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School Closes After Girl Dies. A school in Soroti City is closed. It will not open again soon. This is because a little girl died there. She was only six years old. Her name was Joan Faith Apio. Joan's body was found in the school toilet. She had a big cut on her neck. She had just started...

Chief Says Court Ruling is Bad for Army. The head of Uganda's army is not happy. His name is Gen Kainerugaba Muhoozi. He did not like what the Supreme Court said. The court said the army cannot try people who are not in the army, which Muhoozi thinks is bad for the army. Muhoozi said the army...

American Hunter Killed by Buffalo in Uganda. An American man died while hunting in Uganda on Monday. His name was Frank Stuart Cox. He was hunting with three other people in a place called Karenga Community Wildlife Area (KCWA). Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said the group found five...

Khalifa Aganaga Runs for Parliament. Khalifa Aganaga is a singer who will run for a spot in Parliament. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party chose him because they say he is the best person for the job. The spot opened up last month. The man who had the job died. His name was Muhammad...

Two People Found Guilty of Fraud. A court in Buganda Road said two people broke the law. They helped get money from a bank in a bad way. It happened on Wednesday. The two people are Specioza Nassuna and Robert Kisolo. Nassuna is 43 years old and worked at the bank. Kisolo is a businessman...

Uganda Loses Money from Its Mines. A new report says Uganda is losing a lot of money from its mines. The country has many good things in the ground, like gold and copper, but it does not get much money from what is taken out. GFI and ACODE wrote the report, which was released in January 2025...

Workshop Teaches How to Handle Medical Waste. The National Commission for UNESCO of The Gambia held a workshop on Tuesday at NANA Hall. The workshop taught people how to deal with medical and electronic waste. Medical waste comes from places that provide health care. It can include needles...

Media Groups Learn About Ethics. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) taught some media groups on Tuesday. They taught the Media Council and the Gambia Press Union. The lesson was about how to check if news stories follow the rules of good reporting...

Brikama Market Gets Clean-Up. Kaddy Samateh Entertainment and Brikama Area Council (BAC) started cleaning the Brikama market on Tuesday. They want to make it a better place to buy and sell things. Cherno Jallow from BAC said it is important to work together to keep the market clean. He said a...

Man Gets 1 Year in Jail for Stealing Phone. Modoulamin Jobarteh stole a phone. The court put him in jail for 1 year. It happened on January 29, 2025, in Serekunda. Modoulamin took a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime phone from Ebrima Jallow. The phone cost D4,000.00. A man named Samba saw Modoulamin...

Cultural Groups Wanted for Gambia's 60th Birthday. The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) is getting ready for Gambia's 60th birthday party. They want to put on a big show with songs and dances from all over the country. NCAC sent a team to talk to the governors in each region. Siaka...

Transport Minister Sees New Hakalang Road. Minister Ebrima Sillah visited the new Hakalang road on Thursday. The road is almost done, and he said it is one of the best roads in the Gambia. Many people said the government was not serious about building the road. They said the promises were...

Kenya's Business Troubles Push Companies Away. Companies in Kenya say high taxes and power problems hurt their growth. They find it hard to make money when rules keep changing, and power costs rise. The country's business numbers show less growth in late 2024. Production slowed to 2.3 percent...

Top Police Chief Tests Own Officers, Finds Poor Service. The new Coast police leader faced problems when he played the part of a crime victim at a police station. Ali Nuno went to Kisauni station to see how officers treat people who need help. Nuno made his secret test on February 3. He walked...

Study Links Red Meat to Brain Health Problems. People who eat more red meat are more likely to develop memory and thinking problems as they age. A new study points to processed meats like bacon and hot dogs as the biggest risk. The news comes from work in the American Academy of Neurology's...

Kenya Pauses Job Drive, Keeps Kisumu Event Only. Kenya's jobs minister, Alfred Mutua, said the country's big hiring push must wait. Some people still come to hiring places, but the work stopped weeks ago. "We have no other hiring plans right now," Mutua said. He asked people not to follow the...

Three Shot in Phone Theft Chase Through Nairobi Slum. A seven-year-old boy and two others suffered gunshot wounds during a clash between police and thieves in Mathare, Nairobi, on Wednesday evening. The shooting left the victims with stomach and leg injuries. Police say the trouble started...

Man Dies in Cattle Raid, Police Report Success Against Rural Crime. A shooting at a home in Maralal killed a 23-year-old man early Thursday. The attack happened in Ngano village when armed men tried to take cows from the property. Leonard Lendunda heard a noise outside his house. He stepped...

Police Hunt Thieves After Two Cash Robberies in Kenya. A woman lost 3.6 million shillings near a petrol station in Nairobi's Industrial Area on Wednesday morning. The theft happened on Lunga Lunga Road after she took the money from a bank for her business. She stopped her car to take medicine...

Senators had a big fight on Thursday. They were discussing how to share money among counties. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) had made a plan, but some senators did not like it. The senators whose counties would get less money were very angry. They said the plan was not fair. But the...