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The UPDF bumped up over 30 senior officers to higher ranks like lieutenant general and major general in a ceremony where leaders stressed that the moves were about performance and responsibility. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba told the promoted officers they needed to step up as mentors and...

Bobi Wine told Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga at Bulange Mengo that President Yoweri Museveni keeps trying to split Buganda residents apart so opposition movements stay weak and fragmented. The NUP candidate said rivals deliberately push internal beef to make it look like the region cannot get...

Security forces threw up a massive roadblock near Bulange Mengo that ended up messing with Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II's motorcade when opposition guy Bobi Wine showed up for a sit-down with Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga. The UPDF and cops locked down streets around the area, and Bobi Wine...

A Trinity Bus carrying people from Kigali to Kampala went off the road and dropped into a water-filled ditch near Bukinda in Rukiga District, and three guys died while four others got hurt. Police say driver Habiyaremye Ananias was going way too fast down a slope when he lost control around 2:30...

Uganda's top military guy, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, told politicians to chill out ahead of the 2026 elections or security forces will crack down hard on anyone trying to stir up chaos. He made the threat while promoting a bunch of officers at the defense ministry headquarters in Mbuya, saying...

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni backed a pitch from UAE investors to build a cargo hub at Bukasa that would speed up shipments heading toward Sudan and Kenya. The Sharjah Chamber delegation explained their inland port concept during a meeting at State Lodge, and Museveni said he wants the thing...

Uganda Prisons bosses got schooled on National Resistance Movement ideology that supposedly turned the country around after 1986. Commissioner Moses Kamugisha told mid-central region officers and Mubende opinion leaders that the old days were a mess of political chaos and busted institutions...

The US ripped into whoever sent drones at a UN peacekeeping base in Kadugli that reportedly took out six Bangladeshi troops and left others banged up. Senior Advisor Massad Boulos said the strike shows complete contempt for peace efforts in Sudan, and UN Secretary General António Guterres called...

Kavango East folks can stop making road trips for basic checkups after businessman Johnny Doeseb and his crew launched Kaisosi Medical Centre at Rundu. The private facility opened its doors to help the town's 118,000-plus residents who previously had to bounce elsewhere for X-rays, dialysis, lab...

Namibia is locking free university tuition behind higher grade requirements that kick in next year, and Education Minister Sanet Steenkamp says the government will only cover first-time undergrads at schools that hit new minimum standards set by the National Council for Higher Education...

Zambezi locals marched to regional governor Dorothy Kabula-Simushi with a petition demanding that authorities shut down United Democratic Party rallies since the banned group keeps pushing for secession from Namibia. Petition reader Dobson Kwala said residents cannot figure out why the UDP still...

Entrépo Finance says Namibia's money chief Ericah Shafudah is ignoring a court order about keeping the payroll system running for government worker loan deductions. The microlender wants Judge Lotta Ambunda to make Shafudah file paperwork explaining how she plans to get the Payroll Deductions...

Lukas Muha got voted back in as National Council chair and promised to keep things orderly while pushing the council's constitutional duties forward. The Mankumpi constituency rep has held his seat since 2015 without facing opposition, and he ran the council from 2020 until his recent...

NamPower is sitting on N$912 million in unpaid bills from local governments, state-owned companies, and power distributors across Namibia. Electricity Control Board boss Robert Kahimise said Mariental Municipality leads the deadbeat list with N$233 million owed, while Gobabis owes N$70 million...

The DPP told MCP to quit whining about legal cases against their people and let the courts do their thing. Spokesperson Shadrick Namalomba said the ruling party used to bend the rules when they had power, and anyone who broke the law should deal with the fallout. MCP went off after cops grabbed...

Vice President Jane Ansah wrapped up a virtual SADC Organ Troika Summit that dealt with Madagascar's political and security mess. She thanked reps from Eswatini and Tanzania for showing up, and she pushed for quick action on recommendations from a fact-finding mission report. Ansah said...

Unik Construction Company is catching heat around Mzimba Boma after workers say the firm booted them without hearings or proper paperwork and still owes them money. Former employees claim they got axed suddenly with no written termination notices or legit reasons, which violates labor rules in...

Zomba District Council Gender Officer Ruperth Kamtsendero said that teaming up with cops and NGOs is helping reduce violence against women and girls. The remarks came at Naisi Ground in Senior Chief Malemia's area during a closing event for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence...

Malawi's netball squad ended up fourth at the Africa Netball Cup after dropping the bronze-medal match to Zimbabwe 48-44 at Griffin Saenda Indoor Sports Complex. Coach Peace Kalua Chawinga said the younger players handled the pressure decently, and she viewed the whole thing as a solid learning...

Music exec TK Nciza dropped a proud post after his kid Ciza snagged the GQ Breakthrough Artist of the Year trophy. He threw up a pic from the ceremony with himself, his ex Nhlanhla Mafu, and their son all together for the big moment. The whole fam showed up to back the young artist. TK praised...