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Early provisional results from Uganda's 2026 general elections indicate that incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is maintaining a commanding lead, securing approximately 76% of the votes. Courtesy
Politics

Uganda elections: Early results show Museveni leads with 76% of votes

Friday, January 16, 2026
More than 21 million Ugandans are expected to cast their ballot in the general elections on January 15. Courtesy of UBC
International

Ugandans head to the polls as Museveni faces 7 challengers

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Rwanda’s former Minister of Justice Edda Mukabagwiza will lead the East African Community (EAC) observer mission for Uganda’s general elections scheduled for Thursday, January 15.
Politics

Mukabagwiza leads EAC observers for Ugandan elections

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Element EleéeH becomes only the second Rwandan artiste to win an All-Africa Music Awards prize.
Music

What Element Eleéeh’s AFRIMA win means for Rwandan music

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

Liberal International’s shameful prize

Sunday, January 11, 2026
AFC/M23 fighters seen patrolling the Rusizi border post after the they captured Bukavu city in South Kivu on February 16, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

Regional defence ministers meet in Zambia over DR Congo crisis

Saturday, January 10, 2026
Major General Sylvain Ekenge.

In Kinshasa incitement to hatred is indiscipline

Monday, January 05, 2026
The New Times
Africa

Nduhungirehe denies new RDF arrest claims in DR Congo

Saturday, January 03, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen Mubarakh Muganga and his Egyptian counterpart, Lt Gen Osama Askar, sign a military cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the 4th edition of the Egypt Defence Expo, on December 2, 2025. Courtesy
Security

What Rwanda's expanding military diplomacy means

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe virtually participates in the 1321st Ministerial Meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council , on Monday, December 29.
Africa

Nduhungirehe slams Mukwege's ‘hypocritical’ condemnation of Tutsi persecution

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Major General Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC).

How Kangura inspired Ekenge and FARDC

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Maj Gen Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson of the Congolese armed forces.
Crime

Outcry as DR Congo army spokesman spreads anti-Tutsi tropes

Monday, December 29, 2025