Uganda is barreling toward presidential elections on Jan. 15, 2026, in a contest that once again pits the formidable machinery of President Yoweri Museveni’s 39-year rule against the defiant street energy of opposition leader Bobi Wine. Museveni, 81, has not formally declared his candidacy for a seventh term, but the ruling National Resistance Movement has…
Hussein Mohammed marked his first year as president of the Football Kenya Federation on Tuesday by doing something unusual in Kenyan football administration: he admitted failure. “I want to begin with honesty, because honesty is essential to any progress,” Mohammed told reporters in Nairobi. He then took direct responsibility for the poor showing of Kenya’s…
A US brokered peace agreement between Congo and Rwanda was teetering Thursday after more than 400 civilians were killed in a renewed offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, officials said. M23 captures key lakeside city of Uvira Residents and local authorities said M23 fighters took full control of Uvira, a strategic…
Safaricom has obtained a $138 million (18 billion Kenyan shillings) loan from South Africa’s Standard Bank to accelerate its fast-growing operations in Ethiopia, the company announced Wednesday. Standard Bank, operating in Kenya as Stanbic, is the sole lender and arranger of the facility. The funds will be used to expand network infrastructure and digital services…
The death of a nominated Kenyan lawmaker in a car crash has created a rare constitutional headache for the country’s election body: how to replace a member of parliament whose political party no longer exists. Joseph Denar Hamisi, 56, Joseph Denar Hamisi, 56, died Dec. 6 when his vehicle was involved in an accident in…
South Sudan military has assumed control of the strategic Heglig oil field in neighboring Sudan under a rare agreement with both sides in Sudan’s civil war, officials said Wednesday, in a bid to shield vital energy infrastructure from further damage. The move follows the Rapid Support Forces’ brief capture of the field on Dec. 8…
A Kenyan High Court judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the government from sharing sensitive health data with the United States under a $2.5 billion bilateral agreement signed last week with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, citing privacy and constitutional concerns. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued a conservatory order suspending any implementation of data-transfer provisions in the…
Kenya’s Ministry of Education released the 2025 Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment results Thursday, allowing Grade 9 learners and parents to immediately access scores and senior school placements. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced the results at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi and outlined two straightforward methods to retrieve them. Online Access…
Kenyan environmental activist Truphena Muthoni completed a 72-hour nonstop tree-hugging marathon Thursday, smashing her own world record and drawing applause from supporters and political leaders alike. The 22-year-old began the challenge Monday outside the Nyeri governor’s office, wrapping her arms around an indigenous tree and refusing to let go — without food, water, sleep or…
Brumelda Zuma, a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, was sworn in as a lawmaker Wednesday, filling the parliamentary seat left vacant by her half-sister who resigned amid allegations of recruiting South Africans to fight as mercenaries in Ukraine. The rapid family succession highlights the continued grip the Zuma name holds over the…
