6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (185+ words) Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, has died. Mr Ndejembi said Mr Ameir died at 8am at the Emilio Mzee Memorial Hospital in Zanzibar, where he was receiving treatment for a heart condition. “It is with great sadness…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (125+ words) King Oyo, who ascended to the throne at the age of three and reigned over Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom for 31 years, died last week while receiving treatment in the United States. Guinness World Records had recognised him as the world’s youngest…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) The 36-month arrangement is meant to support the country’s “economic and financial reform program for the 2026–2029 period”. But given past underreporting it will also require “decisive corrective measures to support the authorities’ request for a waiver regarding the misreporting of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) Rwanda has issued a strong condemnation of Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, after he made ethnic references in online posts targeting businessman Odrek Rwabwogo and President Paul Kagame. Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo described the remarks as “ethnic…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (192+ words) Iberia announced in April that it would halt its flights to the communist-run Caribbean island from June to late October “due to the situation” in the country. “The temporary suspension of the route to and from Havana has been extended…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (313+ words) Kizza Besigye, 70, has been in custody and facing treason charges over an alleged plot against veteran President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. His wife Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Geneva-based UNAIDS, said: “You challenge President Museveni…...