Birmingham, UK | NIC CHEESEMAN |   Unrigging Kenyan election The race for State House in Kenya is heating up. After a long period during which President Uhuru Kenyatta looked a shoo-in for re-election, the presidential race is looking increasingly competitive. Although the most reliable polls still give the incumbent a strong lead …

Great Black Music exhibition documents the protest history of black music Kigali, Rwanda| JOSEPH ONDIEK| Black music played a large part in bringing freedom, not only in the United States from slavery and civil rights movement but also in Africa and the Caribbean. It raised the consciousness of those suffering from different …

  COMMENT: Why does the Uganda government not list the dairy sector as a priority in spite of the exponential export growth achieved? Mbarara, Uganda | RINUS van Klinken |   As the world celebrates June dairy month, Uganda has more reason than most countries to put the dairy sector in the limelight. A …

Cotonou, Benin | AFP |  Benin President Patrice Talon underwenttwo surgeries during a prolonged stay in Paris, one procedure due to doctors finding a lesion in his prostate, his office said Monday. The admission comes weeks after Talon’s absence, which lasted nearly a month, had been a hot topic in …

King of the Jopadhola Moses Owor says Tororo town for all, calls for unity Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG |   The King of the Jopadhola, Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor, has challenged people in eastern Uganda to realize that they live in an era where ethnicity and individualism have no place in society. …

Police in Amudat has arrested two people in possession of 49.1kg of ivory reportedly worth sh19.6 million. A Local Government Double Cabin Hilux Pick up No. LG 0084-52 was also impounded, as it was being used to transport the contraband. Samuel Lokwale, 27,  a peasant and Edis Labatir, 32 , …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Top White House aide — and presidential son-in-law — Jared Kushner is among the most powerful men in America, but few have heard him speak, until now. His voice is common enough to those working in and around the White House, but Kushner on …

Zitto Kabwe: The arrest of Rugemalira and Seth is the ‘single most bold step by President Magufuli against corruption’ Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Two Tanzanian energy magnates on Monday became the first big industrialists to be charged over a multi-million-dollar graft scandal that led to the sacking of several …

Chicago, United States | AFP |  Otto Warmbier, the US student released by North Korea in a coma last week after more than a year in detention, has died, his family said Monday. The 22-year-old, who had suffered severe brain damage, was medically evacuated to the United States on June …

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Electoral Committee has on Monday evening pronounced itself on the status of Mujib Kasule’s nomination in the on-going FUFA presidential polls. They ruled that incumbent Moses Magogo will be unopposed. The FUFA Electoral Committee is chaired by Samuel Bakiika with Yusuf Awuye vice …