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World Bank lifts funding ban as Deputy Speaker Tayebwa celebrates shs9.6t boost for Uganda.

World Bank lifts funding ban as Deputy Speaker Tayebwa celebrates shs9.6t boost for Uganda.

Nearly two years after the World Bank Group suspended new funding to Uganda over the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the international lender has lifted the ban.Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa was among the first to welcome the development, congratulating the Ministry

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Museveni Praises Cheptegei For Investing Wisely, Tours His Mega Hotel Project In Kapchorwa

Museveni Praises Cheptegei For Investing Wisely, Tours His Mega Hotel Project In Kapchorwa

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hailed world champion Joshua Cheptegei for putting his athletic earnings to productive use by investing in a hotel project in Kapchorwa District.During a stopover between campaign rallies in the Sebei region, the President toured the facility, commendin

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How South Africans reproduce apartheid’s most dangerous habit

How South Africans reproduce apartheid’s most dangerous habit

THERE is a particular theatre to South African political life: we know how to gather, how to convene, how to fill auditoriums when history arrives clothed in urgency. We clap where we should clap. We nod with seriousness. We ask familiar questions with grave voices. And then we go home fee

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Russia determined to remain world’s second-largest arms exporter — official

Russia determined to remain world’s second-largest arms exporter — official

The 2036 development strategy of Russia’s Rostec state corporation assumes that the country will remain the world’s second-largest arms exporter, Executive Director Oleg Yevtushenko said."This year, Rostec approved its new development strategy through 2036. The difficult situation in t

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Hajia Bintu: TikTok Star Welcomes Baby, Shares Beautiful Baby Bump Photos

Hajia Bintu: TikTok Star Welcomes Baby, Shares Beautiful Baby Bump Photos

TikTok influencer Hajia Bintu has announced the birth of her first child, sharing beautiful maternity photos on social mediaIn her caption to the October 31, 2025, post, Bintu indicated that she welcomed the baby exactly four weeks agoThe announcement has triggered excitement among

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“Political fix”: Teso erupts over alleged rigging in Bukedea race for speaker’s seat

“Political fix”: Teso erupts over alleged rigging in Bukedea race for speaker’s seat

Teso Sub-region residents are expressing dismay over the apparent sidelining of rivals to Parliament Speaker Annet Anita Among in the Bukedea Woman MP race, drawing parallels to issues that surfaced during the 2023 LC5 by-election.The controversy surrounds the current nomination exercise,

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Uganda celebrates Kiplimo’s Chicago Marathon win

Uganda celebrates Kiplimo’s Chicago Marathon win

Kiplimo finishes first in 2:02:23 at the 2025 Chicago MarathonKAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Jacob Kiplimo’s historic win at the 2025 Chicago Marathon has drawn wide celebrations back home in Uganda.Kiplimo became the

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Seychelles’ opposition leader wins presidential poll

Seychelles’ opposition leader wins presidential poll

Seychelles‘ main opposition leader Patrick Herminie has won pres

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Uganda gets a game-changer: Aga Khan’s million-dollar campus and hospital

Uganda gets a game-changer: Aga Khan’s million-dollar campus and hospital

President Yoweri Museveni and wife at the hospital commissioningIn Nakawa, Kampala, a sweeping new complex of glass and brick gleams with promise.On September 11, 2025, His Highness the Aga Khan V, in his first visit to Uganda as the 50th Aga Khan

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Museveni Congratulates Kyabazinga on 11th Coronation Anniversary, Birth of Twins

Museveni Congratulates Kyabazinga on 11th Coronation Anniversary, Birth of Twins

President Museveni has held a cordial meeting with the Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Gabula Nadiope, and his delegation from the Busoga Kingdom to discuss issues of mutual interest and development.Announcing the meeting on his official X account, the President extended his congratulations

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