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Oxide Games will release new content for Ara: History Untold on June 18, 2025. The expansion pack, Untold Scenarios, costs $9.99. Players can explore alternative history situations that change how real events happened. The developer created these scenarios to give gamers more strategic...

New data shows that one in six Ugandans lives below the poverty line today. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics found that 7.3 million people earn less than $1 daily. Rural areas face much harder times, with 5.3 million poor people compared to 1.7 million in cities. The Karamoja region suffers most...

Lisa Chesney gave Professor Pontiano Kaleebu the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award on May 14. He earned this honor for his 30 years of work in education and public health research. Professor Kaleebu leads the Uganda Virus Research Institute and has written over 430...

Eddie Mutwe came to Masaka court on Tuesday on crutches wrapped in a shawl. He showed the court his healing wounds from military detention as he faced robbery charges. People cried when he said he takes 12 painkillers every day because of the torture pain. His lawyers asked the court to wait for...

Kate Kabagenyi searches for answers about her missing husband, Charles Twiine, a former police spokesperson. She wants to talk with Police Inspector General Abas Byakagaba, who last saw Twiine before he vanished. Officials block her attempts to meet Byakagaba despite his role as the final person...

Ugandan activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje received the European Union Human Rights Defenders Award 2025 for her work fighting corruption. The Swedish ambassador hosted the award ceremony at his home in Kampala. Opoloje earned recognition for standing up for civil rights and social justice across...

Uganda takes a historic step forward as the FDA agrees to review Dei BioPharma's generic version of liraglutide. This diabetes and weight loss medication belongs to the GLP-1 receptor agonist class, which helps control blood sugar and reduce hunger. The market for these medications will likely...

ASUS made a new gaming monitor with a plain black case instead of flashy lights. The stand moves up and down, tilts forward or back, and turns side to side for comfort during long play sessions. Players can plug in through HDMI or DisplayPort or use the headphone jack for audio. The screen shows...

NZXT released new computer cases for people who build their PCs at home. The H9 Flow comes as a regular model or with changing colored lights. These cases have space for air to move through mesh panels at the front and top. A special fan sits in the corner to cool important parts like the...

NZXT released a new 420 mm liquid cooler called the Kraken Elite 420 RGB. The company also updated its Kraken Plus models with better heat-handling features. These coolers come in 240 mm, 280 mm, and 360 mm sizes with both regular and RGB options. They keep the same dual-chamber pump but have...

Two new curved gaming monitors arrive next month with similar features but different strengths. The smaller XG27WCMS stretches 27 inches and has an extremely fast 280 Hz refresh rate, perfect for competitive players. It offers AMD FreeSync Premium, which prevents screen tearing during fast...

AMD plans a new FSR4 update called Redstone for late 2025. The update will help gamers with RX 9060 XT, 9070, or 9070 XT graphics cards. Players can expect higher frame rates during gameplay. Games will look cleaner with ray tracing effects. The system creates frames between real ones for...

Users can link several Radeon AI PRO R9700 cards together to create more power for tough computer jobs. Two cards offer 64 GB of memory space, three cards provide 96 GB, which helps run large AI models or complex 3D scenes. Adding extra cards lets people work on harder projects without buying a...

A Chinese court gave Han Yong a suspended death sentence for taking bribes. The 68-year-old former political adviser accepted $36.2 million during his 30-year career. He must wait two years to see if the death penalty becomes life imprisonment. The court took all his property. He helped...

AMD created new Threadripper chips for people who need massive computing power. The top model comes with 96 cores and 192 threads to handle heavy tasks like 3D rendering. These processors run faster because they use the Zen 5 design that pushes more instructions through each cycle. Users can add...

Kenya Power will cut electricity to many areas tomorrow from morning until evening. Parts of Nairobi face outages near Kitsuru, Gigiri, and St. Mary's School. The company plans to shut off power from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. for most locations. Officials say these breaks help make the system safer...

A group of rights experts asked Tanzania to free Boniface Mwangi and Agatha Atuhaire right away. The two people went missing after police took them from their hotel rooms. Officials said they would send them back home on Monday, but that never happened. The jury members feel worried about where...

Kenya plans to finish a major road project in northern areas within two years. The government assigned seven builders to work on different parts of the 740-kilometer route from Isiolo to Mandera. Deputy President Kindiki said President Ruto invested heavily in long-neglected northern regions. He...

Police caught five people who stole money through mobile payment tricks. They grabbed one person from Munyaka, another from the Tiwani area, two more from Eldoret, and the last one from Kibosi. Officers also took their car, many SIM cards with different names, and several phones. Detectives...

The acting head of Nairobi University told staff the school remains strong despite recent troubles. Margaret Hutchinson said they stay focused through ongoing problems. She asked everyone to ignore distractions that might slow their progress. Her message centered on five main changes needed to...