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With No Succession Plan, Uganda’s Museveni Seeks Reelection
World Politics Review
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June 30, 2025
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 11, 2020 (AP photo by John Muchucha). Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni confirmed Saturday that he intends to run for a...
Uganda's SC Villa appoints Serbia's Milincic as head coach
Xinhua News Agency
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KAMPALA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Uganda Premier League side SC Villa has appointed Serbia's Nemanja Milincic as its new head coach. Club president Hajji Omar Ahmed Mandela unveiled Milincic on Friday in Kampala. "After a thorough selection process, we...
UGA-A vs NAM-A Dream11 Prediction Today Match, Dream11 Team Today, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report, Injury Update- Pearl of Africa T20 2025, Match 1
CricketAddictor
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July 17, 2025
Uganda A will be taking on Namibia A in the first match of the Pearl of Africa T20 2025 at the Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe on 17th July at 12:00 PM IST. Get the best UGA-A vs NAM-A Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI,...
Abducted Uganda MP shows signs of torture: law society
The Standard
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A Ugandan Member of Parliament Barnabas Tinkasiimire, shows signs of torture: law society says after being abducted. [Courtesy] A Ugandan member of parliament critical of President Yoweri Museveni was abducted over the weekend and apparently...
Inside the Girl-Led Empowerment Movement Growing in Uganda
Triple Pundit
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“The most powerful method in empowering girls is to start with their personal journeys and personal empowerment,” Monica Nyiraguhabwa, executive director and co-founder of the Girl Up Initiative Uganda, told TriplePundit. “You cannot empower a...
Pravda Media Covering for Mamdani
Hot Air
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June 30, 2025
Well, now that Zohran Mamdani has become the frontrunner, the Pravda Media has decided to have fun storming the castle alongside him. First came the onslaught of pieces decrying "Islamophobia," and now come the claims that Mamdani is just a smidge...
From the Beach to the Mountain, Uganda Consulate Mombasa Organizes Tusker Lite Rwenzori Activation Run, Rallies Kenyans
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 29, 2025
Sports Diplomacy took centre-stage this weekend as the Uganda Consulate-General in Mombasa, led by Consul-General Amb. Paul Mukumbya, organized a Rwenzori Marathon activation run on the streets of Mombasa, as part of the ongoing campaign by...
President Museveni Salutes First Lady for her Contribution to Uganda as She Celebrates 77th Birthday
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 29, 2025
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Sunday June 29,2025 paid tribute to the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataaha Museveni. He described her as a resilient woman who stood firmly through decades of personal...
PBS embraces socialist Mamdani, calls GOP criticism ‘hateful’: Liberal Media Scream
Washington Examiner
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June 30, 2025
PBS is doubling down on its leftist bias that has drawn President Donald Trump’s support for defunding the taxpayer-supported service, this time embracing New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani while ripping GOP criticism of the...
Museveni, 80, confirms bid for Uganda presidency again in 2026
Daily Times
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June 29, 2025
KAMPALA – Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has officially declared his intention to run in the upcoming 2026 elections, aiming to extend his rule beyond 40 years. In a statement posted on social media late Saturday, Museveni said he...
FPJ Interview: Vasundhara Oswal To Sue For Malicious Prosecution, Rethinking Uganda Investments
Free Press Journal
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The Free Press Journal was the first to report about the alleged illegal detention of Indian-origin entrepreneur Vasundhara Oswal, 26, in Uganda. She is the daughter of Indian-origin Cypriot resident and industrialist Pankaj Oswal and was accused...
Uganda: Arbitrary arrest and detention of 11 Ugandan environmental rights defenders
International Federation for Human Rights
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June 20, 2025
Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of 11 environmental rights defenders, namely Ms Nalusiba Phionah and Messrs Baribye Bob, Nayebare Gilbert, Tukamushaba...
Uganda Embassy in Japan Holds Investment Forum Ahead of Osaka 2025 World Expo
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
The Minister of State for Trade, Hon. Gen. Mbasu Mbadi, accompanied by Uganda’s Ambassador to Japan, H.E. Tophace Kaahwa, visited the Uganda product promotion venue at Lucua Business Center in Osaka City today to acquaint himself with the various...
Increasingly, Ruto's Kenya is looking like Idi Amin's Uganda
The Standard
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Police use water cannons to disperse protestors in Nairobi, on June 25, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard] The order to stop the live coverage and the subsequent switching off TV stations by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) during the...
Uganda-Japan Trade and Investment Forum Concludes in Osaka: Avenues Broadening Bilateral Trade and Investment Between the Two Countries Explored
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 20, 2025
The Uganda Embassy in Tokyo reaffirmed its leadership in advancing Uganda’s Economic and Commercial Diplomacy with the successful hosting of the 1st Uganda–Japan Trade and Investment Forum in Osaka, Japan. Held under the theme “Boosting Trade and...
Togolese and Ugandan Leaders Cling to Rule, but the Youth Mu...
Modern Ghana
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Let’s keep our Togolese neighbors and Ugandan brethren in our thoughts and prayers as they confront the entrenched greed of their ruling elites, who twist democratic principles to hang on to power. In Togo, the late Gnassingbé Eyadéma, was in...
Using the arts to break menstrual taboo in schools
Observer
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June 29, 2025
In most African cultures, menstruation is often shrouded in secrecy and shame due to cultural taboos and social stigma, leading to several challenges among many girls and women. In a bid to combat these challenges, last week Reach A Hand Uganda...
Tempe Center for the Arts 48 Live series returns in October
Phoenix New Times - Arizona
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Tempe Center for the Arts, situated on the southwest end of Tempe Town Lake, hosts various art exhibitions and a roster of creative programs throughout the year. The 48 Live series was created to give Arizona-based artists the stage. Audiences can...
Queen of Katwe's gambit still in play for Uganda's slum chess players
BBC
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Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, Kampala ShareSave For more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriously A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda's capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of...
Why William Ruto's Kenya is increasingly looking like Idi Amin's Uganda
The Standard
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President William Ruto. [PCS] The order to stop the live coverage and the subsequent switching off TV stations by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) during the nationwide demos this last Wednesday saw the final relegation of Kenya to a...