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Swahili Today

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Ugandan Member of Parliament John Musila staged protests outside branches of Stanbic Bank and telecommunications giant MTN, calling on Ugandans…

Africa News

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Nigeria Joins Ghana and Malawi in Bringing Citizens Home from South Africa

Nigeria Joins Ghana and Malawi in Bringing Citizens Home from South Africa

WHO Chief, Tedros, Meets Museveni, Questions Uganda’s Border Closure Over Ebola

WHO Chief, Tedros, Meets Museveni, Questions Uganda’s Border Closure Over Ebola

Ramaphosa Announces Immigration Crackdown as Anti-Foreigner Protests Spread Across South Africa

Ramaphosa Announces Immigration Crackdown as Anti-Foreigner Protests Spread Across South Africa

Malawi Begins Evacuating Citizens From South Africa Right After Ghana

Malawi Begins Evacuating Citizens From South Africa Right After Ghana

Somalia: Heavy Fighting Erupts in Mogadishu After President Hassan Sheikh Extends His Rule by One Year

Somalia: Heavy Fighting Erupts in Mogadishu After President Hassan Sheikh Extends His Rule by One Year

World News

Video: Eleven-Year-Old Driving Pickup Truck Kills Nine Buddhist Monks in Thailand

Video: Eleven-Year-Old Driving Pickup Truck Kills Nine Buddhist Monks in Thailand

Sister Leticia Ugboaja

United States: Nun Arrested by ICE on her Way to Sunday Mass, Released After Congress Intervenes

South Korea’s Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Over Luxury Gift Bribery

NASA Names Four Astronauts for Artemis III Moon Return in 2027

NASA Names Four Astronauts for Artemis III Moon Return in 2027

Sports

Emerse Fae and Bastian Schweinsteiger

Football Has Always Had Styles. The Problem Begins When We Turn Them Into Stereotypes.

2026 FIFA World Cup: France’s Biggest Opponent May Be Overconfidence After Ivory Coast Defeat

2026 FIFA World Cup: France’s Biggest Opponent May Be Overconfidence After Ivory Coast Defeat

More Than 1.5 Million Flood London for Arsenal Parade as Six Stabbed, 24 Arrested

More Than 1.5 Million Flood London for Arsenal Parade as Six Stabbed, 24 Arrested

Could Ebola and Hantavirus Disrupt the 2026 World Cup?

Could Ebola and Hantavirus Disrupt the 2026 World Cup?

Diplomacy

Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Arrives in Tanzania for Three-Day State Visit

Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Arrives in Tanzania for Three-Day State Visit

Xi Jinping Visits Kim Jong Un in North Korea as They Vow to Resist ‘Bullying’ and Arms Race

Xi Jinping Visits Kim Jong Un in North Korea as They Vow to Resist ‘Bullying’ and Arms Race

Tanzanian 6th President Samia Suluhu Hassan | Ikulu Gallery

Samia Says Tanzania Will Not Choose Between Russia, U.S., Europe or China

Samia Meets Putin as Tanzania Deepens Ties With Russia

Samia Meets Putin as Tanzania Deepens Ties With Russia

Southern Africa News

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Nigeria Joins Ghana and Malawi in Bringing Citizens Home from South Africa

Nigeria Joins Ghana and Malawi in Bringing Citizens Home from South Africa

Ramaphosa Announces Immigration Crackdown as Anti-Foreigner Protests Spread Across South Africa

Ramaphosa Announces Immigration Crackdown as Anti-Foreigner Protests Spread Across South Africa

Malawi Begins Evacuating Citizens From South Africa Right After Ghana

Malawi Begins Evacuating Citizens From South Africa Right After Ghana

WHO Chief, Tedros, Meets Museveni, Questions Uganda’s Border Closure Over Ebola

Health & Fitness East & Central Africa

WHO Chief, Tedros, Meets Museveni, Questions Uganda’s Border Closure Over Ebola

Anna Faraja Jun 8, 2026 3 min read

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has met Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni as health authorities battle a growing Ebola…

“We Have Other Partners”: U.S. Says It Has Alternatives if Kenya Blocks Ebola Quarantine Plan

Anna Faraja Jun 3, 2026

Ebola: China Sends Medical Team to DR Congo as Recoveries Begin to Rise

Anna Faraja Jun 1, 2026

“Why Are American Lives More Important?” Kenyans React as Court Blocks Ebola Facility

Anna Faraja May 29, 2026

Ask Jeeves, early natural-language search pioneer, shuts down after 25 years

Farewell to Jeeves: Ask.com, Once Google rival Shuts Down

Josephs Quartzy May 2, 2026

XChat messaging app interface on a smartphone, showing chats and features as users react to its launch and compare it to existing messaging platforms.

No One Is Replacing WhatsApp or WeChat for Elon Musk’s XChat

Josephs Quartzy Apr 28, 2026

Entertainment

Salman Khan Building New High-Security Home Two Years After Gun Attack

Taylor Dominates 2026 BET Awards as Emotional Tributes and Surprise Moments Steal the Show

Taylor Dominates 2026 BET Awards as Emotional Tributes and Surprise Moments Steal the Show

Oliver Tree during a Q&A interview with Genius in 2019

Remembering Oliver Tree: How a Troubled Teen Became One of Music’s Most Unique Voices

Zanzibar Police Close Ashlee Jenae Case, Rule Out Foul Play

Zanzibar Police Close Ashlee Jenae Case, Rule Out Foul Play

West Africa News

Three Gambian Immigration Officers Disappear During Italy Training Trip

Three Gambian Immigration Officers Disappear During Italy Training Trip

Nigerian Army Says 50 Jihadists Killed in Major Fight With ISWAP

Nigerian Army Kills At Least 50 Jihadists in Buni Gari Battle

Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a jihadist coalition affiliated with al-Qaeda kills at least 30 people in Mali.

Mali: At Least 30 Civilians Were Killed By Al-Qaeda-Linked Militants

Ibrahim Traore - Burkina Faso's Transional President

Burkina Faso’s Traoré Suspends 205 Civil Society Groups For Threatening National Security

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

East & Central Africa South Africa

Ugandan MP Leads Protest Against South African Businesses After Xenophobic Violence

Anna Faraja Jul 5, 2026 3 min read

Ugandan Member of Parliament John Musila staged protests outside branches of Stanbic Bank and telecommunications giant MTN, calling on Ugandans…

WHO Chief, Tedros, Meets Museveni, Questions Uganda’s Border Closure Over Ebola

Anna Faraja Jun 8, 2026

Somalia: Heavy Fighting Erupts in Mogadishu After President Hassan Sheikh Extends His Rule by One Year

Anna Faraja Jun 4, 2026

Salman Khan Building New High-Security Home Two Years After Gun Attack

Josephs Quartzy Jul 3, 2026 3 min read

Bollywood actor Salman Khan is set to move into a new high-security residence, bringing to an end more than 50…

Remembering Oliver Tree: How a Troubled Teen Became One of Music’s Most Unique Voices

Josephs Quartzy Jun 15, 2026

Zanzibar Police Close Ashlee Jenae Case, Rule Out Foul Play

Josephs Quartzy Jun 4, 2026

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