Kampala’s roads are getting a serious upgrade, and it’s not just about football. The Mbuya-Kinawataka road project is one of those rare infrastructure moments where sport, logistics, and urban sanity collide in the best possible way. Here’s what it means for the city.
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Most Ugandans know Lord Fred Sebata for his soulful Kadongo Kamu voice. What they didn’t know is that before the music, those hands were weapons. The veteran singer has pulled back the curtain on a past life that would surprise even his most devoted fans.
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Africa’s skies are now tangled in Europe’s war. Air Tanzania has grounded its Moscow service following a safety review, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pointing to the move as proof that the expanding drone conflict is reshaping global aviation. The calculus for carriers flying into Russia just got a lot more complicated.
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Eighty thousand people. One ring. One last fight. Katie Taylor’s farewell bout at Croke Park is not just a sporting event, it is a national reckoning with greatness, and Ireland knows it.
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Two worlds collided this week: the thunderous, neon-soaked spectacle of Gamescom, and the quiet, calculated ambition of a California company building humanity’s next home in space. Both stories say something urgent about where technology is taking us, and neither one is slowing down.
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At just 22, Beau Greaves is dismantling barriers that have stood for 15 years. In Prague, she pulled off what no woman had ever done before on the European Tour, and she did it the hard way, coming from behind with ice-cold finishing.
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Uganda has given its first crude oil a name, Pearl Sweet, and the numbers behind that brand are staggering. With the Kingfisher Development Area mechanically complete and commissioning now underway, East Africa’s oil dream is finally becoming a ledger entry. Here is what it means for the country and the region.
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Uganda’s ride-hailing scene just lost one of its biggest names, but a homegrown contender is not blinking. SafeBoda is doubling down with SafeCar, and the roads of Kampala are about to look very different.
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With King Oyo barely a week in his grave, Tooro Kingdom is already shaping its future. A 21-member succession committee has quietly but decisively chosen a new heir, and the name on everyone’s lips is George Desmond Kamurasi.
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Eighteen American service members dead. More than 750 wounded. Thousands of Iranians killed. And President Trump’s characterization of the ongoing conflict? ‘Small potatoes.’ This week delivered a collision of bravado, economic pressure, and geopolitical chaos that demands a closer look.
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