Updated at 2256 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Nigerians are still voting in a national election in a few parts of the country where technical and other glitches prevented voting from taking place as scheduled on Saturday. Vote counting was already under way in other places during the historically tight race between three frontrunners…

Updated at 2235 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Australia have won the Women’s T20 World Cup for the sixth time as they defeated South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Newlands, Cape Town. Helped by opening batter Beth Mooney’s innings of 74, the defending champions posted a total of 156 for six…

Updated at 2212 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Lawyer Male Mabirizi has been released from Luzira Upper prison after serving just a year of his 18-month jail term for contempt of court.  Uganda Prison Services spokesperson Frank Baine said that Mabirizi was released on Saturday after completing his sentence. He said Mabirizi’s sentence was…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1226 EAT on 25th February 2023. The leaders of Botswana and Namibia have signed an agreement that will allow their citizens to cross the two countries’ border without passports. Starting immediately, citizens of the two southern African countries will only be required to produce their identity cards at crossing…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1224 EAT on Saturday 25th February 2023. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday Thursday declined to append his signature on an endorsement poster endorsing him for the 2026 elections. Museveni who has been in power since 1986 was requested by the area leaders and a section of voters in Omoro…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1216 EAT on Saturday 25th February 2023 Emmanuel Omoding, son of the late Patrick Okabe has replaced his father as Serere County MP after winning the by-election held on Thursday.  Omoding, an independent candidate emerged winner of the hotly contested race with 15,638 votes, beating four other contenders. He…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1208 EAT on Saturday 25th February 2023. Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda’s largest hospital and home to Makerere University college of health sciences held a paediatric surgical camp recently in which 48 children with various conditions were operated on.   The hospital, from time to time, organises such camps to…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2048 EAT on Thursday 23rd February 2023. NATO secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance has seen signs that China is considering supplying arms to Russia and warned Beijing against taking any move to provide military assistance to Moscow. The comments on Thursday came days after US Secretary of State…