Cheptegei wins Uganda Gold medal in men’s 10,000m at Paris Olympics 2024
Paris Aug. 2—The three-time world champion and Uganda’s op long distance runner, Joshua Cheptegei, has won Uganda’s first Gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic...
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A simple guide to the US 2024 presidential election
August 2—Americans will head to the polls in November to elect the next US president. The vote will be closely watched around the world. They...
Curfew imposed in Nigerian state after ‘hunger’ protest
Protesters in Kano city looted shops many were interested in yellow cartons of cooking oil August 2—A curfew has been imposed in Nigeria’s second-biggest state,...
Kampala traders call off sit down strike as govt intervenes
Kampala Aug. 2—Kampala traders who Wednesday July 31st 2024 embarked on a peaceful sit-down strike by closing their shops protesting President Museveni’s abrupt cancelling of...
Hundreds protest across Nigeria over soaring cost of living, fuel prices
Aug. 1—Nigerian police have fired live bullets and tear gas to try and disperse thousands of protesters in the northern city of Kano rallying against...
Ugandan traders go on sit down strike over unfair taxes, EFRIS
Kampala July 31—Ugandan traders under their organisation, Kampala Capital City Traders Association (KACITA) have gone on a sit-down strike Wednesday July 31st, closing their shops...
Tanzania forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai–Human Rights Watch
Maasai tribesmen at one of the livestock market July 31—Tanzania has been forcibly evicting Indigenous Maasai from their ancestral lands, a Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
The Kabaka has No deputy—Kabaka Mutebi clarifies
Kampala July 31—The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has warned his subjects to guard against people who want to destroy the kingdom. In...
D.R. Congo accuses Rwanda of jamming flights
Planes at D.R. Congo Airport July 31—The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused the Rwandan army of jamming satellite navigation systems affecting civilian flights in...
Growing youth anger fuels unrest in major African cities
Demonstrators are detained by police after trying to reach the Ugandan Parliament during an anti-corruption march in Kampala on 23 July 2024. July 30—In some...