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Jamaica scored roughly 93 million bucks in climate funding commitments after sending its crew to COP30 in Brazil, and Climate Minister Matthew Samuda told Parliament the money will help rebuild stuff wrecked by Hurricane Melissa. The country locked down 20 million from the Fund for Responding to...

A TikTok user from Trinidad and Tobago admitted she posted content calling for violence against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and Alianna Samaroo is waiting to hear her punishment after copping to charges under emergency regulations. The 30-year-old mother got released on bail, and her...

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar went off on the opposition after they questioned details about Tobago's new radar setup, and she accused the People's National Movement of being linked to criminals helping Venezuela dodge oil sanctions. Opposition Leader Pennelope...

Guyana dropped 50,000 Guyanese dollars on every disabled citizen before the month wraps up, and President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said this one-time cash grant hits over 27,000 people with a total bill of 1.4 billion dollars. The prez announced a disability rights event at the Railway Courtyard in...

A Haitian gang boss got slapped with life in prison after running a kidnapping operation from his cell that targeted American missionaries back in 2021. Joly Germine directed armed members of the 400 Mawozo gang to grab 16 church workers from Christian Aid Ministries while they were heading back...

Allen Chastanet from the United Workers Party took the L after his party got absolutely demolished in Saint Lucia's general election, and he congratulated Prime Minister Philip Pierre while the Labour Party scooped up 14 out of 17 seats in the House of Assembly. The UWP only held onto Micoud...

Jamaica just lost Ena Collymore-Woodstock at 108, and she was basically the country's first woman to do everything in law. She got orphaned young in Spanish Town, served as a radar operator during World War II in Belgium and Britain, then hit up law school in London, where she was the only woman...

Police operations boss Frank Mwesigwa jumped in to defend why NRM supporters get to roll through town with processions while opposition crews keep catching teargas and bullets. He said ruling party events get cleared beforehand and run under cop supervision, which is apparently the difference...

Stephen Mukweli walked away from all charges after the Anti-Corruption Court ruled prosecutors never proved he did anything criminal when Post Bank paid out over 292 million shillings in commissions during the SAGE project bid. Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga said the evidence showed the bank openly...

The High Court put the brakes on Kizza Besigye and Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya entering their pleas after the defense squad filed a constitutional challenge against Justice Emmanuel Baguma. Martha Karua from Kenya rolled up and told the court that her clients think Baguma is biased, and there is...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo just signed a peace deal in Washington with Trump playing mediator, and President Paul Kagame and President Felix Tshisekedi agreed to dismantle armed groups while pulling Rwandan forces out of Congolese territory. The pact tackles the FDLR rebel...

Uganda is about to host the first Africa Dragon Boat Cup, and Solomon Muwonge from the Uganda Dragon Boat Federation broke the news during a sitdown with Ambassador Richard Kabonero from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Ehab Gouda and Mary Lai from the Africa Dragon Boat Federation rolled through...

Two neighbors in Bulenga spotted a blood trail and followed it until they discovered an abandoned newborn still connected to his placenta. Namaganda Annet and another woman from Kikaaya Zone grabbed the baby and got him to a clinic before handing him over to cops at Bulenga Police Station...

Uganda is telling its oil and gas contractors to stop thinking small and start chasing deals across Africa before production ramps up in 2027. Jimmy Mugerwa from the Industry Enhancement Centre said companies need to hustle harder because once the country hits full operations mode, the window...

President Museveni told crowds in Kasese that his government will build an international airport there and run a new Standard Gauge Railway line to the western district. The promises came during his campaign stop at Nyakasanga Playground, where he said better transport links would help tourism...

A top cop in Uganda spoke out after police killed a National Unity Platform backer at a rally in Iganga Municipality, and Commissioner Dinah Kyasiimire said the officer responsible will face charges. The victim was Meshach Okello, and three others got hurt when cops responded to stones being...

Uganda's Electoral Commission called out candidates for ignoring campaign rules after violence popped off in multiple districts, with National Unity Platform supporters clashing against cops. Spokesperson Julius Musinguzi said most of the 83,000 people running for office are keeping things...

Uganda's communications regulator told people to chill with spreading sketchy content online or face potential platform shutdowns like the Facebook ban that hit the country back in 2021. Abdu Salaam Waiswa from UCC dropped this warning while election prep meetings happened with human rights...

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba swung by the finished Hoima City Stadium and told sports officials to keep everything pristine before Uganda co-hosts the Africa Cup of Nations with Kenya and Tanzania. The 20,000-seat venue got wrapped up five months early after 18 months of construction, and...

Uganda's Foreign Affairs Minister John Mulimba sat down with France's ambassador Virginie Leroy and Kenya's High Commissioner Joash Maangi to hash out plans for the Africa-France Forward Summit happening in Nairobi. President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron will co-host the gathering...