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Uganda Political Transition: Bobi Wine, Gen. Muntu Stay Silent on Forgiving Museveni

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda & Eric KikomekoUpdated at 21:35, Monday, 1 December 2025 Nandala Mafabi and Male Mabirizi Emerge as the Only Candidates Willing to Forgive Museveni As Uganda heads toward the January 2026 general elections, the question of political transition dominated Sunday night’s highly anticipated Presidential Debate hosted by NTV Uganda. The debate,…

Unity and Diplomacy: VP Alupo and 25+ Envoys Gather in Kampala to Honour 71 Years of Algeria’s Liberation.

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.), Anastasias Gordon Sekandi, Faith Barbara Ruhinda & Princess Scovia K Kampala, Uganda — Updated at 2145 EAT on November 5, 2025 The Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in Uganda on Tuesday hosted a colourful reception at the ambassador’s residence in Kampala to mark the 71st…

Uganda and Russia Reaffirm Strategic Partnership at Third Intergovernmental Commission Session

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L. H. D (Hon.) & Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Munyonyo, Uganda — updates at 13:12 EAT on October 8, 2025 Uganda and the Russian Federation have reaffirmed their long-standing strategic partnership during the Third Session of the Uganda–Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, held at Speke Resort Munyonyo,…

European nationals evacuated from coup hit Niger

The first couple of hundreds of French and European nationals are evacuated from coup-hit Niger, the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso say any foreign armed intervention in Niamey will be treated as a declaration of war against them all. Two protesters were killed when demonstrations erupted after opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was jailed…

Uganda Cuts Internet Prices for Government Bodies

The National Backbone now extends to all regions of the country spanning 4,300km extending connectivity to around 4,360 Government offices The Ugandan government has announced a reduction in the cost of the internet for its ministries, agencies and departments. “I am delighted to announce that effective today 1st of August 2023, the Price of the…

Putin meets Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday ahead of a Russia-Africa summit. Putin has billed the two-day summit that opens in St. Petersburg on Thursday as a major event that would help bolster ties with a continent of 1.3 billion people that is increasingly assertive on the global…

United Nations panel says it’s concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years

Human rights violations in Uganda in recent years ranging from the arrest of government opponents to extrajudicial killings have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts The U.N. Human Rights Committee in findings released Wednesday also urged authorities in the East African country to repeal a recently enacted law that prescribes the…

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Algeria was battling to contain devastating forest fires along its Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, in an inferno which has killed at least 34 people, authorities said, adding they had managed to control about four-fifths of the blaze. Fanned by strong winds, fires had also spread to neighbouring Tunisia, forcing the closure of two border crossings….

Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia

Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade in human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to a hospital in Cambodia to sell their kidneys By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were…

Gabon’s Bongo to face 18 other presidential candidates in August election

Gabon’s leader Ali Bongo Ondimba will face 18 other candidates in next month’s presidential election, authorities announced Monday. Bongo is favourite to win a third term at the head of the oil-rich West African state ruled by his family for 55 years. The 64-year-old, who took over from his father, Omar Bongo Ondimba in 2009, officially announced in…

Eswatini: Election With No Democracy On the Horizon

By Andrew Firmin London — Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there’s nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, who presides over Eswatini with an iron fist. Mswati dissolvedparliament on 11 July, confident there’s little chance of people who disagree…