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Kagame went off about how Rwanda isn't going to grovel to anyone for security after years of back-and-forth with the DRC over rebel groups causing chaos near the border. The president said Kigali has tried being diplomatic and even humble in the past, but he made it clear that nobody gets to...

Museveni kicked off his Ankole campaign swing by promising more roads and farm support while flexing about how he used to roll through the area strapped but showed up this time in party colors without any weapons. The president name-dropped infrastructure wins like the finished...

The Urban and Rural Development Ministry yanked the swearing-in ceremony for regional council and local authority winners that was supposed to happen next week, and executive director Wilhelmine Shivute sent out a memo saying they'll announce the makeup date later. The ministry didn't explain...

Germany dropped over N$4 million to fix up the Alte Feste building in Windhoek, and the cash is going toward turning the decrepit colonial-era structure into something people can actually use. The German embassy's deputy head said they wanted to fund repairs that let future generations hash out...

Roger Nautoro from the PDM in Erongo is calling out opposition parties for basically shooting themselves in the foot after Swapo steamrolled the elections. The regional coordinator said rival groups tanked because they couldn't stop fighting each other instead of working together, and he's...

A Namibian judge blocked Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah from shutting down the payroll deduction system that lets microlenders like Entrépo Finance pull loan payments straight from government workers' paychecks. Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo said the ministry has to keep accepting...

The Judiciary in Namibia tapped Mobile Telecommunications Limited to handle their cloud hosting after a competitive bidding process, and the telecom company will be setting up virtual machines and enterprise-level infrastructure. Deputy executive director Innocent Kandandu said the move is about...

Malawian cops are trying to figure out how four German Shepherds vanished from the presidential palace after Lazarus Chakwera got voted out back in September. They grabbed Godfrey Jalale, who was deputy chief of staff under Chakwera, and he says he didn't jack the dogs' worth around $2,300...

Malawi's Scorchers ate dirt at home against Zimbabwe after Ethel Chinyerere banged in two goals before halftime at Bingu National Stadium. Faith Chimzimu got one back for the hosts, but the Mighty Warriors held on for the win despite the crowd getting loud. Coach Lovemore Fazili subbed in...

The Super League of Malawi is making Mighty Wanderers and Ekhaya FC run it back after their fixture got scrapped before hitting the 75-minute mark at Kamuzu Stadium. Both squads caught suspended fines of MK5 million for botching security and prep work, and the league is going after the refs for...

SmartTube devs are freaking out because their signing key got leaked, and both Google and Amazon started nuking the app off Fire TV and Android boxes automatically. The compromised signature means sketchy actors could cook up fake versions that swipe your login info since the OS can't tell legit...

The Football Legends Association is still about K10 million short of what they need to pull off the Malawi-Zambia legends game, even though some companies have been throwing cash their way. Board member Victor Msowoya said they were shooting for K50 million to cover the match and everything...

Information Minister Shadric Namalomba put out a statement explaining what went down at the ex-president's place after cops showed up looking for some missing police dogs. Apparently, they busted someone who said the dogs were chilling at the former leader's house, so officers rolled up asking...

The Africa Netball Cup draw paired Malawi's Queens against South Africa at Griffin Saenda Sports Complex, and coach Peace Kalua Chawinga thinks her squad can pull off an upset despite past losses. Eight squads will compete in both men's and women's divisions through round-robin play, with...

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla bailed on her Parliament gig after getting accused of helping ship South African dudes off to fight for Russia against Ukraine. The MK party's national organizer confirmed she stepped down, but the party hasn't said much else about the whole mess or addressed the...

Cassper Nyovest dropped by a hospital to visit some sick kid with balloons and gifts, and instead of getting praise, people torched him online for allegedly ghosting his son Khutso when the boy was fighting cancer. His ex, Thobeka Majozi, previously claimed the rapper was running around with his...

Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini threw their kid Shaka a birthday party that doubled as his first proper art show, and the nine-year-old actually sold a piece the same night. The parents posted about how their son had been grinding away at his artwork for ages before finally getting the chance to...

Former Rhythm City actress Pam Andrews went viral after dropping details about her eleven-year marriage to Voytek Pieron, which operates under completely different rules than most people expect. The couple lives separately and sees other people, with Andrews explaining that traditional monogamy...

Spotify's about to jack up American subscription costs again after hitting other countries like the UK and Australia with price bumps. The service currently charges Americans twelve bucks monthly, which is up from the ten-dollar rate when it first dropped stateside fourteen years back. Industry...

Hyundai's yanking over eighty-five thousand Sonata sedans off the road because a busted valve might literally set your car on fire. The problem hits models from the early 2020s with the turbo sixteen-hundred-cc engine, and it happens when pressurized air sneaks into the fuel tank through a...