Africa
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Arsenal set new record by winning seven successive UEFA champions league games
Arsenal extended their Champions League winning run to seven games with a 3-1 win against Inter. Arteta’s boys have not yet dropped a point in UCL this season and are guaranteed a top-two finish.
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New Mass Kidnapping, Initially Denied by Police, Shakes Nigeria
The kidnapping of more than 170 people during Sunday services at three churches by gangs known as “bandits” marks the latest in a wave of mass abductions targeting both Christians and Muslims in Nigeria.
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Gen Muhoozi deletes tweets threatening Bobi Wine
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has deleted a series of threatening posts he directed at supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and opposition leader Robert Kyangulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
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Malawi Suffers as US Aid Cuts Cripple Healthcare
In the impoverished southern Africa country, the US government’s decision to slash foreign aid in January 2025 has led to significant cuts in HIV treatments, a spike in pregnancies and a return to discrimination.
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General Muhoozi threatens to kill Bobi Wine
Uganda’s army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into hiding.
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Senegal stun hosts Morocco to win AFCON title after ugly scenes mar final
Senegal stunned Morocco in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final as Pape Gueye’s goal gave them a 1-0 extra-time win over the hosts at the end of a match marred by disgraceful scenes following a…
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Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result looms
Wine said Friday that he was under house arrest, and his party later wrote on X that he had been “forcibly taken” by an army helicopter from his compound.
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Uganda opposition MP tells AFP 10 killed by security forces in his home
A senior member of the Ugandan opposition told AFP on Friday that security forces stormed his home the previous day as the country held elections, shooting dead 10 members of his campaign team.
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Uganda opposition leader under house arrest after vote: party
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections in which early results showed a commanding lead for President Yoweri Museveni as he seeks to extend his 40-year rule.
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Kenya yaepuka sitisho la viza za uhamiaji Marekani, Tanzania na Uganda zatajwa
Maafisa wa Marekani wanasema hatua hiyo inalenga kufanya upya ukaguzi wa taratibu za kuchuja na kuchunguza waombaji, wakisisitiza kuwa wahamiaji wapya wanapaswa kuwa na uwezo wa kujitegemea kifedha na kutoegemea msaada wa serikali
