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
3 arrested over death of rugby player Sydney Gongodyo
KAMPALA, Uganda — Police at Kira Road Police Station have arrested three suspects in connection with the death of Sydney Gongodyo, a professional rugby player who died after allegedly being assaulted by a mob in Kampala. The suspects, identified as Ssebagala Noordin, Ayebazibwe Roden, and Namukose Juliet, are currently in police custody and are assisting investigators as inquiries into the incident continue. According to preliminary findings, Gongodyo was allegedly subjected to mob justice on June 5, 2026, after members of the public accused him of snatching a woman's handbag. However, police say the exact circumstances surrounding the incident have not…
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…
