Mother of Bukanga NUP Candidate Tasks Security to Produce Her son
Fatinah Tibiita, the mother of Samilu Isabirye, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for Bukanga Sub-county LC III chairperson in Luuka District, is demanding answ...
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Uganda Hits Back at U.S. Sanctions Threats, Accuses Washington of Oil-Driven Interference
Uganda’s ruling establishment has dismissed calls by the United States to sanction General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, branding Washington’s response to the 2026 G...
Police Arrest Woman Over Self-Kidnapping in Kampala
Rachael KawalaPolice in Kampala North have arrested a 34-year-old woman, Nanteza Aisha, on allegations of staging her own kidnapping, an incident that triggered public pa...
Meet Africa’s female tyrant ‘Butcher of Tanzania’ who ‘murdered 10,000 of her own people & dumped bodies in mass graves’
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-spok...
Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days
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 con...
Cameroon: The Archbishop of Bamenda - 'If Father John Is Not Released By November 26, the Churches in the Deanery Will Be Closed'
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 d...
West Africa: Mali Faces Record Number of Kidnappings of Foreigners.
The number of foreigners kidnapped by jihadists in Mali has reached a record high, with at least 22 taken hostage by the al-Qaeda affiliate group JNIM in the last six mon...
10 celebrities who ended up in jail after fame.
Fame often comes with wealth, admiration, and influence, but it doesn’t erase human imperfection. Time and again, some of the world’s most celebrated figure...
ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony
International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph K...
Uganda Teeters on Edge as Nation Awaits Crucial Presidential Address
Uganda’s political climate has grown increasingly volatile, marked by a surge in politically motivated violence, allegations of state-sponsored abuse, a fragmented...