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Uganda sent a very important person named Mr. Ggoobi to meet with leaders at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The World Trade Organization helps countries buy and sell things with each other. Mr. Ggoobi brought other important people from Uganda with him to talk about how his country can...

A very important person from Uganda named Mr. Ggoobi went to visit a big coffee company in Geneva. He met with Mr. Tamari, who runs Sucafina, a company that buys and sells coffee from all over the world. Mr. Tamari told Mr. Ggoobi that his company has worked with coffee farmers in Uganda for...

The Olympics picked a new friend to help make the games better. TCL, a company that makes TVs and other things for homes, will work together until 2032. TCL will install big screens at the Olympic games to help people watch sports better. It will also install nice things like air conditioners...

A leader from Britain named David Lammy went to meet the president of Congo. He told the president that Britain might punish Rwanda if they didn't take their soldiers out of Congo and stop helping a group called M23. These M23 fighters have taken over big parts of Congo, making many people leave...

A very sad thing happened at a school called Seeta High School in Mukono. A young student named Elishammah Ssesazi died in his school bedroom. He was sixteen years old and studied in Senior Three. Early in the morning, at three o'clock, another student woke up and saw Elishammah hanging near...

An old priest named Father Gaetano came back to help people after being sick for three years. He wants the government to let Dr. Besigye out of prison. Father Gaetano is eighty years old, and he spoke to newspeople in a town called Kabale. He said the government should listen to the biggest...

Police used special smoke called tear gas to make some people leave the streets in a town called Kabale. These people wanted their leader, Dr. Besigye, to be set free from jail. They started walking from a hotel and carried signs asking for him to be released. The police chief, Mr. Okello, saw...

Many important people want the government to free Dr. Kizza Besigye from prison. Mr. Charles Peter Mayiga, a leader in Buganda, asked them to let him out. He thinks everyone needs to follow the law because it keeps people safe and helps the country grow better. The army put Dr. Besigye and his...

The United States Senate chose Kash Patel to lead the FBI, an important group that helps keep America safe. Fifty-one people said yes, and forty-nine said no. Most Republicans wanted him, but two Republicans named Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined the Democrats who didn't. Patel will...

The most important group at the United Nations met and said everyone must stop the M23 fighters who are attacking people in Congo. They told Rwanda's army to leave Congo right away and to stop helping these fighters. Many big countries like America and Britain are very upset with Rwanda. They...

The government wants to fix some parts of the big road between Kampala and Entebbe. They will start the work on February 26, 2025. Mr. Bageya Wasiwa, who helps run the roads department, said water under the road has made it weak in some places. The workers need to repair two main areas. One is...

Many people traveled through Uganda's biggest airport in January 2025. The airport, called Entebbe International Airport, welcomed 216,740 visitors. This number shows more people came than last year, when 194,563 people used the airport in January 2024. A man who works at the airport named Mr...

Uganda's President Museveni wants everyone to understand something important. He said Uganda's army is not fighting the M23 rebels in Congo. Instead, his soldiers were there to stop a different group called ADF, which had hurt people in both Uganda and Congo. The president explained that...

The police in Uganda went into the offices of a political party called NUP. They said they needed to search because they heard people were doing military training there. The NUP members had worn red uniforms and berets earlier, which made the police suspicious. The leader of NUP, Bobi Wine, was...

The exciting bicycle race called Tour du Rwanda is back! It all starts this Sunday, February 23rd, with a short 4-kilometer race against the clock. The cyclists will begin at the Kigali BK Arena and pedal as fast as they can to the finish line at Amahoro Stadium. This year's Tour du Rwanda is...

The government of Rwanda wants the United Nations Security Council to understand the real reasons for the problems in eastern DR Congo. They believe it is important to take Rwanda's worries about safety seriously if we want to find a lasting solution. On Friday, the Security Council agreed that...

Many police officers and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo decided to join a rebel group called AFC/M23. On Saturday, February 22nd, more than 2,100 police officers and 890 soldiers in the city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, chose to join the rebel group. The AFC/M23...

The government of Rwanda is working hard to fix the damage caused by bombs that were shot from DR Congo into the Rubavu District. This happened in late January when there was a lot of fighting going on in DR Congo. Many different groups were involved in the fighting, including rebels, soldiers...

The United Nations Security Council met on Friday, February 21st. They all agreed that the fighting in eastern DR Congo could not be solved just by using weapons and soldiers. The Council is upset that the government of DR Congo keeps helping a dangerous group called the FDLR. This group wants...

Elon Musk might turn off Starlink in Ukraine. Andrei Koshkin, who knows a lot about the military, told Sputnik this would cause big problems for Ukrainian soldiers. They use Starlink for many important things when they fight. Without Starlink, Ukrainian troops could not tell their big guns...