By Adam Bukenya | Thursday, April 17, 2025 Arsenal delivered a defensive masterclass at the Santiago Bernabeu to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 16 years, defeating 15-time European champions Real Madrid 2-1 in the second leg to advance 5-1 on aggregate and face French champions Paris Saint-Germain. Prior to the game, the focus…
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Museveni Vows: Free Education Without Coercion
By Adam Bukenya | Thursday, April 17, 2025 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni continues to express anger with individuals who are failing to implement the government’s policy of free education across the country, urging officials at all levels to guarantee that the program is completely implemented. “I do not want to employ force in this case. Discuss the concept…
Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1421 EAT on Wednesday 16 April 2025 Sudan’s paramilitaries have declared the formation of a rival government to the country’s armed forces, two years into a war that has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, said the…
Biden blasts Trump’s domestic policies in first post presidency address
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1403 EAT on Wednesday 16 April 2025 Former United States President Joe Biden has delivered his first major speech since leaving office, defending retirement aid that he says is threatened by President Donald Trump’s sweeping administrative reforms. Speaking to disability advocates in Chicago, Biden said the Trump administration’s…
Red states forge ahead with proof of citizenship voting requirements with Trump’s efforts likely going nowhere
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1336 EAT on Wednesday 16 April 2025 states are barreling ahead in a push to require voters to show documents proving of their citizenship when registering, as efforts by President Donald Trump and his congressional allies to enact the mandate nationwide show little likelihood of success. Twenty-two states…
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1306 EAT on Tuesday 16 April 2025 This has been a really, really long road, says Susan Smith, the co-founder of For Women Scotland. She says: “Today the judges have said what we always believed to be the case, that women are protected by their biological sex. Sex…
72 MPs sign a proclamation condemning the Shs100M bonanza, saying, “I didn’t eat.”
By Adam Bukenya | Wednesday, April 16, 2025 72 members of parliament have signed a declaration submitted by Joel Ssenyonyi, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), denying any involvement in the purported Shs100 million cash handout that was allegedly paid to MPs behind closed doors. Ssenyonyi presented the list of signatories to reporters during a press…
Uganda implements regulatory measures for mandatory biometric voter verification.
By Adam Bukenya | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Norbert Mao, Uganda’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, has guaranteed that regulatory amendments are being worked on to prepare the way for the implementation of obligatory biometric voter verification during the country’s 2026 general elections. Speaking recently before the National Assembly’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Mao stated that…
