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Rains Bring Relief to Zimbabwe's Farmers as Growing Season Peaks. Heavy rains swept across Zimbabwe this week. The weather office says wet weather will stay until mid-January. Big storms dropped rain all over - Rusape got 53mm, and Hwange saw 46mm. Other cities like Bulawayo and Kadoma had good...

Zimbabwe Unveils Plan to Save Polluted Lake as Crisis Deepens. Raw sewage and factory waste have created an emergency at Lake Chivero near Zimbabwe's capital. The lake sits 40 kilometers from Harare and gives water to thousands of families. The nation's leaders announced a new rescue plan...

Progress Surges at Harare's Major Building Sites Zimbabwe's capital sees big wins in its 2025 building plans. The huge Mbudzi road project, set to be named Trabablas, has nearly finished all 15 of its bridges. A new market space in Mbare will open next month. The site comes as welcome news...

Zimbabwe Leader Praises Church's Role in Nation-Building. President Mnangagwa thanked the Seventh Day Adventist Church for helping build Zimbabwe. He spoke at a New Year's Eve event in Harare called "Celestial Chorus Volume 2 Soiree." The gathering drew many important people. Ministers...

Malawi Business Leader Denies Tax Claims. A top business figure in Malawi spoke up about tax claims against her car rental firm. Triephornia Mpinganjira said she was shocked by stories about her firm, Diplomats Car Hire. People on social media said she blocked tax checks by the Malawi Revenue...

Malawi Business Leader Denies Tax Claims. A top business figure in Malawi spoke up about tax claims against her car rental firm. Triephornia Mpinganjira said she was shocked by stories about her firm, Diplomats Car Hire. People on social media said she blocked tax checks by the Malawi Revenue...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the 2025 National Budget. He signed two laws authorizing the government to spend the money. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presented the budget in November. The budget is worth ZiG276.4 billion. Most of this money comes from taxes...

A new study by Bethany International has found that chemicals are flowing into Lake Victoria and harming its biodiversity. The chemicals come from farms, factories, and cities near the lake and harm the fish and other animals that live in the water. The study says that fertilizers and animal...

President Yoweri Museveni has warned people who steal coffee and other crops in Uganda that this hurts farmers and the economy. Coffee theft is a big problem in Uganda. People pick coffee beans before they are ripe and steal coffee at night, which is bad for the quality of Uganda's coffee...

East African Lawyers Say Governments Abuse Human Rights. A group of top lawyers in East Africa says the region's governments are hurting their people. They claim leaders are kidnapping, torturing, and even killing citizens. The lawyers are very worried. They say these terrible acts often...

Ex-Police Chief Wants Unity in Kisoro. Edward Kale Kayihura used to be the top police officer in Uganda. He recently spoke at a big prayer event in Kisoro. Kayihura said the leaders there need to work together better. Kayihura is worried that Kisoro's leaders argue too much, which he thinks...

President Kagame Vows to Protect Rwanda's Security. Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, says keeping the country safe is the most important thing. He discussed this in a speech on December 31, 2024. Problems exist in the countries near Rwanda, which worries Kagame. He promised to do whatever...

Electricity Will Cost Less in Uganda. The group that controls electricity prices in Uganda has good news. They say the cost of power will go down from January to March 2025. People who use little electricity each month will pay the least. If they use less than 100 units, they will pay 250...

Police Investigate Attack on Musician Alien Skin's Home. Police in Kampala are looking into a serious case. They say musician Pallaso and his group attacked the home of another artist, Alien Skin. This happened on January 2, 2025, in the Makindye area of Kampala. The police think the attack...

Bebe Cool Announces His 2024 List of Top Ugandan Musicians. Bebe Cool is excited to share his highly anticipated list of the best Ugandan musicians for 2024. He makes this list every year to recognize the artists who stood out the most. Elijah Kitaka and his song "Dawa" made the list. Kitaka...

Alien Skin, a musician from Uganda, is in trouble. He caused fights at music festivals on New Year's Day in Kampala. People are upset about what happened. They worry about how musicians act in Uganda. At one festival, Alien Skin's group tried to stop another singer from performing. The...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda went to Kenya. He attended a big Luo cultural festival, which was being held for the fourth time. At the festival, Mr. Museveni became a Luo elder. Kenya's President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga also became elders. A Luo leader gave...

President Adama Barrow, the Minister of Agriculture in Senegal, met with a group on Monday. They talked about how to work together better, strengthen the economy, and bring the people of their countries closer. Mr. Barrow thanked the group for coming. He said it is important for the two...

President Adama Barrow spoke to the nation on New Year's Day. He praised the country's progress in 2024. The economy and people's lives got better, even with global challenges. "Our plans are working," he said. "The future looks bright." The Gambia stayed peaceful in 2024. This helped the...

The head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim group in Guinea Bissau says claims about British funding are false. Muhammad Hassan Memon shared this in an interview on Friday. He was at a big yearly meeting in Safim. Memon said his group is ready to push back on wrong ideas. Some say the British made Ahmadis...