Written work
Language: English
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43 Years In Power And Still Going. This is Paul Biya
Cameroon became independent in 1960. Since then it has had two presidents. Paul Biya has been the second one since 6 November 1982 — at 93, the oldest serving head of state in the world, in a country whose median age is 18.
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What Rwanda Enforces That Uganda Only Announces
On the IMF’s 2026 figures, Uganda’s GDP per capita is $1,476 and Rwanda’s is $1,198. So why does Kigali collect its rubbish, run scheduled buses and enforce a zoning map, while Kampala has 10% sewer coverage?
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Tanzania Swore In A Vice President Before The Old One Left
His resignation letter said 4 September. The Attorney-General told Parliament he stopped being Vice President on 26 August.
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What Uganda’s New Curriculum Actually Does for Talent
In 2019 a Ugandan government minister warned that a seven-year-old rapper could end up in juvenile detention if his performances kept interfering with school. In 2025 the same official secured him a six-year secondary scholarship.
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In Uganda, Surviving A Suicide Attempt Is A Crime
Section 210 of Uganda’s Penal Code Act makes attempting to take your own life a misdemeanour carrying up to two years in prison. Britain, which wrote that law into our statute books, repealed its own version in 1961.
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Uganda’s Roads: 28 Delayed, 13 Abandoned, 1 Cause
Uganda signed a Shs547.5 billion contract to build a 23.7km expressway. Seven years on, the cost has passed Shs1.3 trillion — and the government still has not finished paying for the land it is built on.
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He Guarded Kagame For 20 Years And Died In His Prison
For twenty years, Col. Tom Byabagamba’s job was to protect Paul Kagame. On 25 August 2026 he died inside a Rwandan prison, aged 59. His family say the military called to tell them, and gave no cause.
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Uber Just Quit Uganda After 10 Years. Here’s Why
On 2 September 2026, Uber switched off Uganda after ten years — effective immediately. On the same day it announced 3,300 job cuts worldwide and more than $10 billion committed to self-driving cars. Those two announcements are the same story.
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Zambia Jailed Hichilema For Treason. Now He’s Charging His Rival
In 2017, Hakainde Hichilema spent more than 120 days in a Zambian prison on a treason charge. In 2026, his own government charged his main rival with treason.
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The $14 Million Fight Inside Museveni’s Family
Two men married into the same family. One commands the army. The other runs the agency that sells Uganda to the world. In August 2026, one of them abolished the other’s organisation — in a post on X.