Browsing: East Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda — A prominent Ugandan lawyer and activist has been remanded to Luzira Prison over online social media posts that prosecutors say maliciously targeted…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says that military forces have fully occupied his family home in…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s criminal justice system is set to introduce mandatory health screening for all suspects entering police detention, as part of a broader…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has reportedly left the country and entered a neighbouring East African…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has moved to remove Jenifer Bamuturaki as Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines, following a high-level State House meeting…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — CNN correspondent Larry Madowo has publicly questioned Tanzania’s claim that it leads East Africa in press freedom, reacting with disbelief to…
GOMBA, Uganda — Residents of Gomba District are in shock and awe following the birth of a baby boy reportedly clutching a religious medal in…
KISUMU, Kenya — President William Ruto sparked cheers and laughter in Kisumu on Monday after briefly joining the dance floor during the launch of the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan man recruited into the Russian armed forces has been killed while fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Comedian and philanthropist Eric Omondi has announced plans to walk from Nairobi to Mombasa, covering 486 kilometres over four days, in a…