Uganda President Museveni’s son abandons bid to succeed father, tells youth to back him in 2026
Human rights activists and his political opponents including pop star turned politician Bobi Wine have long accused Museveni of using security forces to jail, intimidate or torture opposition supporters. Museveni denies such accusations.
Museveni shuts down Busoga Radio station in replay of Orwellian Ministry of Truth in further curb of Press Freedom
It will be terrible for Uganda today and tomorrow if the shutting down of Busoga One is tied to politics. However, if the President found the Station ethically and morally right but politically wrong, then we should begin to shed tears for Uganda.
Evangelicals in US swing states tussle over church’s values to sway scales for Kamala Harris
Catholics for Harris and Interfaith for Harris groups are launching. Mainline Protestant groups like Black Church PAC and Christians for Kamala are also campaigning on behalf of the vice president. Butler, who grew up evangelical in Georgia, said the Harris campaign can find common ground with evangelicals, particularly suburban evangelical women.
Harris and Trump tied nationally in a slew of latest polls that also show tight race in Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before the November 5 US presidential election, according to new polls released on Thursday that also show a tight race in the key state of Pennsylvania. While the surveys found likely and registered voters gave...
Trumps go full crypto with World Liberty Financial, pledge to ‘make finance great again’
The Trump brothers have teased the new endeavour repeatedly in the weeks leading up to the announcement. In an X post on August 6, Eric wrote that he had “truly fallen in love with crypto/DeFi.” The following day, in another post, Donald Jr said he was “about to shake up the crypto world” and warned his followers not to “get left behind.”
In Uganda’s religio-politics, Christian clergy cast President Museveni as God’s messiah in the league of Jesus Christ
I was impressed by the capacity of the leader of the Universal Apostles Church to link politics and religion without hesitation or fear of any repercussions in the medium or long-term, on top of teaching its adherents hard work and God, while at the same time professing his love for President Museveni and National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Harris questions Trump’s rhetoric and tells voters not allow him access to ‘that microphone again’
Kamala Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has repeatedly dismissed Donald Trump’s remarks as “the same old show.” During her September debate with Trump, she said it was a “tragedy” that he had “attempted to use race to divide the American people.”
Al Qaeda-allied militants strike military training facility at airport in Mali’s capital, inflict casualties
Mali, along with its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger, has for over a decade battled an insurgency fought by armed groups, including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Following military coups in all three nations in recent years, the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russian mercenary units for security assistance instead.
Museveni’s white elephant: Touted as an economic springboard, Bujagali dam is yet to deliver electricity, has stymied indigenous cultures
When, therefore, government and its accomplices said that the spiritual and cultural issues of the Basoga had been resolved, they never provided evidence of consent by the clans of Busoga because they had never sought this consent from clan leaders. This was a blind spot in the Bujagali dam decision-making process, which seriously challenged its legitimacy.
Elon Musk ratchets up concerns about US election after his ‘no one is even trying to assassinate’ Biden or Harris post on X
Elon Musk’s inaccurate posts to his 200 million followers along with his site’s lack of guardrails are raising concerns about how he could manipulate public trust as Election Day in the US draws nearer. He recently endorsed Trump’s presidential bid and has personally invested in politics, even agreeing to lead a government efficiency commission if Trump wins re-election.
