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04 Dec '25
The prosecution further alleges that Besigye sought surface-to-air missiles, ricin poison, counterfeit currency, and planned to use drone technology to assassinate President Yoweri Museveni. The state claims it has audio and video recordings, social media messages, immigration documents, and phon
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04 Dec '25
President Museveni has appointed a new leadership of the General Court Martial, clearing the final administrative hurdle for the long-awaited prosecution of former military intelligence chief Major General James Birungi, who has been detained since August on charges that include treason, terroris
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01 Dec '25
Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.She was found guilty of influencing her aunt, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister
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27 Nov '25
The Uganda Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurs’ League and Confederation (UCCEC) has dragged the Governments of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over what it describes as persistent violations of Uganda’s right of access to the Indian Ocean.
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27 Nov '25
Buganda Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called on security agencies to exercise restraint and uphold professionalism during the ongoing campaign season, warning that violent crowd-control tactics only deepen national wounds.“Once again, I urge the police
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27 Nov '25
The Uganda Human Rights Commission, or UHRC, Tribunal in Mbarara City awarded a total of Sh160 million to victims of severe human rights violations in two separate rulings delivered this week.The details of the second ruling were not immediately available, but the first decision
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27 Nov '25
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been detained.
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26 Nov '25
Club Guvnor, once Kampala’s undisputed symbol of elegance and disciplined nightlife, has continued to write new chapters in Uganda’s entertainment history. While many bars struggled to regain footing following the global shock of Covid-19, the shifting dynamics o
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25 Nov '25
Kampala Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the decomposed body recovered from Musaale Swamp in Kyampisi Subcounty belongs to Aneza Merisa, a missing student of Naalya SS Lugazi Campus, and are now treating the case as murder.According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokespe
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25 Nov '25
Yaoundé — "If by November 26, the captors have not released Father John, I request all the priests, religious personnel from all Catholic institutions in Ndop deanery will be closed. Priests will be evacuated for their safety, and the Blessed Sacrament will be removed from the churches." This