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14 May '25
A contentious 143-page bill, the UPDF (Amendment) Bill, 2025, is set to be tabled in the Ugandan parliament today by Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Oboth Oboth, triggering a wave of concern over potential civilian trials in military courts.The bill, a sweeping overhaul of t
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14 May '25
A self-declared "king" of Germany and three of his senior "subjects" have been arrested and their group banned for attempting to overthrow the state.Peter Fitzek, 59, was among those arrested in morning raids across seven states on Tuesday, which involved about 800 securit
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10 May '25
A newly released white paper by the Coalition Against Illicit Alcohol Uganda (CAIA-UG) in collaboration with Arrow Empirical Research Institute has uncovered a nationwide crisis, painting a sobering picture of the scale, causes, and consequences of illicit alcohol consumption in Uganda.Tit
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10 May '25
A newly released white paper by the Coalition Against Illicit Alcohol Uganda (CAIA-UG) in collaboration with Arrow Empirical Research Institute has uncovered a nationwide crisis, painting a sobering picture of the scale, causes, and consequences of illicit alcohol consumption in Uganda.Tit
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09 May '25
The Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Gen Salim Saleh, has called for unity among the leadership of boda boda riders in various parts of the country.Gen Saleh says unity among the leaders will help them in ensuring that the newly estab
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08 May '25
The first day of the papal conclave ended without a new pope, as black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 9:01pm local time—nearly three hours after the expected time—signaling that no cardinal had secured the required majority in the initial vote.The black smoke leaves
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08 May '25
"They tried to break him." Those are the haunting words opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, used to describe the horrific torture his aide Edward Ssebuufu, alias Eddie Mutwe, endured while held incommunicado by security operatives.Following a prison visit to
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06 May '25
Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde’s public reckoning over his troubled ties with twin sisters Yvonne Babirye and Cynthia Nakato has taken another sordid turn, with new revelations and social media outbursts threatening to shred what remained of their already strained reputat
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06 May '25
BBC | France's former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the stade de France which saw Liverpool football supporters wrongly blamed for a riot.Gérald Darmanin admitted that security arrangements for the Champions League final b
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04 May '25
Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has called upon Ugandans both at home and abroad to join a crucial X (formerly Twitter) Space tonight at 7:30 PM East African Time.The online gathering, which will be hosted by Bobi Wine himself,