Kenya and Uganda look to youth, technology to boost tourism The conference builds on the Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism Cooperation signed on 30th July 2025, which provides a framework for joint promotion, knowledge sharing, and capacity building. During the launch in Kampala, Ambassador Paul Mukumbya, Consul-General of Uganda in Mombasa, welcomed media and stakeholders […]
In July this year, investigative journalist, Canary Mugume of NBS Television, was attacked on his way home from work. It was late at night when a group of men approached his car, pulled him out, and assaulted him, focusing their blows on his face. They took only his mobile phone, leaving behind his laptop and […]
NRM Elections Tribunal releases cause list as petition hearings begin tomorrow FORT PORTAL, Uganda | KRC 102 FM| The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has released a cause list for the first batch of petitions arising from the party’s parliamentary primary elections, with 56 cases set for hearing on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The hearings […]
NRM Delegates in Tooro Endorse Speaker Among for Top Party Position NRM delegates from across the Tooro region have unanimously endorsed the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, to contest for the position of Second National Vice Chairperson (Female) in the upcoming party elections. The endorsement came during a strategic meeting held in […]
President Yoweri Museveni has strongly condemned irregularities reported during the National Resistance Movement party primaries held on July 17, 2025, warning of tough action against perpetrators. In a detailed post-election message to NRM members, Mr. Museveni expressed concern over what he described as “unpatriotic actors” who allegedly tampered with the party’s democratic process through result […]
Diane Rwigara, an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s presidential election. Only Kagame and two other politicians – Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana – were cleared by the electoral body. Ms Rwigara, who was also disqualified from the 2017 poll, took […]
Two female journalists from the greater Masaka sub-region have filed complaints of assault and damage to equipment against the bodyguards of National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine.
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said “not a dime” will be paid to kidnappers to release over 280 schoolchildren abducted last week. The kidnappers, who contacted the families, are demanding a ransom of 1bn naira ($600,000; £470,000). They have threatened to kill the captives if the demand is not met. A local chief has […]
A huge crowd has attended the state funeral of Namibian President Hage Geingob following his death at the age of 82 from cancer. Mr Geingob was interred in a mausoleum at Heroes’ Acre on the outskirts of the capital, Windhoek, as mourners paid tribute to a man they hailed as a nation-builder and a pan-African […]
By BBC Guinea’s military junta, which seized power in a coup in September 2021, has dissolved the government. The announcement was made through a presidential decree read on state TV on Monday by the presidency’s Secretary General, Brig Gen Amara Camara. Mr Camara did not disclose the reason for the dissolution or say when a […]
