By Isaac Okeng In December 2021, Uganda’s Parliament approved a supplementary budget of Shs 39.948 billion with the objective of promoting peace and improving livelihoods in Karamoja sub-region, historically challenged by insecurity and poverty. Within this allocation, Shs 25 billion was designated…
Agency Mamadou Hawa Gassama, seen here on a demonstration in 2018, is known for his outspokenness (AFP) A Malian lawmaker has been jailed in neighbouring Ivory Coast for three years for insulting the 84-year-old Ivorian leader, who recently won a fourth term…
By Agencies Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni and officials from her ministry and UNEB pose for a photo during the release of 2025 PLE results at State Lodge, Nakasero on January 30, 2026. UNEB X account The release of the…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Katah Museveni ( Credit: UNEB X handle) Over 87,650 candidates who sat for the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will not be able to join secondary school after failing to attain minimum…
BBC The blasts happened near Niamey’s airport (Credit: BBC) Suspected jihadists have launched an attack on the international airport outside Niger’s capital Niamey. Niger’s defence ministry said four military personnel were injured and 20 attackers were killed, with state television saying that…
BBC Passengers received a text message cancelling their flights (Credit: BBC) Passenger flights between Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and cities in the northern Tigray region have been cancelled amid fears of a return to conflict, with reports of clashes in one area.…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Confederation of African Football (CAF) has imposed sweeping sanctions on Senegal and Morocco following scenes of disorder that marred one of the most controversial Africa Cup of Nations finals in recent history. More than ten days after the…
James Alomu Uganda’s ministry of health has donated high-tech TB Mobile Clinic Van to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital a mobile TB clinic to boost community screening in the Teso Sub-region following soaring cases of tuberculosis. Aloket Ruth Frances, the TB Focal Point…