Ugandan Student Jailed for TikTok Criticism of President Yoweri Museveni

No featured image set for this post. 315 words • approx. 2 min read A 23-year-old university student in Uganda has been sentenced to two months in prison after posting a TikTok video that criticised President Yoweri Museveni, a move that has...

The Eyes of Ghana: Obama-backed film tells story of Nkrumah’s cinematographer

Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot has joined forces with Ugandan director Moses Bwayo and former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to produce The Eyes of Ghana, a forthcoming documentary that revisits Ghana’s...

CHAN 2024: Algeria humiliate co-host Uganda in Kampala

Uganda Cranes Fall to Algeria in CHAN 2024 Opener, Can they bounce back Again?

By David Mwanje The Uganda Cranes, ranked 88th in the FIFA World Rankings, suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Algeria (ranked 37th) in their opening Group C match of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 at Mandela National...

Locarno’s Open Doors: From Queer Romance to Afrofuturism and a Feel Good Heist Romp, Next Gen African Filmmakers Drive To Tell Stories Their Way  

Queer romance “Kachifo, Till The Morning Comes,” Johannesburg-set funeral farce “Death & Its Friends” and feel-good heist movie “The Color Yellow” (“Manjano”) look like potential standouts at Locarno’s 2025 Africa-focused Open Doors, unspooling...

Uganda’s race to space

Uganda’s first satellite, The Pearl AfricaSat-1 was launched into orbit on Nov. 7, 2022 (Getty Images) As Uganda plans to start a space agency in 2026; a look at the promise and peril NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda plans to start its own...

AI Lights the Way: How Artificial Intelligence Is Powering Africa’s Off-Grid Energy Revolution

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a game-changer in Africa’s long-standing energy access crisis, especially in rural areas where traditional grid infrastructure has failed to reach. Across sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people still...

Church of Uganda Halts False Busoga Bishop Election Rumors

By David Mwanje On August 4, 2025, the Church of Uganda firmly stopped false social media claims that a new Bishop had been elected for the Busoga Diocese. Rev. Canon William Ongeng, the Provincial Secretary, declared from Kampala, “No election...

MPs consider summoning ministers over border clashes with Uganda

South Sudan’s parliament is weighing whether to summon top security officials over a deadly border clash with Ugandan forces that left five soldiers dead and displaced thousands, raising fresh concerns over escalating tensions between the two...

Opinion| Uganda’s strategic encirclement of South Sudan: A silent erosion of sovereignty

South Sudan is entering a phase of political deformation in which sovereignty is not lost through war, but through institutional surrender. The prolonged and opaque presence of Ugandan military forces in Juba and along the border corridors is no...

Ugandan deputy army chief visits troops near Juba

Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Sam Okiding, visited Ugandan troops stationed in Bilnyang village, just a few kilometers from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Saturday. The location of the deployment near Juba had not...

Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset victory in June over frontrunner and former three-term New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary thrilled some and disturbed others. Whether you love him, hate him or never heard of...

Goals and Highlights for Uganda 0-3 Algeria in African Nations Championship Match

Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this African Nations Championship match here on VAVEL. Stay tuned for the latest news and upcoming matches. Good afternoon, and see you next time! END OF MATCH Algeria dominated the...

Ugandan pitcher chasing dreams on the Suncoast

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Baseball may be known as ‘America’s pastime,’ but it’s a universal sport played around the world. On the Suncoast, we have a local star from Uganda. In 2023, David Matoma traveled more than 7,500 miles to chase his baseball...

Ugandans lose hope in corruption fight – Twaweza report 

Three out of four Ugandans (74 per cent) say corruption is either very severe (22 per cent) or extremely severe (52 per cent) in Uganda, with just one out of ten (11 per cent) saying the problem is not severe. This view is shared broadly across...

Uganda’s business confidence rises on services sector optimism

Uganda’s business confidence index slightly improved during the last quarter of 2024/25 on account of a positive commercial outlook in the services sector despite negative sentiments in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Latest data...

Ugandan lawyer challenges Tanzania’s new law barring E.Africans from certain businesses

A Ugandan lawyer, Steven Kalali, has petitioned the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over a new Tanzanian law that restricts non-citizens, including East African Community (EAC) nationals, from engaging in specific business activities. Kalali...

Media Review: August 4

EURO CHANGEOVER COSTS An analysis by Dimitar Chobanov, published by TrudNews.bg, looks into the one-time expenses that will be incurred by the Bulgarian National Bank, state institutions, the banking system, businesses, and households with the...

Goals and Highlights for Uganda 0-3 Algeria in African Nations Championship Match

Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this African Nations Championship match here on VAVEL. Stay tuned for the latest news and upcoming matches. Good afternoon, and see you next time! END OF MATCH Algeria dominated the...

SuperSport to Broadcast TotalEnergies CAF CHAN 2024

SuperSport has announced securing the broadcast rights for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), PAMOJA 2024 — bringing one of the Africa's international football tournaments directly into African homes. From Saturday, 2...