Makerere University holds third graduation session
The third session of Makerere University’s 70th graduation ceremony is being held at the university's main campus. Photos by Alfred Ochwo
Hong Kong opposition lawmakers ejected for heckling leader
Multiple Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were ejected from the legislature on Thursday as they heckled the financial hub's pro-Beijing leader in angry scenes highlighting the stark political divides in the city after months of protests.
Security officials had to be called in multiple times to force out pro-democracy lawmakers who shouted slogans and held placards, including one that portrayed the city's chief executive Carrie Lam as a vampire with bat wings.
Lam was at the Legislative Council for a question and answer session.
Photos by AFP
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a question and answer session in the legislative council in Hong Kong on January 16, 2020.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam (L) speaks during a question and answer session
Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu (C) yells while being removed from the legislative council. Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP
Pro-democracy lawmaker Roy Kwong heckles while Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam (not pictured) speaks
Pro-democracy lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki (C) holds a sigh while Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam (not pictured) speaks 
Pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo (L) is removed from the legislative council
Hong Kong’s Cheif Executive Carrie Lam (C) leaves the legislature after a question and answer session
Uganda - DR Congo border closed
Thursday is a market day at Zhapahande trading center in DR Congo but Ugandans have been stopped from crossing to DR Congo through Bundibugyo.
“We received intelligence information indicating that all Ugandan traders who would cross to DRC for business would be killed,” Bundibugyo Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Grace Asiimwe Kakwenza said. Photos by Ismael Kasooha
Australia fire: Rescuers racing to save rare animals
On an island famed as Australia's "Galapagos" for its unique and abundant wildlife, rescuers are racing to save rare animals in a bushfire-ravaged landscape. The charred forest floor on Kangaroo Island is littered with corpses of animals incinerated by the blazes that swept through two weeks ago. Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP
A dead koala is seen in a burnt-out forest on Kangaroo Island
A dead marsupial is seen in a burnt-out forest on Kangaroo Island
Humane Society International Crisis Response Specialist, Kelly Donithan picks up an injured Koala who was sitting beside another dead koala on Kangaroo Island on January 15, 2020
Humane Society International Crisis Response Specialist, Kelly Donithan (R) checks an injured Koala she just rescued
Humane Society International Crisis Response Specialist, Kelly Donithan holds a baby Koala she just rescued
A dead kangaroo is seen in a burnt-out forest on Kangaroo Island
A goanna looking for food among the charred trees after a bushfire in Budgong area of New South Wales - The confirmed death toll rose to 28 on January 15, as the fires have already destroyed more than 2,000 homes and burnt 10 million hectares (100,000 square kilometres) of land -- an area larger than South Korea or Portugal. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)
A burnt vehicle seen after a bushfire in Budgong area of New South Wales.Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP
Humane Society International Crisis Response Specialist, Kelly Donithan (C) looks for injured wildlife in a burnt out forest on Kangaroo Island
Ssekikubo granted bail
Lwemiyaga County Member of Parliament Theodore Ssekikubo spent a night at Masaka Central Police Station. He was arrested shortly after being granted bail yesterday. Photos by Dismus Buregyeya
