President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the police and other national armed forces to immediately stop the practice of caning civilians, particularly during arrests and crowd-control operations, saying the method is unacceptable and should not be used under any circumstances. In his end-of-year address, Museveni said while some police forces around the world employ batons…
National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused the state of widespread human rights abuses and institutional bias, saying 2025 was marked by abductions, torture and prolonged detentions of government critics. In a New Year address delivered on Thursday at the NUP headquarters in Makerere-Kavule, Kyagulanyi said many…
New York, USA — Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City in a historic ceremony just after midnight, marking a landmark moment in the city’s political history. In a private event held at the decommissioned Old City Hall subway station in Manhattan, Mamdani placed his hand on a…
Jinja — The Kayoola E Coach 13M 2025, a flagship electric bus developed by Uganda’s Kiira Motors Corporation, has completed its historic Pearl to Cape Electric Expedition 2025, earning the title “King of the African Highway.” Traversing 13,784 kilometres across six African nations—Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, and South Africa—the expedition demonstrated the potential of…
Nigeria emphatically ended Uganda’s TotalEnergies AFCON journey with a dominant 3–1 victory on Tuesday night, tearing apart the Uganda Cranes in their final Group C encounter at the Complexe Sportif de Fès in Morocco. The Super Eagles, already in commanding form after wins over Tanzania and Tunisia, showed no mercy as they completed a perfect…