Albania protests enter seventh day amid violent clashes with police

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1313 EAT on Tursday 20 October 2026 Protesters in Albania clashed with riot police for the seventh consecutive day on Monday, as demonstrations against Prime Minister Edi Rama intensified. The protesters, many of them high school and university students, are demanding Rama’s resignation. Official figures showed that 295…

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14 killed in collapse at illegal gold mine in Colombia

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1234 EAT on Tuesday 20 October 2026 The collapse of an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia has killed 14 people and injured seven others, local authorities said on Monday. The accident occurred in the rural Chambero area of Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé municipality, in Nariño Department. Search…

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Iganga businessman arrested for faking Shs 5m robbery

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1205 EAT on Tuesday 20 October 2026 Police in Iganga have arrested businessman Mawazi Waiswa for allegedly fabricating an aggravated robbery in which he claimed to have lost Shs 4.7 million. Waiswa is being held at Iganga Central Police Station pending further investigations and possible prosecution, according to…

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There Will be No Forests in the Next 10 Years- Kivumbi is Worried.

Amanya Ensi ne Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D (Hon) nga addamu ebibuzo ne Anastasious Gordon Ssekandi. Kivumbi akubye toki mukabatte akolekedde elw’Ebibila ebisanyizibwawo.  Awagidde Executive Order ya President Museveni okutassa Ebibila. Watch and subscribe

French government under fire after weekend of widespread violence.

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1106 EAT on Monday 19 October 2026 France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what have been described as some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French…

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Pope makes first major public appearance since lung cancer surgery.

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1053 EAT on Monday 19 October 2026 Pope Leo XIV has thanked about 15,000 Catholic faithful who gathered in St Peter’s Square for his Sunday address, marking his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery. “Now that this delicate phase is behind me, I will gradually…

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Court remands two over alleged PLE registration fraud

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1040 EAT on Monday 19 October 2026 Two men have been remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations of obtaining money by false pretence from people they allegedly promised to help register for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Ambrose Okot, 42, also known as William Musinguzi, a businessman, and…

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