Residents of Kyakatagwa village in Ndolo parish, Kabira sub-county in Kyotera District were left in shock after a 16-year-old girl committed suicide allegedly in protesting the arrest of her 25-year-old boyfriend.

Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) led by Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has asked government to postpone presidential elections for three years.

Today, we learned about the harrowing story of an 11-year-old Nigerian boy who was a JS1 student of Deeper Life High School in Nigeria.

Uganda's State Minister for the Elderly and Disabled, Sarah Kanyike, has said the government is reviewing the 80-years cut-off age for beneficiaries of the Senior Citizens Grant programme to at least 60 years to accommodate more older persons.

South African private hospital operators have warned that they are facing severe capacity constraints due to a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

Medical experts in Hoima District have said men in the area have found new ways of eluding defilement charges.

Nigeria’s private-sector credit growth slowed in November to the lowest level since April, when the measure shrank by a record 61%.

When Rwanda’s president said last August that he wanted all of the country’s motorbikes to be electric as soon as possible, Ampersand’s waiting list exploded.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday announced the launch of a COVID-19 vaccine market dashboard, an interactive tool to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 vaccine market and the efforts of the COVAX Facility to ensure fair and equitable access for every country in the world.