One of Scottish football’s brightest young midfielders is on the move to the Premier League. Celtic’s Arne Engels is completing a medical at West Ham United, and his manager is disappointed but understands exactly why the 22-year-old couldn’t say no.
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Government inspectors have fanned out across the Teso Sub-region, armed with mandates and questions, chief among them: are ordinary citizens actually getting what the state promises them? The Office of the President’s RDC Secretariat Anti-Corruption Unit is on the ground, and what they are finding matters to every Ugandan.
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In a music industry that often thrives on rivalry and one-upmanship, Spice Diana and Irene Namatovu are quietly doing something radical: being real friends. The ‘Siri Regular’ singer has pulled back the curtain on a bond that runs deeper than most fans ever imagined.
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Uganda’s Parliament has authorised troops for Gaza, but a former intelligence chief is asking the question nobody in government seems eager to answer: what peace, exactly, are they keeping? Gen. David Sejusa’s warning cuts through the diplomatic language and lands on something uncomfortable. The stakes, he says, are far higher than Kampala is letting on.
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England has seen barely a drop of rain this August, and the landscape is paying the price. Fires tore through the West Midlands, sending 19 people to hospital and leaving dozens more needing treatment, while Croatia scrambled to evacuate thousands from its own blazes. This is what a continent under sustained heat stress looks like in real time.
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Japan is a country that gave the world bullet trains, industrial robots, and the concept of kaizen. Yet when it comes to AI adoption in the workplace, it is trailing far behind the US, UK, and even Singapore. The numbers are stark, the reasons are fascinating, and the stakes could not be higher.
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After a decade of waiting, Manchester City Women finally reclaimed the Women’s Super League title last season. Now, with Arsenal spending big and Chelsea hungry for revenge, the question is brutally simple: was that a breakthrough or just a blip?
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Uganda’s most decorated basketball club is closing in on another title. City Oilers hold a 2-1 series lead over Namuwongo Blazers and head into Game 4 with momentum, tactical sharpness, and ten championships worth of nerve on their side.
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When your dance moves travel further than you do, who gets paid? Ugandan choreographer Mulo Mazzina is raising a question the sports and creative industries rarely want to answer: what happens when athletes borrow culture without a contract?
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A senior Ugandan citizen has stepped into the conversation between a president and his public, raising uncomfortable questions about justice, trust, and the invisible hands that sometimes operate in the shadow of state authority. Barnabas Taremwa’s response to President Museveni is measured, respectful, and quietly devastating. It is also the kind of civic courage Uganda rarely sees in print.
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