US Embassy Staff Among Seven Dead in Kampala Floods.

Kampala, March 26, 2026 – Heavy morning rains have caused massive flooding across Kampala, leaving at least seven people dead and causing widespread destruction. Authorities fear the death toll may rise as emergency response teams continue rescue efforts. The devastating floods that hit Kampala early Wednesday morning, causing widespread destruction across the city. Authorities have…

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White House Condemns Reporter Over Leaked Signal Messages.

The White House has strongly criticized The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg after he published newly leaked messages from a Signal group chat involving top U.S. officials. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the issue during a daily press briefing, denouncing Goldberg as an “anti-Trump hater” and downplaying the significance of the leaked messages. Leavitt…

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24 dead in South Korea’s ‘worst ever fires’

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 15:06 EAT on 26 March 2025 At least 24 people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage South Korea’s south-east region. Most of the victims are in their 60s and 70s, say authorities, adding that some 26 people are injured – with 12 in critical condition…

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Mike Waltz takes full responsibility for Signal group chat leak

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 14:51 EAT on Wednesday 26 March 2025 US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has taken responsibility for a group chat in which high-ranking officials planned military strikes in Yemen in the company of a journalist who was inadvertently added. President Donald Trump and US intelligence chiefs have downplayed…

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MP-elect Nalukoola to Be Sworn in Tomorrow, Confirms Speaker Among.

Kampala, Uganda – March 25, 2025 The newly elected Member of Parliament for Kawempe North, Elias Luyimbazi Nalukoola, is set to be sworn in tomorrow, according to an official announcement by Speaker of Parliament Anita Among. In a statement issued today, Speaker Among confirmed that the swearing-in ceremony will take place in her chambers at…

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Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur market

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 19:53 EAT on Tuesday 25 March 2025 A Sudanese war monitor has accused the military of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country’s western Darfur region. The Emergency Lawyers group – which documents abuses by both sides in Sudan’s civil war…

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Burundi’s President Accuses Rwanda of Plotting Attack.

Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has claimed that Rwanda is planning to attack his country, citing “credible intelligence” that supports his allegations. In an interview with the BBC, Ndayishimiye accused Rwanda of attempting to destabilize Burundi, drawing parallels to Rwanda’s alleged involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Burundian leader…

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Grandparents arrested on suspicion of toddler’s murder in French Alps

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 19:41 EAT on Tuesday 25 March 2025 Four people, including the grandparents of Emile Soleil, have been arrested over the two-year-old’s disappearance and death in the French Alps in July 2023. The two other people arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse are adult…

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