Kenya Simbas retained the Elgon Cup title with a narrow 27-25 victory over Uganda Cranes at Nairobi's RFUEA Grounds.

The victims were mostly juveniles and included a nine-year-old girl, police said.

The incident occurred in the suburb of Kigoowa on the city's northern outskirts, on a road connecting Kampala and the northern city of Gulu, police said.

Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway project coordinator, Perez Wamburu, said the agreement was for the first section of a planned 1,700 km electric rail line.

The government says borrowing has been used to drive economic growth, which has been faster than many of its African peers since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first two cases in Uganda were confirmed in July.

The World Health Organisation declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency after the new variant, which appears to spread more easily between people, was identified.

Government geologists are exploring two new regions located in Uganda's north and northeast, Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa told a press conference in the capital Kampala.

The landslide followed torrential rains that have battered parts of the East African country in recent weeks, triggering extensive flooding and damage.

Four more bodies were retrieved on Sunday, bringing the total to 17, Irene Nakasita, spokesperson for Uganda Red Cross said.

In Nigeria, inflation has spiked above 34 per cent following the removal of a costly fuel subsidy and unsuccessful currency devaluations.

The arrests and last month's deportations come as both Kenya and neighbouring Uganda have been rocked by anti-government demonstrations by youth and opposition activists.

Kenyan authorities on July 23 detained 36 members of Uganda's opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) who had travelled there for a training course, lawyers for the group said.

A fragile state according to the research body is a country that possesses characteristics that substantially impair its economic and social performance.

The court ordered that they be remanded until August 13. 

Rights group Amnesty International criticised the government's "heavy-handed tactics" against the protesters earlier this week.

While the kingdom did not disclose the nature of the Kabaka's illness—traditionally, the Kabaka is not supposed to fall ill—they dismissed rumours that he had been poisoned. 

This setback for Kenya follows closely after losing its second bid to host a UN Climate Fund hub.

Unnamed prominent Kenyan figures are said to have supported the formation of a group sympathetic to the M23 rebels

Last year, Uganda ended its deal with Kenya, which imported oil on behalf of its neighbouring country. President Yoweri Museveni, in a statement dated November 2023, accused Kenyan oil marketers and middlemen of charging exorbitant fees.

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said in a budget speech that total public debt stood at $24.7 billion at the end of last year and was seen rising to $25.7 billion by the end of this month.

The implementation of the tax, according to importers and clearing agents, was "hurried" and "too high" for them.

This is in a bid to have more people vaccinated and protect the population against the threat of yellow fever, which is endemic in the country.

In a plot twist that would not be out of place in a Hollywood film, Wine said he was "in hiding" when he heard about the Academy Award nomination last month.

They ordered the amount to be paid collectively as it "will ensure a more efficient and practical approach".

MV Mpungu is the latest addition to the fleet of vessels that ply the lake region.

She previously worked as a judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2005 to 2011.

NAM is reviving amidst a tectonic shift in the global landscape, at a time when the balance of international power is transitioning from the West to the East.

Wine, a popstar-turned-politician, said police and soldiers had barred him from leaving his home in Magere, north of the capital Kampala.

The chopper was carrying two crew members who were returning from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo back to Uganda.