23+ hour, 18+ min ago   (351+ words) The new King of Tooro, Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I has promised to restore Tooro Kingdom to its former glory. In his first recorded address to his subjects on Sunday, Nyabongo laid out his early priorities as the kingdom’s new monarch....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1027+ words) FORT PORTAL: Attorney General Sam Mayanja has advised President Yoweri Museveni that the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s will should guide the succession to the Tooro throne, raising fresh legal questions over the recent enthronement of Edward…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (361+ words) OPINION: I have been in great pain since the loss of my son, my Friend, my King. Keeping quiet is not helping me. I feel like screaming out the pain in my heart—perhaps that is the only way I…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (816+ words) FORT PORTAL, Uganda: Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Rwomiire has urged the royal family, Babiito clan leaders and other actors involved in the succession dispute to suspend the contest over the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV until…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (359+ words) The weather itself has become erratic and punishing. Farmers describe mornings of scorching heat followed by violent, unseasonal afternoon storms on the same day. That kind of whiplash is disastrous for rain-fed agriculture, destroying seedlings before they take root and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (502+ words) FORT PORTAL, Uganda — Tooro’s royal succession process culminated on Wednesday with the Babiito royal clan announcing journalist Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the successor to the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. The decision was announced at the Karuzika,…...

6+ day, 54+ min ago   (212+ words) Rwanda and Oman signed two agreements and six memoranda of understanding at Al Hosn Palace in Salalah on September 8, 2026, during President Paul Kagame’s first official visit to the Sultanate. The visit opened Monday with bilateral talks between the two delegations....

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (366+ words) Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has held talks with United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia, as the two countries look to deepen economic and security cooperation ahead of a major bilateral dialogue later this…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (317+ words) Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday expressed condolences to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan following the death of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. The death was announced earlier on Monday by Tanzanian Vice President Deogratius…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (224+ words) Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has died, Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi announced on Monday, September 7, 2026. Ndejembi made the announcement through the media, confirming the death of Hassan, who was married to President Samia, Tanzania’s…...