Justice Egonda-Ntende said he is often disturbed by reports from magistrates’ courts, especially in cases involving bail applications. Justice Martin Stephen Egonda-Ntende, a Justice of the Court of Appeal and one of Uganda’s most respected jurists, has expressed frustration with what
Isis-linked rebels have brutally slaughtered 89 innocent civilians in multiple attacks across east Congo. The violent assaults were carried out by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces in several localities of North Kivu province between November 13 and November 19, and the 89 killed
The 81-year-old said if fellow NRM loyalists genuinely believed in the same principles, they would “be begging me not to leave,” rather than calling for his exit.President Yoweri Museveni has chastised Ugandans who speak against his lengthy grip on power, arguing that his continued lea
KCongolese Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba and his delegation survived Monday morning, November 17, after their plane veered off the runway and caught fire during landing at Kolwezi Airport in Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Congo Plane Crash: Plane Carrying DRC
Dr Kizza Besigye with Lutale in Court.Sunday, November 16, 2025 marked one year since veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested and detained — a milestone that his wife, Winnie Byanyima, has described as a tragic symbol of Uganda’s shrinking democratic space.Besig
President William Ruto welcomed ten African Presidents to Kenya for the fifth mid-year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, Regional Communities and Regional Mechanisms.The Head of State sent members of his Cabinet to receive the African Dignitaries at the Jomo Kenyatta Internationa
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abbas Byakagaba, has assured residents of the Rwenzori region of continued security and stability following a string of recent coordinated attacks on police and army installations.Speaking during a visit to Kasese District on Wednesday, Byakagaba reaf
Volodymyr Zelensky said that King Charles had helped build relations with Donald Trump and described the British monarch as "very supportive" of Ukraine.In an interview on Sunday, during which Russian strikes on the country's energy grid caused the lights to twice black out, Mr Zelensky he
Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union, adding to mounting international pressure on President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration over the deadly vote.The AU’s election monitoring arm, which sent a team of 72 observers to T
US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.The West has upped its interest with the resource-rich region, where Moscow
