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Vipers SC demolished UPDF with a 5-1 victory at St Mary's Stadium in Kitende, putting them right behind the top two teams in the Ugandan league. The win moved the defending champs up to third place with 16 points, and they're still unbeaten this season. UPDF is struggling near the bottom of the...

A guy with a gun snuck onto a Samaritan's Purse aid plane headed to Maiwut County with medical kits and tried forcing the pilot to reroute to Chad. The hijacker was Yasir Mohammed Yusuf from Abyei, and he hid in the cargo area before pulling his pistol mid-flight. The pilot pretended to go along...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called out the nonstop attacks hitting hospitals across Sudan, where the armed forces have been fighting the RSF militia since last April. Over 10 million people got displaced, and 25 million are starving badly. Tedros said health workers logged 198 verified...

Angola wants to round up street kids from Namibia and send them back home before the year ends. Ambassador Pedro Mutindi said the government is worried about young children walking massive distances alone, especially the 760-kilometer stretch between Oshikango and Windhoek. Officials claim they...

Namibia's government finally locked in a swearing-in date for regional and local councillors after canceling the ceremony earlier and catching heat from opposition leaders. Ministry executive director Wilhelmine Shivute announced that district magistrates will handle the oath-taking process, and...

The Bukalo Village Council chairman got hit with a no-confidence vote from his local Swapo branch, but Simataa Mubonda says the whole thing is trash and politically motivated. Branch exec chairperson Chuma Mudabeti sent a letter claiming Mubonda ghosted campaign events, never updated anyone on...

Namibia pulled in 1.26 million tourists after the pandemic basically wrecked everything, and the government says that number hits about 79 percent of what the country was doing before COVID-19 knocked travel off a cliff. Environment minister Indileni Daniel dropped the stats showing a 45 percent...

Nigeria's defense minister, Mohammed Abubakar, bounced from his job because of health problems, right when the country is dealing with mass kidnapping chaos. President Bola Tinubu tapped retired general Christopher Musa as the replacement, and this guy ran counterinsurgency ops against jihadist...

HIV-AIDS activist Immanuel Sheefeni wants Namibians to stop treating people with the virus like outcasts and get serious about mental health support. The country marked World AIDS Day after making solid progress on cutting infection rates and getting meds to patients, but Sheefeni says stigma at...

Namibia pulled off its first bone marrow transplant using stem cells from the patient's body, but the procedure only reaches 15 percent of people because it's locked behind private healthcare costs. Clinical haematologist Kudakwashe Simba led the operation at the Namibia Oncology Centre in...

Nigeria gave asylum to Fernando Dias da Costa after the Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate got death threats following a military takeover that blocked election results from getting published. The West African country went through another coup when armed soldiers trashed ballot paperwork and...

Health experts from across Africa met up virtually and talked about how weather disasters are basically destroying medical access for people who need it most. Harry Simatala from Zambia's LATU Foundation said the UN is comparing Earth to someone in intensive care because floods and storms keep...

Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa dropped a video wearing a stunning white bridal gown, and people started guessing she might be rolling out a wedding dress line through her fashion brand. The actress posted hashtags like #PearlsOfWisdom and #EssieBride, which pretty much confirms something bridal-related is...

Zakes Bantwini had to shut down his Mayonie Open Air festival at Constitution Hill when heavy storms rolled through Johannesburg and messed up the outdoor event. The Grammy winner told reporters that weather warnings were already out there, but the crowd had been vibing hard before everything...

People online stopped to honor Mpho Sebeng on what would have been his birthday after the actor died in a Potchefstroom car crash last year. Robot-Boii posted a tribute for the Ring of Lies star, and fans kept saying they still couldn't process that he was gone. The guy was only 31 when he...

The Senzo Meyiwa trial got wild when cops dragged three guys out of the courtroom for allegedly planning to kill people connected to the case. Police opened an official conspiracy-to-commit-murder investigation after learning about a group attending court sessions to scope out chances to take...

Cassper Nyovest went on record saying Zee Nxumalo is the biggest artist the country has right now, and the internet immediately started arguing about whether that claim holds up. The rapper hyped up the 23-year-old Amapiano singer's vocal skills and chart performance in a clip that Freshmen...

Prince Kaybee dropped a thread on X where he got real about his struggles with intimacy, tracing it back to childhood molestation and years of therapy sessions. The producer said fame gave him access to people he should have stayed away from, and it kicked off what he called a messy period in...

Mzansi Wethu just dropped two fresh podcast shows on DStv channel 163, adding I've Been Through the Most and Justify Podcast to their weeknight rotation. The channel airs podcasts every evening at half past nine, with weekend replays for anyone who missed them during the week. One of the new...

Lungile Siyaphi took home the crown at the 46th White Star Miss Soweto competition held at Soweto Theatre, and she posted about how grateful she feels for everyone who backed her during the whole process. She beat out Boitumelo Molotsana and Kutlwano Zingitwa for the top spot, walking away with...