Ugandan security forces have arrested more than 300 supporters and officials of opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party since presidential campaigning began last month, amid rising tensions before the January 2026 elections, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. Crackdown intensifies in Kampala The detentions, which include scores picked up this week in the capital Kampala, come…
Kenya ruling United Democratic Alliance party has called for an investigation into former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of launching baseless attacks against a top electoral official amid tensions over a local by-election. The party described his claims as sensational and rooted in personal vendetta. The move escalates a bitter feud between Gachagua, who…
Beryl Achieng Odinga, sister to the late Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, died on 25 November 2025 in Nairobi West Hospital after a prolonged illness, the family has announced. She was 78 years old. “It is with a heavy heart, but accepting the will of God, that we announce the sudden passing of Beryl Achieng…
As the dust settles on the G20 summit in Johannesburg, a palpable sense of missed opportunity lingers across the Global South. Leaders from the world’s major economies gathered over the weekend promising bold action on the debt crisis strangling developing nations, yet walked away with little more than recycled pledges. Summit ends in disappointment South…
A remote volcano in Ethiopia’s scorched Afar region roared back to life on Sunday, ending more than 12,000 years of silence in a spectacular eruption that blanketed villages in ash and sent towering plumes drifting across the Red Sea. Hayli Gubbi, a little-known shield volcano roughly 800 kilometres northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, began…
Uganda grappled with a significant revenue shortfall in October, posting a deficit of 311.8 billion shillings ($85.68 million), as domestic tax collections fell short amid technical glitches and sluggish consumer demand, according to a Finance Ministry report. The monthly figures, released this week, showed total revenues and grants reaching 2.573 trillion shillings, just 89.2 percent…
Facing growing internal rebellion barely a month after Raila Odinga’s death, the new Orange Democratic Movement party leader Oburu Oginga has moved quickly to surround himself with a tight circle of loyalists drawn from Cabinet, county bosses and family members. The 82-year-old senator’s rapid consolidation of power comes as younger party figures openly challenge the…
Every year tens of thousands of tonnes of pesticides that European farmers are no longer allowed to use leave EU ports for Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2024 the European Union notified exports of 122,000 tonnes of substances banned at home, a 50% jump from 81,000 tonnes in 2018. Sharp rise in banned chemical…
Equity Bank has been crowned Bank of the Year at the 2025 AfriSAFE Awards for its outstanding record in workplace safety, environmental protection and sustainable banking practices. The award was presented on 14 November during the closing gala of the two-day Africa Safety Congress held in Mombasa, bringing together hundreds of executives, regulators and safety…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has defended the decision to move all county hospital accounts to Sidian Bank, saying the switch will end persistent delays in paying health workers and deliver better interest rates. The governor told the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on Tuesday that the previous banker, Co-operative Bank, often held up…
