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SIAYA, Kenya — President William Ruto has challenged retired President Uhuru Kenyatta to explain how he expects to defeat him in the 2027 General Election,…
SIAYA, Kenya — President William Ruto has challenged retired President Uhuru Kenyatta to explain how he expects to defeat him in the 2027 General Election,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye is facing a prolonged and uncertain period in detention, as concerns over his deteriorating health…
ACCRA, Ghana — For years, verifying a person’s identity in Ghana often involved a familiar routine. A bank teller would examine a national identity card,…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s military government has officially severed diplomatic relations with France, escalating a years-long deterioration in ties between the West African…
Zambia election: Lungu’s unburied legacy casts shadow over Hichilema’s re-election bid
By Kaelen VeyarLUSAKA, Zambia — Lusaka is in campaign season, but one of the most powerful figures hanging over Zambia’s presidential election will not appear on the…
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A newly identified dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe is offering scientists fresh insight into the remarkable diversity of prehistoric life that once…
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-aligned government has criticised Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni hosted paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, describing the…
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late autocrat Muammar Gaddafi and a figure who sought to reshape his country long after…
BANGUI, Central African Republic (CAR) — Provisional results from the Central African Republic (CAR) indicate that President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has secured a third term in…
Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia for ‘safety’ after election-linked protests
By Jabari KiooBANJUL, The Gambia — Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has fiercely contested the recent presidential election results, has fled to The Gambia seeking…
SIAYA, Kenya — President William Ruto has challenged retired President Uhuru Kenyatta to explain how he expects to defeat him in the 2027 General Election,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye is facing a prolonged and uncertain period in detention, as concerns over his deteriorating health…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s public debt has crossed the Sh13 trillion mark for the first time, according to a full-year budget implementation review by the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — On a Sunday night in June 2026, armed security personnel once again surrounded Nation Media Group’s headquarters in Namuwongo, Kampala. Inside the…
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WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — The United States has publicly confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in Earth’s orbit, in what…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans selected in the US Diversity Visa programme have received a temporary legal reprieve after a federal court intervened in policies that…
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a 15-point US-backed plan for Gaza, insisting that Israel will not withdraw its forces until…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — For a month, the ceasefire held. It was fragile, uneasy and punctuated by mutual accusations, but it offered a glimpse of…
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that an agreement to end the war in Ukraine was possible, while Kyiv said it expected a…
GOTLAND, Sweden —The remains of a pregnant Stone Age woman and a remarkably preserved foetus have been discovered in a cave on a small Swedish…
ADELAIDE, Australia — For years, Rohan Dennis was known as one of Australia’s most accomplished cyclists — an Olympian, a world champion and an athlete…
SYDNEY, Australia — The death of a 26-year-old Kenyan student, Sheila Chebii in Australia is under investigation, with authorities yet to establish the circumstances surrounding…
BEIJING, China — A sweeping new set of Chinese regulations governing who can leave the country took effect on Tuesday, giving authorities significantly broader powers…
NANJING, China — A court in eastern China has sentenced a former senior municipal official to death after finding him guilty of accepting more than…
NEW YORK, United States — A US federal judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while sharply criticising the Justice Department’s handling…
NEW DELHI, India — The rains arrived as they do every year. But in parts of India this weekend, the monsoon brought more than relief…
Ugandan socialite and businesswoman Zari Hassan has addressed the online backlash over her viral “fox eye” appearance, confirming that she underwent a temporal lift procedure. Zari says the dramatic look was amplified by makeup and…
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Uganda tourism players call for Emirates flights to be blocked over UAE travel restrictions
By Zola TemboENTEBBE, Uganda — Ugandan tourism industry players are calling on the government to consider suspending Emirates flights to Entebbe in retaliation for continued United Arab…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The burial of Kenyan Arbantone musician Edgar, popularly known as Stoopid Boy, has been halted by a court order amid a family…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A new government initiative to clean up Uganda’s streets has triggered widespread criticism, legal challenges, and allegations of heavy-handed policing. Prime Minister…
KAMPALA, Uganda — In May 2006, renowned Ugandan journalist and researcher Timothy Kalyegira posed a question that, even years later, refuses to lose its edge:…
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More from NewsNAIROBI, Kenya — If you have spent any time on Kenyan social media in recent days, you have probably encountered Heha Movers. They arrive on…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A 37-year-old man drowned on Saturday after falling into an open sewage trench near Equity Bank along Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni marked his 82nd birthday on Tuesday, 15 September, with a wave of birthday messages from his family,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — As Uganda battles a relatively limited Ebola outbreak linked to cross-border transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an increasingly contentious…
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