KAMPALA, UGANDA — The sun has set on a towering figure of Uganda’s intellectual and judicial landscape. Justice Professor George Wilson Kanyeihamba, one of the most principled and unflinching defenders of justice in East Africa, passed away last night in…
A Saudi Radiation Monitoring Commission report confirming no detectable radiation spike in the Gulf following alleged attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities has offered temporary reassurance, but ignited a firestorm after former U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed into law the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, triggering widespread condemnation from legal experts, opposition leaders, and human rights organizations. The new legislation expands the authority of military courts, allowing them to…
Dar es Salaam — As Tanzania heads into a high-stakes election year, a storm of political tension brews over the ruling party’s alleged suppression of opposition forces. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, eyeing re-election under the long-dominant Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM),…
Washington, D.C. — In a pivotal case with sweeping constitutional implications, the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded oral arguments on whether children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants are entitled to automatic citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The proceedings…
In a bold fiscal swing that’s raising more eyebrows than a tax audit at a family barbecue, U.S. House Republicans have unveiled a draft bill proposing a 5% excise tax on all remittances sent outside the country, a move that…
A United Nations-appointed judge has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after being convicted of enslaving a young Ugandan woman in her Oxfordshire home. Lydia Mugambe, 50, who also serves as a High Court judge in…
In a sharp escalation of diplomatic tensions, Algeria has ordered 12 staff members of the French embassy to leave the country within 48 hours. The abrupt expulsion comes in direct response to a French judicial decision to indict three Algerians,…
Tanzania’s political landscape was rocked on Thursday after the country’s main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, was formally charged with treason—a grave accusation that carries the death penalty under Tanzanian law. The charges came just a day after Lissu was detained…
KINSHASA — Former President Joseph Kabila has announced his return to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after more than a year in self-imposed exile in South Africa, declaring a bold mission to help resolve the escalating crisis in the…
