The US Secretary of State told a bunch of countries they need to throw more cash and troops at the Haiti security mission because Kenya can't handle the gang crisis alone. Marco Rubio was hanging out with Kenya's president at the State Department and basically said if just a handful of nations pitched in half of what Kenya's already doing, it would be huge for the gang suppression force they're trying to build.
The UN dropped some brutal numbers showing over a thousand people got killed in a three-month stretch, with most deaths actually coming from Haitian security forces doing drone strikes and ground ops instead of gang violence. Hundreds of kids got recruited by armed groups last year, which the UN is calling one of the worst human...
Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister told parliament the country pulled off a massive financial turnaround with a primary surplus hitting $254.9 million and an overall surplus of $116.3 million while presenting the 2026 budget. Gaston Browne said the government went from drowning in debt to actually having cash left over after covering expenses and interest payments.
The debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to around 61% from what was basically 120% when his administration started running things over a decade back. Browne credited tourism bouncing back hard, construction projects taking off, and better tax collection for the improved numbers.
The new budget focuses on education, healthcare, housing, and infrastructure spending backed by the...
The UK just rolled out a new framework that lets its overseas territories hammer out formal Partnership Compacts, and the British Virgin Islands might actually use this to get a better deal on how much London can meddle in local stuff. These agreements would spell out what both sides have to do on governance, security, money matters, and climate issues instead of leaving everything vague and messy.
For the BVI, signing one of these things could mean clearer boundaries on when the UK can step in, plus more help with cops, disaster prep, and border control. It might also give the territory more leverage in constitutional reform talks after all the drama from that 2022 inquiry.
The government there hasn't said yet if they want to...
Bill Clinton flew into Jamaica to check out the wreckage from Hurricane Melissa, a massive Category 5 storm that slammed the western part of the island and killed over 40 people while racking up more than a trillion Jamaican dollars in destruction. The former president met with government officials and took a helicopter ride over the demolished areas with some ministers to drum up more help for rebuilding.
Clinton got treated to dinner at a Kingston hotel by the Sandals resort boss, and a bunch of government officials showed up along with someone from his foundation. The acting prime minister said they want to team up with the Clinton Foundation going forward because the nonprofit does disaster recovery and climate stuff that Jamaica...
A magistrate in Soroti told the relatives of Dr. Godfrey Egwau to bring a legitimate death certificate by mid-month because the local council paperwork they turned in wasn't enough to make things official. The doc passed away at a cancer hospital in Kampala after getting hit with medical malpractice charges over a patient named Emmia Lucy Aluka, who died while giving birth.
When someone dies before their trial wraps up, the case usually gets thrown out under the legal system there, which wipes out both criminal consequences and any civil claims against them.
Hajji Bruhan Sserunga stood up at a rally and told everyone Museveni deserves another term despite his son Mubarak Munyagwa running against the president under a different party. The elder Sserunga helped NRA fighters back in the day and says he respects what the current government has accomplished on security and development. Museveni thanked him for the support and promised to talk more about fishing community issues.
The president hit Kitagwenda with his usual speech about wealth creation versus infrastructure development, saying tarmac roads do not automatically make people rich if they are not hustling individually. He name-dropped George Matongo as proof that commercial farming works and threw in a pledge for a coffee factory...
Coach Paul Put named his 30-player roster for AFCON Morocco with nine guys coming from Uganda Premier League squads. Vipers playmaker Allan Okello cut along with teen sensation James Bogere, who turned heads at the U17 World Cup with Uganda Cubs. KCCA keeper Charles Lukwago got recalled despite a rough domestic season, while SC Villa's David Owori grabbed the right-back spot over Gavin Kizito and Elvis Bwomono.
Bevis Mugabi sits out with an injury, and Joel Sserunjogi missed selection despite solid CHAN performances. The team heads to Casablanca for an 11-day camp with two warm-up matches before facing Tunisia to open their tournament run.
A taxi tried passing a Fuso truck on the Kampala-Jinja highway near Bulumagi village, then panicked when oncoming traffic appeared and swerved straight into the truck it was overtaking. Both vehicles flipped after impact, and the Fuso spilled its cargo of booze all over the road. Driver Ntabazi Joseph from Jinja was behind the wheel of the truck, while the taxi driver remains unidentified.
Seven people got banged up and landed at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital for treatment. Passengers ranged from a 15-year-old girl named Namulondo Tracy to adults scattered across districts like Busia, Mityana, Mayuge, and Bugiri. Both wrecked vehicles got towed to Njeru Police Station, and cops are still piecing together what happened.
Mulago National Referral Hospital surgeons pulled off Uganda's first laparoscopic radical prostatectomy on a 73-year-old dude, using tiny incisions and a camera instead of slicing him wide open. Lead urologist Badru Ssekitooleko said patients normally drop over 100 million shillings flying to India or South Africa for the same procedure, but Mulago subsidizes costs to keep treatment local. The hospital sees between 120 and 159 patients weekly at its urology clinic, with around 60% dealing with prostate issues.
Uganda logs roughly 33,000 fresh cancer cases annually, and prostate cancer ranks high among men. Doctors keep stressing that early screening stops the disease from going terminal, since most guys show up when things have already...
