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KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has sparked widespread condemnation after posting messages on social media appearing to boast about inflicting “hurt…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has sparked widespread condemnation after posting messages on social media appearing to boast about inflicting “hurt…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Christopher Okello Onyum, the man sentenced to death for the murder of four nursery school children at a daycare centre in Ggaba,…
ABUJA, Nigeria — An Abuja court has sentenced four men to death for their role in the 2022 attack on a Catholic church in south-western…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday defended his administration’s sweeping economic reforms, saying they had stabilised Africa’s largest economy and restored…
PRETORIA, South Africa — Kenya and South Africa have signed six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening trade, maritime connectivity, skills development, cultural exchange…
MAPUTO, Mozambique — At least five Mozambican nationals were killed during what Mozambique has described as xenophobic attacks in South Africa, as authorities race to…
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…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has implemented a sweeping restructuring of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), replacing its Secretary General and overhauling the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A coalition of United Opposition leaders has begun a three-day political tour of Kenya’s Western region, in a coordinated campaign aimed at strengthening…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has responded to reports surrounding the confiscation of suspected counterfeit goods from a shop in Nairobi’s Central Business District,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — When President William Ruto boarded yet another chartered executive jet for his recent state visit to South Africa, it did not arrive…
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WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — US President Donald Trump has said he “loves the inflation,” even as new government data showed American prices rising at…
Kenya and the United States have entered into a new Health Cooperation Partnership valued at USD 1.6 billion (approximately Ksh207.4 billion), in a move aimed…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Kenyan Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a relief support initiative targeting Kenyans who have…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Arab Emirates has introduced travel restrictions affecting passengers from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, citing…
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…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has been suspended from duty with immediate effect, the court’s governing…
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…
Bondi shooting suspect charged with 59 offenses including terrorism, 15 counts of murder
By Kaelen VeyarSYDNEY, Australia — New South Wales police have formally charged Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s devastating mass shooting at Bondi Beach, with 59…
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…
BEIJING, China — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for an immediate halt to military operations in the Middle East, warning that the conflict…
NEW DELHI, India — India’s electric vehicle (EV) market appears to be entering a decisive growth phase, with new data suggesting adoption is accelerating across multiple…
NEW DELHI, India — At least 16 people have died from heatstroke in southern India as an intense heatwave sweeps across parts of the country,…
NAROK, Kenya — In this video, we unpack President William Ruto’s ambitious tourism blueprint, revealed during the global live coverage of the 2025 Great Wildebeest Migration at the breathtaking Maasai Mara. This historic broadcast, held in…
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KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda is positioning tourism as a key pillar in its long-term economic transformation strategy aimed at growing the economy to $500 billion by…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan musician Ava Peace has publicly denied claims linking her to a series of private videos that have been circulating on WhatsApp…
KAMPALA, Uganda — In May 2006, renowned Ugandan journalist and researcher Timothy Kalyegira posed a question that, even years later, refuses to lose its edge:…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Speaker race has gripped the political class with all the intensity of a high-stakes contest—endorsements withdrawn, loyalties shifting, and factions scrambling…
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