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The Ugandan military just graduated a group from advanced combat engineer training. A total of 169 soldiers finished the Basic Combat Engineering Level III Course at the School of Combat Engineers in Kalama, located within Mubende District. The ceremony for this group, labeled Intake 20/25, was...

Ugandan officials said the jailed opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, will stay locked up until his treason trial finishes. This came from a government press event in Rukungiri District, Besigye's hometown, where people have been complaining about his treatment. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament...

This just got spicy. A guy named Lawrence Ampe, freshly fired from the Uganda Prisons Service, announced he is immediately joining the campaign of opposition figure Bobi Wine. The presidential candidate, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has been doing rallies in the Teso area. Ampe...

A prison officer in Uganda got fired for backing the wrong politician online. Lawrence Ampe, an officer with the Uganda Prisons Service, was dismissed after he posted support for opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, on TikTok and X. Ampe used those posts to accuse...

Uganda's official number plate maker, and a company named Spiro, just threw a little party for a random motorcycle taxi owner in Kampala. The guy got the two hundred thousand and twenty-sixth new plate. They gave him some branded freebies at the Spiro Bond Site. The Intelligent Transport...

The UN Security Council just voted to keep its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo running for another full year. They renewed the mandate for MONUSCO, which will stay active with its current force size of over eleven thousand military staff and hundreds of police. This...

The president of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has taken fewer trips abroad than her recent predecessors. In her first ten months as head of state, she made twenty-eight international journeys, visiting ten countries and spending about twenty-eight days outside Namibia. This travel qualified...

This is some primo conflict of interest drama. The director of Namibia's Roads Contractor Company, Rhys Mbala, got his own private engineering firm, Trinitas Consulting Engineers, picked for a government road job. His lawyers are now saying he had no clue about project changes when his company...

Alright, the Namibian government just dropped five million bucks on glow-in-the-dark gear for farm animals. No joke. The Works and Transport Ministry, led by Minister Veikko Nekundi, bought a bunch of reflective ear tags and collars. The goal is to cut down on car crashes at night involving...

Man, the vibe at that Blantyre Press Club meeting was basically a giant side-hustle pep talk mixed with some government scolding. A journo turned businessman, Geoffrey Banda, told the room straight up that depending on just a media paycheck is a dead end now. He said after working for regular...

Well, here's another classic football admin story. All the women's clubs in the Southern Region league in Malawi just straight up quit. They're not playing another game. The whole thing is on ice because the Football Association of Malawi, FAM for short, has not paid them their promised...

The rapper Emtee just hit social media with a major flex, showing off a huge new chain days after getting roasted for nodding off on stage. Fans are totally divided. This all went down after that viral clip of the South African artist, which made it look like he was sleeping during a live set...

Rachel Kolisi organized an early Christmas celebration for her kids and their paternal aunt and uncle. She posted photos of the gathering with Siya Kolisi's siblings, Liyema and Liphelo, explaining they moved the holiday up because the children were traveling the next day. She expressed...

Bonang Matheba brought her signature high glamour to an international pageant stage as a host for Miss Cosmo. The South African media personality co-hosted the event in Vietnam alongside Bui Duc Bao. The finale saw an American contestant, Yolina Lindquist, take the crown. Matheba showcased...

South African rapper Emtee got some backup from media figure Sizwe Dhlomo after that video of him nodding off mid-performance blew up online. Clips of the incident led to heavy accusations from social media users, who claimed he was on something during the show. Emtee pushed back, saying it was...

A memorial service for the late DJ Warras got overshadowed by online backlash after a personal story shared by Pearl Thusi went viral. The actress and DJ spoke at the event, recalling their close friendship from working on shows like Live Amp. However, her anecdote about sharing a hotel room...

The murder case for Run DMC's Jam Master Jay took another convoluted turn with a major court decision. A judge overturned the conviction for one of the two men found guilty, Karl Jordan Jr., stating the prosecution's theory was pure speculation. The ruling pointed out a complete lack of evidence...

The iconic New York hip hop station Hot 97 moved with brutal speed after canceling its long-running morning show. Mere days after dropping Ebro in the Morning, the station publicly revealed a fresh lineup of three new hosts, Ronndell Smith, Lana Harris, and Million, with a simple promotional...

Laura Govan clapped back hard after her ex, former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, claimed on a podcast that his child support payments were a huge monthly sum. On Instagram, Govan flatly said the real number was just two hundred forty-four dollars, not the inflated figure with extra zeros he...

Papoose finally addressed his very public breakup from rapper Remy Ma, showing up on a popular radio show with his new girlfriend, boxing champion Claressa Shields. He pushed back hard against online cheating rumors, reminding everyone of his very visible loyalty during Remy Ma's years in...