LifeStyle
Joshua Baraka loses dad
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan afrobeats singer Joshua Baraka is mourning the death…
YouTuber Kahuma turns 60 chapatis into trousers
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan YouTuber and Guinness World Record holder Raymond Kahuma…
Activist Agather alleges racial profiling at Amsterdam airport
KAMPALA — Ugandan journalist and anti-corruption activist Agather Atuhaire has alleged that…
Mayiga stirs debate after calling Uganda Martyrs “traitors”
KAMPALA — Buganda Kingdom Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has ignited nationwide controversy…
Security
Agago businessman shot dead
AGAGO DISTRICT — Security agencies have launched investigations following the fatal shooting of a businessman in Kalongo Town Council, Agago District, in what authorities suspect was a targeted attack. The deceased has been identified as Ocana Morris, a businessman operating in Kalongo. He was gunned down on Wednesday evening along Market Street, one of the busiest commercial areas in the town council. According to preliminary eyewitness accounts, the assailants emerged suddenly and opened fire on the businessman at close range before fleeing the scene. The attack sent traders, customers and residents into panic as gunshots rang out through the busy…
Regional News
‘Report Congo as Uganda’: The lazy way foreign media reports about Africa
The newsroom is quiet. Two journalists sit at a desk under an Al Jazeera sign, trying to figure out where a health crisis is happening. This scene comes from a sharp cartoon by Dr Jim Spire Ssentongo. "Isn't Uganda found in Congo?" the male reporter asks, pointing to a paper marked Ebola. The female reporter answers confidently: "No, Congo is found in Uganda." Instead of checking a map, the first journalist shrugs and says, "We could just report Congo as Uganda." With a smile, his colleague replies, "Perfect." Dr Spire, a philosophy teacher, cartoonist and columnist, mocks a big problem…
