Reports spread widely on social media over the weekend that the 69-year-old was sickly and “unable to support himself.”The Uganda Prisons is denying media reports that jailed opposition leader Col Dr Kizza Besigye’s health has deteriorated.
Hours before South Korean president Lee Jae Myung was due to meet US president Donald Trump, a Truth Social post dropped."WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA?" Trump wrote, pointing to a "Purge or Revolution" - which many saw as a reference to the prosecution of former preside
With a combined prize pool worth over shs30 million, and a national spotlight shining brighter than ever, eight student teams from across Uganda are preparing to face off in the Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC) 2025 Grand Finale on August 29 at Mestil Hotel, Kampala.This year’
Mona Heydari, 17, was dragged from a car outside her family home and beheaded by her husband Sajjad Heydari and his brother Heydar in Ahvaz, the capital of the southwestern Khuzestan ProvinceThe shocking murder happened in Iran (Image: Getty)
Jose Chameleone and Daniella Atim.The long-standing marriage between celebrated Ugandan musician Joseph Mayanja, better known as Jose Chameleone, and his wife Daniella Atim has reached the courts after Atim filed for divorce, accusing the singer of desert
Uganda woke up to the shocking news that Prof. Waswa Balunywa, the man who turned Makerere University Business School (MUBS) into the academic powerhouse it is today, is set to appear in court on August 21 over abuse of office and causing financial loss.T
President Museveni engages with fishing communities at Jinja State Lodge recently.KAMPALA — President Museveni has admitted that corruption has deeply penetrated State House and the broader government system, with some of his own officials accused of ex
Putin appears unmoved in the face of Trump’s deadline diplomacy and social media brinkmanshipThe muddled US-Russia equation under Trump is symptomatic of a larger leadership dilemma.US President Donald Trump faces a daunting series of foreign p
Trade at the Mpondwe border point in Kasese District is thriving, fuelled by high demand from the Democratic Republic of Congo.Yet behind the apparent boom, small-scale vendors—especially the youth—are raising alarms about punitive taxes and the absence of political leadership to advoc
A growing majority of Ugandans believe corruption has reached alarming levels, with 74% describing it as either “very severe” or “extremely severe,” according to a new factsheet by Twaweza based on its 2024 Sauti za Wananchi survey.Only 11% of respondents consider corruption “not
