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Police grabbed five people after a 27-year-old DJ turned up dead in a flooded pit in Katakwi. The victim got identified as Patrick Elungat, and cops say the whole thing went down over some relationship drama with a woman who also got arrested. The suspects are Emmanuel Omongin, Stephen Obungan...

M23 rebels and Congo's military went at it hard across South Kivu, with battles breaking out in Katogota-Luvungi, Kaziba-Haut Plateau, Tchivanga-Hombo, and Kasika-Mwenga. Both sides are pointing fingers about who started the mess, and civilians are bailing out of the area fast. M23's...

Bobi Wine is calling out the police chief for making up stories about his campaign being violent and breaking rules. The NUP candidate says security forces are dressing up fake supporters to start trouble, and then they use those incidents as an excuse to crack down on his actual rallies around...

Museveni rolled up to Bushenyi and told everyone they better vote NRM if they want things to stay chill. He dragged officials stealing from the Parish Development Model program and said anyone messing with anti-poverty cash is getting handled. The first lady and a bunch of local politicians were...

Congo's military and M23 rebels are blaming each other for new fighting that popped up right before everyone's supposed to sign a peace deal in Washington. The army said Rwandan troops and M23 hit their spots in South Kivu, calling it a straight-up violation of the ceasefire that America and...

Tanzania's president basically said the wild election protests were actually a coup attempt against her government. Samia Suluhu Hassan grabbed almost 98% of the vote amid fraud claims, and she told a council that the chaos wasn't random anger but a planned takedown with local and foreign...

Rwanda and the DRC are about to ink a peace deal brokered by Trump, with both presidents heading to Washington to make it official. The White House confirmed that Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi will be signing an agreement meant to stop the fighting between Congolese forces and the M23 rebels...

Uganda's chess scene just got a leadership shake-up after Andrew Bakiza won the presidency with 14 votes at the Annual General Meeting. The fresh executive team is taking over from Eng. Emmanuel Mwaka, who ran things for eight years, and they're supposed to guide the federation for the next four...

Uganda's women's netball squad is headed to Malawi after crushing it at the Celtic Cup in Glasgow. The She Cranes are playing in the Africa Netball Cup, which also works as a qualifier for the 2027 World Cup in Sydney. They got placed in Pool A with Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. The team is...

Namibia's president just made Esi Schimming-Chase the first woman to get a permanent spot on the Supreme Court. She's been working as a High Court judge for a few years, and she's actually been doing Supreme Court stuff on an acting basis since 2023. Before she became a judge, Schimming-Chase...

Namibia's health ministry just scored an extra N$184 million from the government, and they're using it to hire more than 2,000 healthcare workers. Health Minister Esperance Luvindao said the cash is meant to ease up crowding at hospitals around the country. Earlier this year, they figured out...

The Hangala family dropped Otavi Golden Maize into Namibian stores after spending over two decades growing corn at their Ombanje Farm near Otavi. Founder Leake Hangala says the whole point is keeping food production local so the country does not have to rely on imports while prices stay stable...

Insurance companies in Namibia had to cut refund checks worth N$4.4 million after customers filed complaints about sketchy practices like delayed death payouts and policies that supposedly lapsed but kept getting charged anyway. The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority dropped an...

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah tapped Modestus Amutse to run the industries, mines, and energy ministry after Natangwe Ithete got booted from the job back in October. Defence minister Frans Kapofi held things down temporarily while the spot sat empty for a couple of months. Amutse used to...

Windhoek mayor Ndeshihafela Larandja wrapped up her five-year run by saying the council took office right when COVID-19 hit and had to stabilize city finances while keeping services running during absolute chaos. She said the team worked through unprecedented pressure to restore operational...

Namibian activist Bernhard Kamatoto says the Trump administration's decision to ditch World AIDS Day observance this year pushes harmful stereotypes and makes it harder to fight stigma around HIV. The White House told government workers and federally funded groups to skip marking the event...

Malawian director Brian Magombo grabbed two major wins after finishing at the top of his MultiChoice Talent Factory class and scoring an eight-week internship at the New York Film Academy. The guy behind Pa Mango Lodge on Zambezi Magic says his year at MTF prepped him for the intense NYFA grind...

Malawi authorities kicked off a nationwide sweep targeting cars without plates after officials linked the trend to rising crime rates and public safety concerns. The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services teamed up with police to seize unregistered vehicles, whether they are fresh off...

Malawian soccer legend Esau Kanyenda died in the UK, and President Arthur Peter Mutharika put out a statement calling it a massive loss for the country. Kanyenda played across Africa and Europe before making waves at Russian club FC Rostov, and he helped the Flames qualify for the 2010 Africa...

Airtel Malawi just threw K300 million at the hunger crisis after President Arthur Peter Mutharika declared disaster status across all districts because drought torched the crops and left families scrambling for food. Managing Director Aashish Dutt said the company had to step up beyond selling...