TANZANIA breathed a sigh of relief when President Samia Suluhu Hassan took power.After her authoritarian predecessor President John Magufuli died in 2021, the softly-spoken Hassan was widely expected to be a less tyrannical replacement.NINTCHDBPICT001043444208Hassa
Uganda’s notorious gold fraud syndicates have struck again—this time roping in high-profile foreign operatives, including a former FBI Special Agent, a former U.S. Army Ranger, and a U.S. Embassy employee in Sierra Leone, in what is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic cross-border scams
Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard.Singapore h
Police canine units being pushed directly toward civilians, including women and youths standing on the roadsideKampala, Uganda: The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned the deployment of police dogs to disperse crowds during the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential campa
The United States has designated what Venezuelans call the “Cartel de los Soles”, or “Cartel of the Suns”, a “foreign terrorist organization”.President Donald Trump’s administration added the “cartel”, which it asserts is linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas
The Anti-Corruption Court has issued a criminal summons for former Trade Ministry Permanent Secretary Geraldine Ssali after she failed to appear for the mention of a Shs3.8 billion fraud case in which she is jointly charged with three Members of Parliament and other officials.Du
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Brazilian B*tt Lift, better known as a BBL, has become one of the defining cosmetic procedures of the last decade.Its rise has been fueled by social media trends and the infl
For more than two decades, Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has challenged presidential power, and in this wide-ranging conversation he warns that Uganda is approaching a dangerous crossroads where institutions are collapsing, dissent is criminalised
Russia's economy is facing a "time bomb", as sanctions escalate and interest rates remain high. Businesses around the country are struggling to pay back loans and are fighting to stave off bankruptcy.Firms have watched on helplessly as interest rates were hiked to 21% towards th
A California man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his estranged wife while he hid in her apartment and waited for her to come out of her bedroom before he pounced and stabbed her to death.Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty Friday of
