Many people in Uganda feel worried because the United States stopped sending money to help with health care. Over 1.2 million Ugandans need this money for HIV/AIDS medicine.
Some clinics that give out HIV medicine had to close suddenly. Patients did not have time to get their medicine refills. They might run out of pills soon. Other clinics stayed open but had long lines and less help for patients.
One mother and father both need HIV medicine. They are scared the pills will cost too much money if the U.S. does not help anymore. The mother just had a baby. She had to pay for medicine to keep her baby from getting HIV. Before, she got this medicine for free.
Patients also feel embarrassed about getting HIV care at regular hospitals...
Uganda's economy is doing really well. It grew by 6.1 percent in 2023/24. The World Bank, a big organization that helps countries with money, wrote a report about this. They said that businesses, factories, and farms all did a great job. Uganda also sold more things to other countries. The people in charge of money, called the government, made good choices, too.
Even though things are going well, Uganda still has some problems to solve. The country is spending more money than it makes, and it does not have as much money from other countries as it used to. These things could make it harder for Uganda to keep growing.
Uganda is going to start producing a lot of oil in 2025/26, which could make the country much richer. However, there...
Molly Katanga will have to stay in Luzira Prison for longer. She has been there for more than a year already. The High Court said she cannot leave yet.
Molly is accused of killing her husband, Henry Katanga, in their house in Mbuya on November 2, 2023. The people who make the rules think Molly and Henry had a big fight. They say Molly hurt Henry so badly that he died.
But Molly's friends say that is not what happened. They say Henry was mean to Molly. He hit her a lot. They think Henry hurt himself after he hurt Molly. Molly had bad cuts on her head after the fight.
Molly asked the court to let her go home until her trial. She is not feeling well. Doctors say she has high blood pressure and lumps in her breasts. She feels dizzy...
A journalist named Blessed Mhlanga will have to stay in jail for two more nights. He works for Alpha Media Holdings. The police think he did something wrong. They say he shared information that might make people want to hurt others or break things.
Mr. Mhlanga went to the police station on Monday. He brought his lawyer, Chris Mhike, with him. The police arrested Mr. Mhlanga because of an interview he did with Blessed Geza, a war veteran who does not like the president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mr. Geza talked to Mr. Mhlanga's TV station, HSTv. He said that President Mnangagwa should quit his job right away. The government thinks this is not okay to say on TV.
The government official, Ruvimbo Matyatya, does not want Mr. Mhlanga...
The people in charge of money in Zimbabwe want companies to use a new type of money called ZiG. ZiG is backed by gold. Companies that sell their shares on the stock market have to tell everyone how much money they make using ZiG now.
Some people are not sure if this is a good idea. They are talking to the bank about what to do next. The bank says using ZiG is important because lots of people are already using it to buy and sell things.
In the past, companies could report their earnings in US dollars. Many companies liked this better because Zimbabwe's money often lost its value very quickly.
One big company, FBC Holdings, thinks using ZiG could make things harder. They say it might be tricky for companies to keep track of their...
GEO Pomona is a private company the government chose to collect trash in Harare. But they have not started working yet. Trash is piling up in many neighborhoods. Some places have not had their garbage picked up for weeks. This has caused people to dump their trash in places they should not.
The City of Harare agreed to let GEO Pomona collect 650 tons of trash every day. They will pay the company $40 for each ton. The Ministry of Local Government pushed the city to make this deal.
Reuben Akili leads the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA). He says the deal with GEO Pomona will not help the city and will only make a few officials richer. Mr. Akili thinks the city will have a hard time paying the high fees to dump trash at the...
In Zimbabwe, the police took a well-known journalist named Mr. Blessed Mhlanga away by force. They did not follow the proper rules. This action by the police can be called an unlawful arrest or even an abduction arranged by the government.
Abduction means taking someone away by using force or telling lies. Mr. Mhlanga was taken by force. The police used fake charges against him that do not make any sense. When a journalist talks to someone in an interview, the journalist cannot be blamed for what the other person says.
Mr. Mhlanga works for a media company. He is not the company's owner. He was just doing his job when he conducted the interview. If something wrong happened, the company he works for should be responsible, not him. This...
OK Zimbabwe, a big company that sells things in stores, made some important changes. They asked three of their top bosses to leave their jobs right away. This happened because the stores were having a hard time. Many of the shelves were empty, and people couldn't find the things they wanted to buy.
But then, some other companies helped OK Zimbabwe. They gave them money and things to sell, which improved the stores and allowed people to shop again.
After things got better, OK Zimbabwe decided to bring back some bosses who used to work there before. They asked Willard Zireva to be the CEO again. That's the person in charge of the whole company. They also asked Alex Siyavora to be the CFO. He looks after the money. And they asked...
A company called Afroludo Limited won a big court case. The judge said they are the real owners of the name "Nyege Nyege International Music Festival." The judge also told another government office to cancel a similar name that someone else got dishonestly.
Back in 2019, Afroludo tried to protect the festival's name. But the government office said no. They thought "Nyege" meant something naughty in another language. Then, they let a different person named Eric register "Nyege Nyege Music Festival" as his business name. The judge said this made no sense.
The judge explained that in the languages people speak where the festival happens, "Nyege Nyege" just means you really want to dance. It's not a bad word there. He said the government...
