Museveni approves creation of three New Districts in Tororo

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1358 EAT on Friday 25 April 2025 President Yoweri  Museveni has endorsed a plan to elevate Tororo municipality to city status and carve three new districts out of the current Tororo district in a bid to end decades of rivalry between the Japadhola (Badama) and Iteso (Bateso) communities….

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Why Pope Francis isn’t being buried in the Vatican

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1313 EAT on Friday 25 April 2025 Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the Vatican. Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St….

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Ukraine may have to give up land for peace

By Faith Barbara N Updated at 1252 EAT on   Friday 25 April 2025 One of the scenarios is to give up territory. It’s not fair. But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution, temporary,” he said. But the 53-year-old former boxing champion-turned politician stressed that the Ukrainian people would never accept…

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National Pastors’ Platform of Uganda Disassociates from False Teachings and Misrepresentation of Joseph Rest Ssenyonjo

By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Wakiso, Uganda — The National Pastors’ Platform of Uganda, in partnership with the leadership of the National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches of Uganda in Wakiso District and Nansana Municipality, along with other umbrella organizations representing pastors of born-again churches across the nation, have made a formal statement to the…

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Oscar-winning director reveals the secret lives of pangolins

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1832 EAT on Thursday 24 April 2025 Pangolins have two claims to fame: first, that they are the world’s only scaly mammal, and second, they are one of the most trafficked animals globally Beyond that, most people know very little about them. But the new Netflix documentary “Pangolin: Kulu’s…

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Trump says he is not happy with deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1712 EAT on Thursday 24 April 2025 This is not the first time that President Trump has issued a verbal warning to President Putin. He previously threatened secondary sanctions in his rush to secure an end to the war in Ukraine. Yet the prevailing wind that comes from…

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