South African football legends crushed Botswana during the Clash of Legends tournament final. The match took place at Obed Itani Chilume Stadium on June 21st. Four countries entered the competition with Zimbabwe and Namibia making up the field. The South Africans dominated their hosts with a convincing 4-1 victory. Fans watched as veteran players showed they still had plenty of skill left.
The tournament structure featured knockout semifinals before the championship game. South Africa knocked out Zimbabwe during their semifinal match. Botswana advanced after defeating Namibia during the other semifinal contest. Both winning teams moved forward to battle for the tournament trophy. The final promised exciting action between neighboring...
Two groups fight over control of the same church across Botswana. Each side claims they represent the real St Engenas Zion Christian Church. David Matsetse leads one group that registered the church legally back when it started there during 1974. Oreeditse Sola Molebatsi heads the other group that has strong connections to church leaders at the main headquarters. The dispute has torn congregations apart for many years.
Bishop Joseph Engenas Lekganyane flew to Botswana from South Africa to help solve the problem. He met with President Duma Gideon Boko and government ministers about the church war. The bishop also sat down with representatives from both fighting sides. Security guards blocked reporters from asking him questions during...
Political parties came back to talk with government reform leaders on Sunday morning. The meetings had stopped for two days before starting up again. Dr Ali Riaz led the discussions at the Foreign Service Academy around 11:20 that morning. Party workers from BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami showed up to join the talks. The group wanted to finish conversations they had started earlier.
Several important reform commission leaders sat at the table during these meetings. Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury runs the group that wants to change how government offices work. Safar Raj Hossain leads the team trying to fix police problems. Badiul Alam Majumdar heads up the election reform group. Justice Emdadul Haque works on court system changes.
The political...
A top Bangladesh Nationalist Party team will fly to China Sunday evening after getting asked to come over. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir leads the group that heads out from Dhaka late at night. The Communist Party of China sent the invite to bring them over for talks. BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan shared the travel news with reporters. Several important party leaders will make the trip together.
The team has some heavy hitters from BNP leadership joining the journey. Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Selima Rahman and AZM Zahid Hossain will travel with the main group. Advisory Council members Zahir Uddin Swapon, Ismail Jabiullah and Prof Sukomal Barua also got spots for the visit. Media Cell...
Bangladesh's top diplomat spoke at a major Muslim nations meeting in Istanbul over the weekend. Touhid Hossain told leaders from Islamic countries that his government wants to fix problems and build trust with people. He said Bangladesh faces a historic change under Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus. The country needs support from other Muslim nations during this important time. He asked these countries to work together for a better future.
Hossain talked about serious troubles hitting Muslim communities around the world. He mentioned the terrible situation in Gaza where many people suffer from violence. The diplomat also brought up attacks against Iran that his country strongly opposes. He called these strikes against international law and...
Workers have finished building more than half of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The massive project reaches 62 percent completion according to energy officials from Uganda and Tanzania. Teams expect to pump the first oil through the system next June. Inspectors from both countries checked progress at different sites across the region. Construction crews work around the clock to meet their deadline.
Pump station one shows strong progress at 58 percent finished. The station plays a key role for the 1443 kilometer pipeline stretching between countries. Over 1000 kilometers of pipes arrived from China and Greece. Workers prepared 800 kilometers of these pipes with special coatings. Crews can ship the ready pipes to construction areas...
War might start between Iran, Israel and America. Uganda will feel the pain even though no bombs will fall here. The fighting will hurt our wallets and make life harder for everyone. Most people think foreign wars do not matter much. They are wrong about this one.
Iran controls a narrow sea path called the Strait of Hormuz. One out of every five barrels of oil travels through this water. Iran says they will block ships if war breaks out. Oil prices will shoot up fast when this happens. Uganda buys over 1.6 billion liters of fuel each year from other countries.
Fuel costs around 5,100 shillings per liter right here. War could push prices up to 8,000 shillings or more. Truck drivers will charge farmers more money to move crops. Shops...
Uganda cut all military ties with Germany after accusing their ambassador of causing trouble. The army blamed Matthias Schauer for working against the government. Army leaders said they had proof but never showed any evidence. This decision shocked diplomats around the world. The move happened on May 25, 2025.
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba sparked the whole mess with his angry social media posts. He threatened to hurt opposition leader Bobi Wine and bragged about torturing people. European diplomats met with government officials three weeks earlier to complain about these posts. They warned that Kainerugaba was making Uganda look bad. His uncle promised to control him but that made things worse.
Kainerugaba runs the army and many people...
Yoweri Museveni grabbed power as Uganda's president on January 29, 1986 after fighting the government for five years. He led a rebel group called the National Resistance Movement and Army against Milton Obote's rule. Museveni said past leaders treated people badly and needed to go. He built a government that brought different political groups together. His forces took over the capital city Kampala and made him the new leader.
Before becoming president, Museveni helped kick out dictator Idi Amin from 1971 to 1979. He joined a group called FRONASA that worked with Tanzania's army to remove Amin from power. Uganda held elections after Amin left but Museveni lost the vote. He claimed Obote cheated and stole the election results. Museveni...
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