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Ugandan rapper "Fresh Kid" has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, won a U.S. music award and emerged victorious from a tussle with the government – all before his eighth ...
A lightning strike on a church in a Ugandan refugee camp killed at least 14 people and injured 34 as they gathered for prayers on Saturday.
Ugandan rapper “Fresh Kid” has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, won a US music award and emerged victorious from a tussle with the government – all before his eighth ...
One of East Africa’s most popular music festivals has been cleared to go ahead after members of parliament tried to ban it for “promoting gays” in the country.
Have you been wondering why Ugandan musicians are more popular than others in the East African region? Well, there is this nasty story of child ritual murders, witchcraft and Illuminati that just ...
Six more bodies, including those of two children, were recovered on Wednesday from the site of a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, bringing the death toll so far to 30 ...
Now we bring the story of Wakaliwood, a film studio in a slum outside Kampala, where a Ugandan filmmaker dubbed “Africa’s Quentin Tarantino” has been churning out action-packed hits that are ...
To say that this year's Nyege Nyege festival ended on a high, would be an understatement, especially if you have attended the past two editions post the Covid-19 pandemic.
IN 2003 Harriet Anena was a schoolgirl in northern Uganda, a region then at war. The army had ordered people into squalid, crowded camps; insurgents stalked the bush. “We scratch our destiny ...
In the year 2001, the world was horrified and seemed pre-occupied with the September 11 terrorist attacks on USA. Yet, amidst this horrific entertainment, Uganda continued to pulse with music ...
MTN Group Ltd.’s Uganda business head was deported over what police called a national security matter, the latest in a string of headaches that Africa’s biggest wireless carrier has had around ...