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Young Ugandans are getting way more into their own heritage lately. A noticeable shift is happening where a new generation is looking back at their roots and traditions as a major source of pride and identity, moving beyond foreign cultural influences. This was clear at events like the tenth...

A police partnership just ran a free medical camp for hundreds in Jinja. Professor Isabirye Muranga teamed up with the Uganda Police to offer services like eye and dental care, surgical consults, and HIV screening to residents who often can't get treatment. Long lines formed early as people...

The first batch of presidential ballots just landed for Uganda's next big election. The Electoral Commission received an initial shipment of ballot papers printed overseas, a major logistical step ahead of the 2026 general election. Chairperson Simon Byabakama said the delivery at Entebbe...

Uganda's entire vehicle registration system just went down because of a network crash. The Ministry of Works and Transport had to suspend all motor vehicle registration services nationwide after an outage at their provider, Uganda Telecom, knocked out the system. Their public notice said...

Walvis Bay is not playing around with fireworks this year. The municipality repeated its total ban on setting off fireworks in town unless someone gets permission first from both the police and the local government. Their press statement said the rules exist for public safety, especially during...

A college radio station handed out some basic supplies to vulnerable folks in Machinga. St Luke’s College Campus Radio donated items like maize flour, salt, soap, and matches to twenty people, including elderly, poor, and disabled residents, in Traditional Authority Gulumya's area. Acting...

Malawi just said expired national IDs are good for another couple of years. The government extended the validity for all expired National Identity Cards until January first, 2027, letting people use them for any official or transactional need. The National Registration Bureau's principal...

They're finally gonna fix the useless port in Salima to try and boost trade. The Malawi government plans to rehab the Chipoka Inland Port, with Transport Minister Feston Kaupa saying the Mutharika administration sees it as a key move for economic growth. The port on Lake Malawi, located in...

Mutharika told folks to stay hopeful but also called last year a total rescue mission. Malawi's leader Arthur Peter Mutharika sent out a festive message pushing for unity and resilience, asking people to celebrate responsibly and remember those having a tough time. He confirmed he'd spend the...

A single mom in Malawi turned things around after learning some better parenting skills. Matalia Mzemba, a forty-year-old woman from M’memo Village in Ntcheu District, had a hard time for about ten years after her divorce, struggling with her increasingly disobedient kids, who all quit school...

Kolisi spent a quiet Christmas with the kids and siblings, his first since the divorce. The Springboks captain, Siya Kolisi, swapped the noise of the rugby stadium for a low-key holiday with his children, Nicholas and Keziah, and his younger brothers, Liyema and Liphelo. This marked a different...

Musician Dorcas Moyo hit people right in the feels with a wedding pic of her late husband. She posted the throwback photo to mark seventeen years since he passed away, a loss that happened on December twenty fourth, leaving her and their kids behind. In the caption, she called him her best...

Binga just got its first fire truck, which is a huge deal for a place that used to wait forever for help. The Zimbabwe government used devolution money to buy the fire tender from Belarus, handing it over to the Binga Rural District Council. Council CEO Joshua Muzamba said these changes...

Another bad wreck on the Harare-Bulawayo road, this time a bus flipping over. One person died and ten got hurt when a Zhongtong bus crashed near the 21-kilometer marker, with the Zimbabwe Republic Police saying the driver lost control trying to pass another vehicle. The bus, carrying twelve...

Rough morning in Harare after a car took a dive into the Mukuvisi. Two people died early Wednesday when a Toyota Hilux flew off Highglen Road near the Trabanlas Interchange, smacked a billboard, and ended up in the river. The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed that the driver and one passenger...

Yep, the cops are officially coming for the deepfakes. Zimbabwean police, the ZRP, have called in some guy named Dr David Nhunzva. They want him to come down to their CID Law and Order unit to chat about some AI-generated videos. The authorities claim he made and spread this fake content to make...

Alright, let's not pretend this is surprising. A big media company in Zimbabwe, Alpha Media Holdings, has not paid its staff for an entire year. We're talking about the people running NewsDay, The Standard, and a bunch of other outlets like Independent, Southern Eye, and HStv News. The owner is...

Someone left a literal pile of human excrement at the office door of Kennias Mafukidze, the head of Alpha Media Holdings. Employees at the media group, which puts out the NewsDay paper among others, found the disturbing package and could not enter the workspace. People inside the company are...

Cops in Zimbabwe have flooded Guruve with officers after the suspected serial killer, Anymore Zvitsva, supposedly added two more murders to his tally. The latest victims are a forty-year-old woman, Alice Saujati Mayora, and her teenage daughter, Shalom Malunga, bringing the total number of...

People up in Guruve are calling cap on the police sketch of this alleged serial killer, Anymore Zvitsva. Folks who actually know the guy, also called Modho, say the ZRP mugshot is straight up wrong. They insist the real Zvitsva has a scar on his left cheek and is a bit lighter-skinned. This has...