The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has come out swinging against claims by the National Unity Platform (NUP) that he has been blocking the party and its president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, from appearing on Buganda Kingdom–owned media platforms — BBS Terefayina a
How government’s borrowing spree is leaving citizens bearing the country.At dawn, the roar of engines rises above the quiet streets of Entebbe as David Tumusiime, 47, prepares for his daily commute to Kampala. Like thousands of other motorists, he joins the line snaking toward the Enteb
A Tanzanian riot police officer walks past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, following a protest a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates at the Namanga One-Post Border crossing point betwe
Some 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.“As we speak the figure for deaths in Dar (es Salaam) is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-p
Kampala, Uganda: The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs a case in which the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) sought to compel government to allocate it funds under the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) arrangement.In the ruling, the presiding Judge held that N
For the next nine months, activities in Uganda’s oil fields will be ramped up as the country targets to get its first barrel of oil to the market through a 1,443km pipeline to the Tanzanian coast of Tanga by July 2026, more than 20 years after the first commercial discovery was made in western
Once the standard-bearers of English football, Manchester United have spent the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years chasing a Premier League title that used to feel inevitable.Cup silverware has arrived in fleeting bursts, yet the Premier League, the true measure of dominance, has continued to ev
Motorists drive past an electoral campaign billboard of Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) ahead of the general elections in Ilala district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzanians will vote on Wednesday in an election that President Samia S
Inhabitants of Douala have been protesting for a second day, following the announcement that president Paul Biya was re-elected for an eighth term. Armed forces have been deployed to several districts of the city.Barricades, fires, live bullets: in Douala, as in many other cities of Camero
Cameroon was a nation in flames on Monday as citizens across all regions took to the streets following the Constitutional Council’s declaration of Paul Biya as winner of the 2025 presidential election.Image shows nationwide unrest on October 27, 2025, following the Constitutional Council
