A Look at Peekskill Film Festival’s ‘Top Tier’ Films this Weekend

Discarded T-shirts has been flagged as one of the festival’s “Top Tier” films The 10th Annual Peekskill Film Festival, presented by The Field Library, opens Friday, June 27, at 6 p.m. as the red carpet rolls out to welcome filmmakers and fans at...

Glastonbury headliner Charli XCX's net worth, rock star fiancé and 'seeing music'

As the buzz around Glastonbury Festival goes wild for the big weekend, singer Charli XCX is set for her biggest performance at the festival. The 32-year-old star will headline the Other Stage on Saturday (28th June) while Neil Young headlines the...

Zohran Mamdani’s mom, Mira Nair, directed a Denzel Washington film—’Mississippi Masala’

Before Zohran Mamdani took New York City’s mayoral race by storm and secured the Democratic ticket, his mother was artfully portraying Black and brown love on screen. Mamdani’s mother, award-winning film director Mira Nair, is the creative force...

On View: ‘Michael Armitage: Crucible,’ Paintings by Kenyan British Artist Explore Migration at David Zwirner in New York

MICHAEL ARMITAGE, “Don’t Worry There Will Be More,” 2024 (oil on Lubugo bark cloth, 67 x 87 inches / 170.2 x 221 cm). | © Michael Armitage, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions THREE YEARS AFTER...

Kenya trending in Nigeria and Uganda for organised, strategic Gen Z protest:...

Nigerian TikToker Grand Dilan came out to salute Kenyans and share his admiration for the people because of their courage to stand up to the government. In Uganda, Outabtrian3 also hailed Kenyans for their courage and said that in East Africa,...

Threats to Zohran, anger against Muslims rises on social media?

Anti-Muslim posts targeting New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have surged this week, including death threats and comments comparing his candidacy to the september 11, 2001 attacks. CAIR Action, an arm of the Council on American...

Was Zohran Mamdani a hip-hop artist? Ben Shapiro claims new NYC mayor candidate is a "failed rapper"

Ben Shapiro shared his reaction to Zohran Mamdani running for the position of NYC Mayor through X on June 25, 2025. Notably, Mamdani is the youngest candidate for NYC mayor and pursued a career as a hip-hop artist during his teenage years, as...

President Museveni Affirms Ugandan Identity for Abavandimwe, Calls for Clarity on Citizenship

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the rights and identity of long-time residents of Rwandan descent in Uganda, urging officials to treat such communities with fairness and dignity. While meeting the...

Culinary artistry as Kampala Restaurant Week 2025 kicks off with exclusive menu tasting

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala’s premier food celebration, Kampala Restaurant Week, is back, promising ten days of bold flavor, local innovation, and immersive culinary experiences across the city. Slated for 3rd to 13th July, the...

Inside the chimpanzee medicine cabinet: we’ve found a new way chimps treat wounds with plants

Elodie Freymann, University of Oxford As it turns out, chimpanzees make pretty good doctors. For decades, scientists have been studying what chimpanzees do when they fall ill. This search has led to the identification of medicinal behaviour, which...

DJ Lynda Ddane brings Kampala energy to Kigali for East Africa Connect

Smoke Cast & Character Guide: Who Else Stars In Taron Egerton's New Apple TV+ Crime Drama

Apple TV+'s new crime drama, Smoke, boasts a strong cast of established actors that bring the series' arson investigation to life in convincing ways. The upcoming Apple TV+ original series follows Dave Gudsen, an arson investigator, who teams up...

India Seeks to Enhance Bilateral Ties with Uganda

By Faridah N Kulumba Recently the government of India invited 47 journalists, media professionals and editors from 23 countries from East Africa, Southern Africa, West Asia and North Africa for a familiarization tour in India. The East and...

AI emerges as game-changer in global fight against Mpox

Daijiworld Media Network – Geneva Geneva, Jul 19: As the world was grappling with the aftermath of COVID-19, a sudden Mpox outbreak between 2022 and 2023 caught global health systems off guard. What began in remote villages and mining regions of...

NYC Mayoral Favorite, Zohran Mamdani, Had A Hidden Disney Movie Cameo 9 Years Ago

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has ties to the entertainment industry and the movie world. His mother is Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair, who directed the Cannes Golden Lion-winning film Monsoon Wedding (2001) and the...

How Artists in Uganda Build Their Own Methods of Survival

In a country where state support for the arts is almost non-existent, a thriving cultural ecosystem has sprung up against the odds Embossed aluminium and copper wires have become the recognisable media of the work of the Ugandan visual artist,...

Ministry of Works Hits the Brakes on Road Reserve Chaos As Kampala-Jinja Highway Set for Revival

By David Mwanje The Ministry of Works and Transport is slamming the brakes on unauthorized car bonds cluttering the Nakawa-Banda-Kireka stretch of the Kampala-Jinja Highway. In a bold move to restore order to one of Uganda’s busiest trade...

Republican senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media

WASHINGTON — Several Republican senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration's proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper...

Rep. Andy Ogles Urges AG Pam Bondi to Revoke Citizenship of Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran “Little Muhammad” Mamdani and Deport Him to Uganda Over Ties to Terrorism Sympathizers

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has formally called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate and revoke the U.S. citizenship of radical socialist and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, citing credible concerns that he may have obtained citizenship...

Who is Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani's father and filmmaker Mira Nair's second husband Mahmood Mamdani?

Here's everything you need to know about Zohran Mamdani's parents. His father Mahmood Mamdani is a distinguished Indo-Ugandan political theorist, while his mother Mira Nair is a renowned filmmaker who has made famous films such as Salaam Bombay,...