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Uganda: Tooro Kingdom Mourns King Oyo As 34-Year Reign Ends
[New Light] FORT PORTAL -- The Tooro Kingdom is mourning the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died on Thursday night at the age of 34, bringing to an end a reign that began when he was just three years old.
28 Aug 2026 3 min 0
Africa
Uganda: Tooro Kingdom Mourns King Oyo As 34-Year Reign Ends
[New Light] FORT PORTAL -- The Tooro Kingdom is mourning the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died on Thursday night at the age of 34, bringing to an end a reign that began when he was just three years old.
28 Aug 2026 3 min 0
Africa
Malawi: Chikangawa Plane Crash Inquiry Hears Conflicting Visibility Reports
[Nyasa Times] A former weather station chief has delivered explosive testimony to the parliamentary inquiry investigating the Chikangawa plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, telling the committee the doomed military aircraft could in fact have landed safely at Mzuzu Airport on the mor
28 Aug 2026 5 min 0
Africa
Malawi: Chikangawa Plane Crash Inquiry Hears Conflicting Visibility Reports
[Nyasa Times] A former weather station chief has delivered explosive testimony to the parliamentary inquiry investigating the Chikangawa plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, telling the committee the doomed military aircraft could in fact have landed safely at Mzuzu Airport on the mor
28 Aug 2026 5 min 0
Africa
Africa: Africa CDC Unveils Statue Honoring Dr. Senait Fisseha
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- A special moment at Africa CDC today as we welcomed Dr. Senait Fisseha, Vice President of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. During her visit, Africa CDC unveiled a surprise statue in her honour, recognising her leadership, partnership and longstanding commitment to st
27 Aug 2026 1 min 0
Africa
Africa: Africa CDC Unveils Statue Honoring Dr. Senait Fisseha
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- A special moment at Africa CDC today as we welcomed Dr. Senait Fisseha, Vice President of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. During her visit, Africa CDC unveiled a surprise statue in her honour, recognising her leadership, partnership and longstanding commitment to st
27 Aug 2026 1 min 0
Africa
Africa: Heresy Press Acquires Misadventures on K Street by KRL International CEO K. Riva Levinson
[KRL International] Washington, DC -- KRL International is pleased to announce that Heresy Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, has acquired Misadventures on K Street: My Decade with the Architects of Modern Political Scandal, the highly anticipated second memoir by its CEO K. Riva Levinson. Scheduled for publicat
25 Aug 2026 4 min 0
Africa
Ebola: Artisanal miners keep digging for gold despite virus risk
Artisanal gold mining in Congo draws a highly mobile workforce as miners travel across the region in search of gold, and between mining areas and population centers to trade the mineral
23 Aug 2026 1 min 0
Africa
Alarm as bush fires ravage Burundi's Ruvubu National Park
More than 10,000 hectares of Ruvubu National Park have been destroyed by bushfires. Understaffed and under equipped, park rangers are constantly battling the flames with little success
23 Aug 2026 1 min 0
Africa
Youth caravan steps up Ebola awareness amid attacks on response teams
Response teams in Ituri and North Kivu provinces have faced intense mistrust, fueled by rumors and misinformation, in a region also torn by violence from multiple armed groups
23 Aug 2026 1 min 0