-violence-DRC/688340-5032566-wri4xnz/index.html General elections were held in the DRC on December 30, 2019 to determine a successor to President Joseph Kabila, as well as for the 500 seats of the National Assembly and 715 provincial council seats 2019-03-19T13:45:53Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/The-battle-bring-antivenoms-Africa/688340-5032524-r10yjnz/index.html Experts and campaigners blame a combination of weak production capacity, feeble policy and oversight, high prices and a general lack of concern for the plight of people in poor, remote areas of the world 2019-03-19T13:15:55Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/week-after-Ethiopia-crash-questions-swirl-around-Boeing/688340-5032504-qf5kw9z/index.html It was the second accident in five months for a 737 MAX aircraft, a product line meant to replace the 737 NG 2019-03-19T12:58:09Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/South-African-president-commuter-train-Ramaphosa-ANC/688340-5031506-hbso4lz/index.html Journalists who followed Ramaphosa circulated images on social media,  of a smiling president chatting with passengers 2019-03-19T04:56:54Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/1000-feared-dead-Mozambique-storm-Zimbabwe-Nyusi/688340-5031484-215fy/index.html Aerial photographs released by a Christian non-profit organisation, the Mission Aviation Fellowship, showed groups of people stuck on rooftops with flood waters up to window level 2019-03-19T04:41:26Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Algerias-Bouteflika-stay-president-term-ends-Iraq-Syria/688340-5031464-1106x1o/index.html Rarely seen in public since a 2013 stroke, Bouteflika issued a statement on Monday which confirmed his new plan would see him stay in power for months beyond the expiry of his term on April 28. 2019-03-19T04:07:58Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/UN-reports-increase-sex-abuse-allegations-UN-staff/688340-5030898-x2yr84/index.html UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an annual report however there was a drop in cases of rape and exploitation involving UN peacekeepers 2019-03-18T14:58:59Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Convicted-French-cardinal-expected-resign-meeting-pope/688340-5030884-xmvgd5z/index.html Barbarin, 68, is the most senior French cleric caught up in the global paedophilia scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church 2019-03-18T14:51:09Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/French-court-rule-Congolese-star-assault-case/688340-5030806-ew5thcz/index.html They say they were forced to have sex with Olomide, who allegedly struck them if they tried to resist 2019-03-18T14:13:29Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Philippines-out-ICC-amid-drug-war-inquiry/688340-5030798-po6ggdz/index.html The departure of the Philippines follows the court being hit in recent years by high-profile acquittals and moves by several nations to drop out 2019-03-18T14:10:24Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Sudan-protesters-rally-demonstrations-enter-4th-month/688340-5030700-gxjbky/index.html On Monday protesters took to the streets in Khartoum's northern suburb of Bahari and in an area called Street 60, witnesses said 2019-03-18T13:19:57Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Merkel-aide--sad--about-Ozil-s-wedding-invite-Erdogan/688340-5030686-f06ian/index.html The 30-year-old Ozil, who has Turkish family roots, sparked controversy last May when he was photographed with Erdogan, raising many questions 2019-03-18T13:13:47Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Former-street-urchin-won-hearts-epic-transformation-dies/688340-5030304-o17gu9/index.html Former destitute street adult Patrick Hinga's rescue and transformation by a former schoolmate became an internet sensation 2019-03-18T09:15:37Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Ethiopian-plane-crash-Black-boxes-Indonesia-crash-Moges/688340-5029824-ynrnwc/index.html Both planes reportedly experienced erratic steep climbs and descents as well as fluctuating airspeeds before crashing shortly after takeoff 2019-03-18T05:13:34Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/DR-Congo-train-derailment-kills-24-Bena-Leka-Kakenge/688340-5029802-13j55v5/index.html The accident occurred in Kasai province, in the centre-west of the central African country 2019-03-18T04:41:58Z https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Russia-five-years-Crimea-annexation-Kiev-Putin-Black-Sea/688340-5029774-w83vk/index.html Moscow's 2014 takeover of Crimea was denounced by Kiev and the West as an annexation and led to sanctions against Russia, but it resulted in a major boost of Putin's popularity at the time 2019-03-18T03:15:32Z