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Uganda Launches High-Tech Semen Lab for Livestock Breeding. ENTEBBE, Uganda - Uganda has opened a new semen processing lab to boost its livestock genetics industry. The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) unveiled the facility on Tuesday. The lab is located at...

Ugandan MPs Worry About Jailed Opposition Leader's Health. KAMPALA, Uganda - Members of Uganda's parliament are concerned about the health of jailed opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye. They fear it would reflect poorly on the legislature if he were to die in prison. "It would send a very bad...

Uganda Releases 2024 Primary Leaving Exam Results. KAMPALA, Uganda - The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2024 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results. The exam tested nearly 800,000 students in math, English, science, and social studies. More students took the PLE...

South Africa Sends Top Official to Help Defend Congo City. GOMA, DR Congo - South Africa's defense chief is in Congo. She wants to help stop rebels from taking a key city. Angie Motshekga arrived on January 22. She will stay until the 25th. Her visit shows that South Africa cares about peace...

Parliament Approves $1 Trillion Budget with Hospital and State House Funds. KAMPALA, Uganda—Lawmakers have passed a massive spending plan totaling 1.050 trillion Ugandan shillings, or about $285 million. The budget includes 53.119 billion shillings ($14 million) for a hospital in Lubowa. The...

M23 Rebels Vow to Take Goma City. GOMA, DR Congo—The M23 rebel group says it will seize Goma and call it a "liberation" of the city. Fierce fighting rages in Sake, the last defense before Goma. Congolese and regional troops are trying hard to stop the rebels. Lawrence Kanyuka speaks for M23...

President Tshisekedi Leaves Davos Early Amid M23 Threat. KINSHASA, DR Congo—President Félix Tshisekedi is heading home from Davos. He was at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, but fighting in eastern Congo made him change his plans. The M23 rebel group is approaching Goma. They are...

Attorney General Dismisses Claims of Court Loss. KAMPALA, Uganda - The Attorney General's Chambers says a news article got it wrong. The article claimed the government lost a big court case. "That is not true," the Chambers said in a statement on Thursday. The article was about Civil Suit No...

Kenya's Environment Minister Aden Duale met with workers from the closed Kenya Water Towers Agency on Wednesday. The agency used to manage important water sources in Kenya, but it was shut down in December 2024. Duale said the workers will get new jobs in other government offices. He promised...

The government is going to spend 500 million shillings on improving Huduma centers, Amos Gathecha, who works for the government, said on Wednesday at a conference in Mombasa. The money will be used to fix up the centers and buy new equipment. This will help the centres work better and give...

Kenya's government is losing a lot more money in lawsuits. In the last year, it had to pay out 43.8 billion shillings. That's over twice as much as the year before. The Public Service Commission shared this news. They said the government lost 559 cases involving money, and many different parts...

A judge has told Kenya's top cops to come to court on January 30. The judge wants them to say where the four missing men are. The men were taken in December in Mlolongo. The judge ordered the police chiefs to follow his orders and asked them to come and explain if they had not. The judge wanted...

A new report shows that Kenya's counties are facing a financial crisis. Many counties are not paying their bills on time, which is causing problems for businesses and people who work with the counties. Nairobi County has the biggest problem. It owes over 60% of all the money that counties have...

Kenya's Odinga Uses Costly Private Jet for AU Campaign. Raila Odinga flew to Algeria this week in a fancy private jet that cost millions, sparking anger back home in Kenya. The jet, a Bombardier Challenger 605 from VistaJet, charges $18,000 per hour - about 2.3 million Kenyan shillings. The...

Gamcel's Money Mystery Raises Red Flags. A key money manager at Gamcel has shared news about missing funds at the Kanifing Municipal Council. Mustapha Conteh spoke up at a special meeting about odd payments tied to Joana Hall's debt. The KMC said it would pay Gamcel D154,000 for Hall's bond...

The story takes place in Ayam, a fictional village. It shows how old ways can clash with people's need for freedom. Mr. Ekpendo, a rich farmer, talks to his sons Effiong and Ukafia about their dreams. He wants them to get an education because he never went to school. His older son Effiong...

Assan Martin, the leader of the National Alliance for Change, says the government should not use public money for political events. He thinks this is a form of corruption. Many government officials went to the NPP's meeting in Jarra Soma on Saturday using their official cars. This has caused a...

The Personnel Management Office (PMO) recently held an orientation for 46 Gambian scholarship winners. The event took place on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at the PMO conference hall in Banjul. Some of the winners will study in Gambia, and others will go to school in other countries. PMO staff...

The Gambia Police Force started clearing roads on January 13, 2025, and EFSCRJ has been closely monitoring this exercise. The National Roads Authority manages highways in the Gambia. Local councils handle smaller roads in towns. The police help enforce the law. They support these agencies...

Amadou Camara, who leads the National Assembly Health Committee, says the health ministry needs more than 71.5 million dalasis for overseas treatment. Overseas treatment costs a lot. Many cases sent abroad are very serious. They need high-level care and a lot of money. The 71.5 million dalasis...