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A queen mother told everyone to chill out and drive safely for Christmas. Naa Maku Osɔŋaa I, the Osu Oblantaia Manye and Development Queenmother, shared a holiday message pushing for responsible celebration, stressing that life is too precious to lose to reckless partying. She called on...

A phone company gave Christmas presents to some babies. MTN Ghana handed out gift hampers to sixty newborns in the Volta and Oti Regions on Christmas Day, hitting hospitals like Ho Teaching Hospital and Comboni Hospital in Sogakope. Their regional boss, Mawuli Katahena, said staff skip their...

Local chiefs are pushing back hard on some shady blog posts. The Volta Region House of Chiefs, led by President Togbe Tepre Hodo IV and Vice President Togbega Patalia Dzekley VII, slammed online reports from sites like Soireenews.com that accused them of corruption and illegally approving chiefs...

Some guy got a fancy unpaid diplomacy gig. The World Diplomatic Organization named Honorable Ambassador Umar Adamu its Director for Diplomatic Summits, Conferences, and Events in Ghana. This volunteer role means he will coordinate the group's official gatherings and represent its mission...

A farming town just taught its women how to make more than just crops. The Fosukrom Women Farmers Association ran a three-day workshop in the Bia District for local women and girls, funded by the Global Greengrants Fund. The training focused on building different money-making skills like...

A king says the state can't fire a chief by kicking him out of town. The Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, declared that Alhaji Seidu Abagre is still the real Bawku Naba even after government security forces removed him from the area. This came after the Interior Ministry stated the removal...

Somebody tagged a highway with a political slogan, and cops are mad. Police in Kiboga District are investigating after people painted the phrase "Protest Vote" on the Kampala-Kiboga-Hoima road in Lwamata Town Council. Witnesses said two guys, thought to be National Unity Platform supporters, did...

A presidential order just scrapped every lake landing site committee in the country. President Yoweri Museveni told the military to immediately dissolve those groups after fishermen complained for years about how they operated. He also renamed the Fisheries Protection Unit to the 155 Marines...

The army is saying sorry after a truck killed a priest. A military vehicle hit and killed a reverend named Bosco Achilla in Abim District, specifically in an area called Akado within Kiru Town Council. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces put out a statement through their 5th Infantry Division...

A church is building a shopping center to pay its bills. Bubaare Catholic Parish, also called St. Charles Lwanga, in Ibanda District launched a three and a half billion shilling commercial project on Christmas Day. The plan involves putting up income-generating buildings on their land along the...

A kingdom's prime minister just blended Christmas wishes with a pre-election checklist. The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, gave his holiday message after mass at Lubaga Cathedral, pushing people to follow the Kabaka's call for unity. He touched on several hot topics, starting with...

An opposition leader just recycled the holiday sermon strategy for some election-year talk. Joel Ssenyonyi, who leads the opposition and represents Nakawa West, spoke at a Christmas service in Kiwatule's St. John’s Church of Uganda. He told people to vote with courage and protect peace, warning...

An archbishop just dropped the universal election season advice: be cool. Orthodox Archbishop Jeronymos Muzeeyi used his Christmas sermon at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Namungoona to tell Ugandans to keep things peaceful and unified with a vote coming up. The service, led by the Archbishop...

Christmas happened, and everyone gave their two cents. The holiday has Christians globally looking back at old prophecies about a virgin birth and a savior called Immanuel, which they say points directly to Jesus. Ugandan leaders, like everyone else, used the season to push their own messages...

The police are kinda ruining Christmas for people just trying to survive. Folks living in poorer parts of Kampala, specifically in neighborhoods like Bwaise and Kawala, are asking security forces to back off and let them have a quiet holiday. They say constant harassment from officers is making...

Ballot papers are landing, and the usual election theater is in full swing. The Electoral Commission in Uganda has taken delivery of the first two batches of sensitive materials for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, printed by a Dubai company called Al Ghurair LLC...

A politician just wrapped a Christmas sermon with a solid side of campaign strategy. Hellen Adoa, a State Minister for Fisheries and a hopeful for the Serere District parliament seat, used a holiday church service to push a specific voting message. Speaking at St. Peter’s Church of Uganda in the...

A Kampala hospital just bagged a major award for its medical care. TMR International Hospital won top honors at the first Annual Centre of Excellence Awards held at Ascendismed International. The award came after a review of infrastructure, patient outcomes, quality systems, and innovation. The...

A candidate's disqualification is fueling accusations of rigged election rules. The Electoral Commission annulled the nomination of former police officer Daniel Mulirire in Buyende District. Commission chairperson Simon Byabakama signed the December 23 decision, stating Mulirire failed to attach...

Netanyahu just dropped a diplomatic bomb by recognizing Somaliland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his country officially recognizes the Republic of Somaliland as independent and sovereign, calling the move historic. He said the declaration, signed with Foreign Minister...