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Government leaders and activists met at parliament last Friday for Uganda's second big meeting about land problems. They talked about women not having enough land rights under the theme of securing female farm ownership. The event brought together officials, lawmakers, cultural leaders, and...

Lawyers across Greater Masaka region walked off their jobs after growing fed up with court delays. The legal workers started their protest on June 16 because judges cannot handle the massive case loads. Court officials force one single judge to manage over 4,000 pending cases across nine...

Bomb experts rushed to musician Alien Skin's house Tuesday after construction crews dug up a dangerous grenade. The workers discovered the old weapon during foundation work at the singer's Nakinyogozi home. Police arrived quickly and told everyone to step away from the deadly device. Officers...

Police officers caught an entire family running robbery gangs across Kisoro District. The crime family lived together at Bupfupfu Village and carried out multiple armed attacks. Dad Twizerimana Lawrence led the criminal operation at age 57. His wife Mujawimana Njerica helped the gang steal money...

Uganda football giants Sports Club Villa just hired a new manager from Serbia. Kovacevic Zeljko takes over the team after club officials made their choice official Tuesday. The Serbian brings more than twelve years of coaching experience to the famous Kampala side. Villa bosses believe his...

Uganda officials claim people spend more money and earn higher wages than last year. Government numbers show household spending jumped 2 percent between April and June. Each person makes about 117 dollars more annually according to new reports. Finance ministry workers celebrate these gains as...

Uganda's job numbers jumped higher during May as more people found work across the country. Government records show that formal workers rose from 865,786 people to 875,708 people between April and May 2025. The Ministry of Finance released these figures showing a 1.15 percent climb for workers...

Uganda's top military commander has locked up a high-ranking officer and his team for stealing money. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba runs the entire army and decided to arrest Brigadier General Cyrus Besigye Bekunda along with several other soldiers. The arrested men work for the Engineers Brigade...

A cancer survivor who serves as a local politician helped celebrate the opening of Malawi's first major cancer treatment hospital. George Zulu represents Lilongwe City West and beat a rare head cancer after months of expensive trips to South Africa for medical care. The new National Cancer...

A local charity boss says career events at nursery schools fire up young minds and push them toward academic success. Sellina Bomani runs TIPOLISO and spoke at Star Nursery School during their recent career celebration. The school sits in Sadzi within Zomba district and hosted the special day...

A court in Lilongwe cleared three business directors and their company of criminal charges linked to a motorcycle deal scandal. Prakash Virji Ghedia, Arvindkumar Atit Patel, and Suresh Khimji Jagatiya walked free after prosecutors could not prove they used fake papers to win a government...

Malawi voters head to polls next September and political experts wonder if people still pick presidents based on where they come from. The country splits into three main areas that have always backed different parties for decades. Southern regions love the Democratic Progressive Party and...

Malawi heads to the polls next September with voters facing a big choice. The country might pick its first elected female president after decades of male leaders. Joyce Banda once held the top job from 2012 to 2014 but only because the previous president died. She lost her bid to stay in power...

Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera swept into power back in 2020 with huge promises to fix Malawi. He vowed to crush corruption and make everyone rich under his Tonse Alliance team. The courts forced a new election after the first one got thrown out. People celebrated like crazy when he won. Everyone...

Five hundred jobless nurses just stopped the government from hiring new health workers. The nurses went to court and won an order that blocks these new recruits from starting their jobs. Emmanuel Banda led the fight against what he calls a massive hiring scandal. The nurses claim the government...

Reading FC kept Tivonge Rushesha for another year after his impressive performances. The Warriors star player signed a fresh deal that runs until summer 2026. His old contract ended on June 30 but the club wanted him back badly. Rushesha first arrived at Reading during August 2023 from Swansea...

Gambian parliament members pushed through new rules that could end the country's medicine crisis. Lawmakers voted Tuesday to change laws that keep essential drugs away from sick people. The current system forces all medicines through slow paperwork that takes months to complete. Patients suffer...

Dr. Lamin Manneh used to work at the African Development Bank and shared some tough news about money problems. He talked to Voice newspaper reporters about how the fighting near Iran hurts countries across West Africa. Global donors are sending their cash to help with that conflict instead of...

Transport Minister Ebrima Sillah faced angry lawmakers about a failed embassy project. He admitted his government made huge mistakes building their mission office abroad. The project cost millions but created a building that cannot be used. Poor planning and bad supervision turned the...

Young people from across Gambia came together for a special meeting last month. The 4H organization held their biggest event of the year at Farafenni Youth Centre. Members traveled from North Bank and Central River areas to attend the gathering. The group picked "Inspire for Change" as their...