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Tax authorities grabbed one of the big players in Kampala's sketchy phone market after busting a massive shipment that could pull over 500 million shillings when they finish tallying up dodged taxes and fines. The haul turned up 4,371 devices ranging from basic Nokias to Samsung Galaxy units...

A fire ripped through a furniture shop and wooden lodge in Kajjubi Zone over in Ndeeba, and three people got burned beyond recognition after getting trapped inside when the blaze spread from the workshop. Firefighters showed up and stopped it from eating up the whole neighborhood, but the damage...

Trump just dropped orders for a massive review of green card holders from 19 countries after some Afghan guy who came in under a Biden-era program allegedly carried out a shooting in DC. The list hits places like Sudan, Somalia, Congo, and Burundi, with the White House saying they want to audit...

Uganda finally got one back against Tanzania after dropping their last two matchups, and they did it with a solid bowling performance that had their rivals folding for just 54 runs at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground. The Victoria Pearls made the chase look easy even after losing three...

The EU just put the brakes on 156 million euros headed to Tanzania for 2026, and they're not playing around after what went down during the latest election cycle. President Samia Suluhu Hassan supposedly grabbed 98% of the votes while her party swept everything, but the opposition called it...

A tribunal in Mbarara just dropped compensation rulings for two families whose relatives got killed by cops over a decade ago, and the government's on the hook for 160 million shillings total. The first family scored 80 million after their son, a motorcycle taxi driver, caught three bullets...

UPPC Entebbe and Kitara both grabbed wins on the road, and they're sitting on 13 points each, trailing SC Villa by just a couple. UPPC went to BUL's spot and put up a 2-0 result after Ambrose Kigozi bagged two goals in the second half. That loss made things worse for BUL, which just had its...

Uganda kept rolling at the Celtic Cup with another big win over Northern Ireland at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The She Cranes put up 72 points against their opponents' 46, and captain Mary Nuba said the team wanted to come out hot from the jump and basically did exactly that. They grabbed a...

South Sudan is hemorrhaging around 5 tons of gold every year through smuggling routes that run into Uganda and Kenya before the metal ends up in Dubai refineries, and a SWISSAID report says the entire operation bypasses any official oversight or tax collection. Tens of thousands of miners are...

Kagame went off about how Rwanda isn't going to grovel to anyone for security after years of back-and-forth with the DRC over rebel groups causing chaos near the border. The president said Kigali has tried being diplomatic and even humble in the past, but he made it clear that nobody gets to...

Museveni kicked off his Ankole campaign swing by promising more roads and farm support while flexing about how he used to roll through the area strapped but showed up this time in party colors without any weapons. The president name-dropped infrastructure wins like the finished...

The Urban and Rural Development Ministry yanked the swearing-in ceremony for regional council and local authority winners that was supposed to happen next week, and executive director Wilhelmine Shivute sent out a memo saying they'll announce the makeup date later. The ministry didn't explain...

Germany dropped over N$4 million to fix up the Alte Feste building in Windhoek, and the cash is going toward turning the decrepit colonial-era structure into something people can actually use. The German embassy's deputy head said they wanted to fund repairs that let future generations hash out...

Roger Nautoro from the PDM in Erongo is calling out opposition parties for basically shooting themselves in the foot after Swapo steamrolled the elections. The regional coordinator said rival groups tanked because they couldn't stop fighting each other instead of working together, and he's...

A Namibian judge blocked Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah from shutting down the payroll deduction system that lets microlenders like Entrépo Finance pull loan payments straight from government workers' paychecks. Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo said the ministry has to keep accepting...

The Judiciary in Namibia tapped Mobile Telecommunications Limited to handle their cloud hosting after a competitive bidding process, and the telecom company will be setting up virtual machines and enterprise-level infrastructure. Deputy executive director Innocent Kandandu said the move is about...

Malawian cops are trying to figure out how four German Shepherds vanished from the presidential palace after Lazarus Chakwera got voted out back in September. They grabbed Godfrey Jalale, who was deputy chief of staff under Chakwera, and he says he didn't jack the dogs' worth around $2,300...

Malawi's Scorchers ate dirt at home against Zimbabwe after Ethel Chinyerere banged in two goals before halftime at Bingu National Stadium. Faith Chimzimu got one back for the hosts, but the Mighty Warriors held on for the win despite the crowd getting loud. Coach Lovemore Fazili subbed in...

The Super League of Malawi is making Mighty Wanderers and Ekhaya FC run it back after their fixture got scrapped before hitting the 75-minute mark at Kamuzu Stadium. Both squads caught suspended fines of MK5 million for botching security and prep work, and the league is going after the refs for...

SmartTube devs are freaking out because their signing key got leaked, and both Google and Amazon started nuking the app off Fire TV and Android boxes automatically. The compromised signature means sketchy actors could cook up fake versions that swipe your login info since the OS can't tell legit...