Celebrity politicians are a sign of our political decline
When Oprah Winfrey gave a blistering speech of women's empowerment at the Golden Globes, pundits went into overdrive speculating that she might run for office....
The task at hand as Kagame takes over African Union Chair
The 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July 2017, elected Rwanda to lead the...
Museveni rule to end like Gaddafi’s – Hope Mwesigye
Former agriculture minister Hope Mwesigye has said President Museveni's decision to sign into law the 'age limit bill' is an indication that he's going to...
Trump tell-all book Fire and Fury released early despite White House legal effort
Lawyers for Donald Trump moved on Thursday to try to shut down an explosive new book which has exposed chaos behind the scenes at the...
Zimbabwe’s military pushed Mugabe out for ‘selfish reasons’, opposition claims
Zimbabwean opposition parties have reportedly criticised the appointment of Vice President and former military chief Constantino Chiwenga as the country's new defence minister. Chiwenga, 61,...
Museveni warned on signing age limit Bill
Gulu- The Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama, has cautioned President Museveni against appending his signature on the Constitution Amendment Bill 2017 that was passed...
Internet and phone services cut in DRC ahead of anti-government protests
Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations. Grassroots...
Lusaka prophet jailed for failing to raise a dead man
A Lusaka Prophet has been sentenced to one and half years imprisonment with hard labour for swindling a widow out of over K10,000 after promising...
Africa for pessimists: 2017 in review
This has been another tough year for the world, and the African continent has endured more than its fair share of conflict and crises. These...
People hate the age limit bill, let’s listen – NRM’s Rwabwogo
Debate on the removal of presidential age caps from the Constitution has sharply split MPs within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Among those...