M23 rebels and Congo's military went at it hard across South Kivu, with battles breaking out in Katogota-Luvungi, Kaziba-Haut Plateau, Tchivanga-Hombo, and Kasika-Mwenga. Both sides are pointing fingers about who started the mess, and civilians are bailing out of the area fast. M23's spokesperson said the government forces came after populated zones and the whole front line, calling the situation a disaster that keeps getting worse.
The rebels already control massive chunks of North and South Kivu, holding both Goma and Bukavu plus their airports. Congo keeps saying Rwanda backs M23 with support, but both Rwanda and the rebels deny it. Everyone signed a peace framework deal back in November to keep talking through the issues, but the...
Bobi Wine is calling out the police chief for making up stories about his campaign being violent and breaking rules. The NUP candidate says security forces are dressing up fake supporters to start trouble, and then they use those incidents as an excuse to crack down on his actual rallies around the country.
Police keep saying his crew attacks officers and runs processions that mess up traffic, but Bobi Wine says the government applies those same rules differently when NRM holds events. He pointed out how Museveni's rally in Mbarara had massive convoys blocking roads with zero consequences, and the prime minister has been campaigning way past the allowed cutoff time.
He also pushed back on assault allegations by bringing up past...
Museveni rolled up to Bushenyi and told everyone they better vote NRM if they want things to stay chill. He dragged officials stealing from the Parish Development Model program and said anyone messing with anti-poverty cash is getting handled. The first lady and a bunch of local politicians were there backing him up.
He went on about how the party brought peace after Uganda was spiraling into tribal chaos, and he kept pushing this four-acre farming model that apparently makes bank if you plant proper pasture for dairy cows. The district got road upgrades and power connections, but Museveni made it clear that infrastructure alone does not equal personal wealth.
Local party leaders hyped up government investments like the banana factory...
Congo's military and M23 rebels are blaming each other for new fighting that popped up right before everyone's supposed to sign a peace deal in Washington. The army said Rwandan troops and M23 hit their spots in South Kivu, calling it a straight-up violation of the ceasefire that America and Qatar helped set up. M23 fired back, saying Congo actually started it with air strikes and ground attacks while pretending to want peace.
The whole thing is going down just before a big regional peace meeting meant to chill out tensions in eastern Congo, where over a million people got displaced this year. Congo keeps saying Rwanda backs M23 with weapons and soldiers, but Rwanda denies it, and M23 claims they're just protecting Tutsi communities...
Tanzania's president basically said the wild election protests were actually a coup attempt against her government. Samia Suluhu Hassan grabbed almost 98% of the vote amid fraud claims, and she told a council that the chaos wasn't random anger but a planned takedown with local and foreign backing. She defended the police crackdown hard, asking what people expected her to do when rioters were trying to overthrow everything.
The whole situation blew up after opposition leaders got disqualified, and protesters hit the streets before things turned into full riots with burning tires and shootouts. The UN wants a proper investigation into the killings, and Amnesty International is saying at least 100 people died from excessive force. The...
Rwanda and the DRC are about to ink a peace deal brokered by Trump, with both presidents heading to Washington to make it official. The White House confirmed that Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi will be signing an agreement meant to stop the fighting between Congolese forces and the M23 rebels, who've been tearing up eastern Congo. The conflict ramped up hard when M23 grabbed control of Goma and other key spots earlier this year.
The whole thing goes back to tension from the Rwandan genocide aftermath, and the rebel group is mostly Tutsi fighters who Rwanda says need to be recognized as legit Congolese citizens. American diplomats have been working on this for months, first getting foreign ministers to sign something back in June...
Uganda's chess scene just got a leadership shake-up after Andrew Bakiza won the presidency with 14 votes at the Annual General Meeting. The fresh executive team is taking over from Eng. Emmanuel Mwaka, who ran things for eight years, and they're supposed to guide the federation for the next four years. Other people who got elected were Mande Allan Benjamin as vice president, Okas Walter as general secretary, Muwanguzi David handling money stuff, and Nakiirya Victoria repping women's affairs.
The old crew managed to bump Uganda Chess up from Tier 3 to Tier 2, which means more funding and better development opportunities. Bakiza said he wants to keep that momentum going while pushing for more transparency and grassroots programs. The...
Uganda's women's netball squad is headed to Malawi after crushing it at the Celtic Cup in Glasgow. The She Cranes are playing in the Africa Netball Cup, which also works as a qualifier for the 2027 World Cup in Sydney. They got placed in Pool A with Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
The team is riding high after their recent wins, and people think they can bounce back from last year's loss to South Africa in the final. That defeat got blamed on the league getting suspended for two years, which messed up everyone's rhythm. Pool B looks tougher with Malawi hosting alongside South Africa, Botswana, and Tanzania.
The men's tournament is happening at the same time, and Uganda's guys got drawn against South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana right...
Namibia's president just made Esi Schimming-Chase the first woman to get a permanent spot on the Supreme Court. She's been working as a High Court judge for a few years, and she's actually been doing Supreme Court stuff on an acting basis since 2023.
Before she became a judge, Schimming-Chase spent nearly two decades practicing law, and she'd already filled in as an acting High Court judge multiple times. The appointment kicks off next month based on what the Judicial Service Commission recommended.
Five other people got named as acting appeal judges for the Supreme Court. Three of them are already doing the job temporarily, and two High Court deputy judges presidents got tapped to serve through the end of 2026.
