Category: Africa

Prof John Okedi Two months ago, Prof JOHN YAKOBO OKEDI was installed as the third chancellor of Kyambogo University. He follows in the footsteps of Prof John Ssebuwufu and Dr Eric Tiyo Sekebuga, the first chancellor. For the next four years, Okedi, a professor of...

The prestigious prize is an annual literary award for a published short story by an African writer, published in English, whether they reside in Africa or elsewhere.

Mount Everest is in Nepal and Tibet, located in the Himalayan mountains. Kagambi was part of the seven-person Full Circle Everest team, an all-black team from the US to reach the peak.

A general view of the scene of a bus accident in Kaffrine, central Senegal Forty people were killed and 85 were injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial road in Senegal’s central Kaffrine region, the government said on Sunday....

President Yoweri Museveni 78-year-old President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power for 37 years is very much still around and will contest for power again in the 2026 polls, vice president Jessica Alupo has said. Speaking during celebrations to mark 35 years of Entebbe...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir South Sudan’s national security service has detained six journalists who work for the country’s national broadcaster, SSBC, the country’s press union said. Patrick Oyet, who heads the Union of Journalists of South Sudan, said five journalists were detained Tuesday and...

Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School A 6-year-old boy shot his teacher on Friday in the classroom in the southern US state of Virginia, police said. The first grader was taken into custody after the shooting at the Richneck Elementary School in...

Minister Chris Baryomunsi The minister for Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Dr Chris Baryomunsi was yesterday Saturday night airlifted to Kampala after collapsing while in his constituency Kinkiizi East, Kanungu district in western Uganda. Baryomunsi reportedly collapsed at around 6 pm while on...

So we have entered the new year with a grand new gift to Old Lady Kampala – about $3 billion to be splashed on her in a short five years to make her smart. Can you beat that? Her new jewelry, make-up, plastic surgery and...