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MUKONO, Uganda — Police in Mukono District have arrested four people after human skulls and skeletal remains were allegedly discovered inside a house during an…
MUKONO, Uganda — Police in Mukono District have arrested four people after human skulls and skeletal remains were allegedly discovered inside a house during an…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are pursuing a police inspector believed to have played a central role in the…
ACCRA, Ghana — For years, verifying a person’s identity in Ghana often involved a familiar routine. A bank teller would examine a national identity card,…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s military government has officially severed diplomatic relations with France, escalating a years-long deterioration in ties between the West African…
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A newly identified dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe is offering scientists fresh insight into the remarkable diversity of prehistoric life that once…
KYANKWANZI, Uganda — For many of the Ugandans gathered at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi on Sunday 19, July 2026, the journey home was…
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-aligned government has criticised Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni hosted paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, describing the…
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late autocrat Muammar Gaddafi and a figure who sought to reshape his country long after…
BANGUI, Central African Republic (CAR) — Provisional results from the Central African Republic (CAR) indicate that President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has secured a third term in…
Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia for ‘safety’ after election-linked protests
By Jabari KiooBANJUL, The Gambia — Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has fiercely contested the recent presidential election results, has fled to The Gambia seeking…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The opposition-aligned Linda Mwananchi movement is facing an increasingly complex legal battle over its proposed political party, with competing claims over the…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Former Makerere University Vice Chancellor and presidential aspirant Venansius Baryamureeba has urged President Yoweri Museveni to appoint his daughter, Natasha Museveni Karugire,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Employment and Labour Relations Court has upheld the dismissal of a former Carrefour Kisumu store manager after finding that he breached…
NAIROBI, Kenya — On a Sunday night in June 2026, armed security personnel once again surrounded Nation Media Group’s headquarters in Namuwongo, Kampala. Inside the…
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WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — The United States has carried out what it described as a “heavy wave” of military strikes against Iran, marking another…
NEW JERSEY, United States — The 2026 FIFA World Cup final remains delicately poised after Spain and Argentina battled to a tense 0-0 draw in…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — For a month, the ceasefire held. It was fragile, uneasy and punctuated by mutual accusations, but it offered a glimpse of…
The United States and Iran exchanged fresh military strikes for a second consecutive day on Thursday, intensifying fears of a wider regional conflict as commercial…
KYIV, Ukraine — The latest wave of Russian missile strikes began before dawn, but the explosions that echoed across Kyiv and Kharkiv represented something larger…
OSLO, Norway — President William Ruto has announced a new labour export agreement that will see at least 1,000 Kenyan seafarers employed in Norway by…
ADELAIDE, Australia — For years, Rohan Dennis was known as one of Australia’s most accomplished cyclists — an Olympian, a world champion and an athlete…
SYDNEY, Australia — The death of a 26-year-old Kenyan student, Sheila Chebii in Australia is under investigation, with authorities yet to establish the circumstances surrounding…
NANJING, China — A court in eastern China has sentenced a former senior municipal official to death after finding him guilty of accepting more than…
BEIJING, China — China has imposed a one-year travel ban on four New Zealand Members of Parliament following their visit to Taiwan, New Zealand’s foreign…
NEW DELHI, India — The rains arrived as they do every year. But in parts of India this weekend, the monsoon brought more than relief…
NEW DELHI, India — The Indian government has ordered Meta to immediately remove advertisements and content on Instagram that promote or facilitate child sexual abuse…
Ugandan socialite and businesswoman Zari Hassan has addressed the online backlash over her viral “fox eye” appearance, confirming that she underwent a temporal lift procedure. Zari says the dramatic look was amplified by makeup and…
Travel
MIGORI COUNTY, Kenya — Travel content creator Kieran Brown, known for documenting his journeys across the world, has described a night spent on Migingo Island…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Livestreaming has become one of the fastest-growing segments of Kenya’s digital creator economy. As audiences migrate from traditional television to TikTok, YouTube,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A new government initiative to clean up Uganda’s streets has triggered widespread criticism, legal challenges, and allegations of heavy-handed policing. Prime Minister…
KAMPALA, Uganda — In May 2006, renowned Ugandan journalist and researcher Timothy Kalyegira posed a question that, even years later, refuses to lose its edge:…
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