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Uganda's agriculture ministry just dropped 2.4 billion shillings on 20,000 liters of bug killer to help livestock farmers deal with tsetse flies that keep spreading sleeping sickness and wrecking cattle productivity across 65 at-risk districts. Minister Bright Rwamirama said the Deltamethrin...

Uganda's top female general told people to chill out about a Catholic priest who went missing for almost two weeks before the military finally admitted they grabbed him. Lt. Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso confirmed Father Deusdedit Ssekabira from Masaka Diocese is sitting in detention over claims he...

The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy confirmed it's skipping observer duty for Uganda's upcoming general election because its real mission centers on getting political players to actually talk to each other. Country director Primus Atukwatse Bahiigi pointed out that most voters...

Uganda dropped 2.4 billion shillings on bug spray for 78 districts battling tsetse flies that spread sleeping sickness to people and livestock disease called nagana. Agriculture Minister Bright Rwamirama announced the chemical handout while warning that Tanzania basically let the flies breed...

Museveni just told Uganda's Christian community they need to stop relying on prayers alone and start hustling actual businesses to pull their families out of broke territory. Vice President Jessica Alupo delivered the message at the Busoga Diocese bishop installation, where the president pointed...

A reverend who spent six years at St. Noah Sserwanga Church in Wampeewo Parish wrapped up her gig with a farewell service where the congregation bought her a whole car as a thank-you gift. Juliet Ssekamatte told people to keep their faith locked in during the Christmas season while reflecting on...

Cotton growers in Kasese District are getting hammered by wonky weather patterns and garbage prices that keep tanking, and they want the government to fund research for drought-resistant seed varieties instead of telling them to just quit the crop. Adam Bwambale from the Nyakatonzi Growers...

Uganda's head Muslim cleric told young believers to stop letting sketchy politicians drag them into election drama at a youth career seminar that wrapped up in Budaka District. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje basically said the country needs morally solid kids who vote based on actual policy...

Museveni told Uganda's salon workers he's throwing 85 billion shillings their way through a revolving fund that drops 100 million per SACCO to about 850 groups nationwide. He announced the cash while kicking off the Federation of Uganda Salon Operators at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, and he hyped...

Museveni sat down with some businesspeople from Sharjah who want to drop an inland cargo port somewhere in Uganda to make moving stuff around cheaper and faster. The UAE delegation pitched their plan at State Lodge in Nakasero, and their CEO guy from Gulftainer said they're already hashing out...

Malaysia's top cop is backing a new regulatory scheme where the communications commission automatically licenses big social platforms starting next year. Inspector General Mohd Khalid said the police force sees the move as necessary for cracking down on child exploitation material, scam...

Perak officials are rolling out a mobile app that maps where people feed strays across the state, and they're pushing mandatory microchipping for anyone trying to get a dog license. Housing committee chair Sandrea Ng said the feeder tracker goes live at the end of the month to help authorities...

Malaysia just cracked open Seri Negara after keeping it shuttered for six years, and the whole restoration only took ten months when most heritage sites this old need like two full years of work. The colonial mansion from 1913 used to host Queen Elizabeth II and served as the spot where Malaya's...

Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim just confirmed that the emergency ASEAN foreign ministers' summit got shelved because Thailand and Cambodia keep asking for delays while their border war keeps getting worse. The whole thing was supposed to bring everyone together to stop the fighting that had already...

Lawyers for the families of three guys gunned down by cops in Durian Tunggal are telling federal police brass to bench Melaka police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar or ship him elsewhere because his constant media appearances might be messing with the investigation. The legal team says if Bukit Aman...

Malaysia pulled in almost half a trillion ringgit worth of potential deals from government trade missions and PM-led trips abroad over the past couple of years. Deputy Minister Liew Chin Tong broke down how 181 projects worth RM493.64 billion got lined up between 2023 and 2025, with 52 already...

Malaysia's government is passing on upgrades for the FT2 Federal Highway between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang, even though traffic data shows the route is basically a parking lot. Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi told lawmakers the 34.59-kilometer stretch hit LOS F ratings, which is the...

A 20-year-old assistant landscape architect from Kampung Kubang Parit got taken for RM67,789 after falling into a fake work-from-home scheme she spotted on Instagram. The woman hit up what she thought was a legit gig with Padini Holding through WhatsApp and Telegram, where scammers had her fork...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the historic colonial mansion Seri Negara needs to stop being some elite hangout and actually belong to regular people. The government just finished fixing up the place after decades of it either getting ignored or turned into a private venue that...

Fire investigators are trying to figure out if some burning SUV had anything to do with that deadly crane collapse at the Malakoff Power Plant down in Kukup. Officials said they are chasing leads on whether the vehicle blaze connects to the accident that killed two people and injured three more...