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Editor 24 January 2026 No Comment

Attorney fears for safety of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine after army chief threats

By Associated Press KAMPALA: An attorney for Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine on Friday urged the international community “to demand immediate,

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Editor 24 January 2026 No Comment

How Macron’s Davos sunglasses spoke to the politics of friction with Trump

By Associated Press PARIS: At the power gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, the reflective shades worn by French President Emmanuel

Uganda’s veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye

Editor 20 January 2026 No Comment

Jailed Ugandan opposition figure Besigye’s health is failing, his party says

By Associated Press KAMPALA: The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party said on Tuesday,

Editor 19 January 2026 No Comment

School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa’s Gauteng province Monday, killing

Billboards of Uganda President and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni are seen in Kampala

Editor 19 January 2026 No Comment

Uganda’s president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strength

By Associated Press KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday that his landslide victory in Uganda’s election showed the dominance of his

People walk through floodwaters in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Friday

Editor 19 January 2026 No Comment

South Africa declares a national disaster over flooding and severe weather

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South Africa declared a national disaster Sunday over torrential rains and floods that have killed at least 30

Editor 16 January 2026 No Comment

More than 100 people die after torrential rain and flooding in Zimbabwe, South Africa and

By Associated Press Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and authorities warned Friday

Editor 15 January 2026 No Comment

Floods force evacuations from South Africa’s Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other

By Aassociated Press JOHANNESBURG: Flooding caused by weeks of torrential rains in northern South Africa forced the famed Kruger National Park

Opposition leader Bobi Wine and President Yoweri Museveni

Editor 14 January 2026 No Comment

Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential election

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of

Donald Trump and the now-ousted Nocholas Maduro

Editor 3 January 2026 No Comment

Russia condemns Trump action as US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, captured

By Agencies The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had