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Minister asks international schools to blend local, global curricula

The government has urged international schools operating in Uganda to integrate the national curriculum with global education programmes such as the Cambridge curriculum to ensure learners remain grounded in Ugandan values while acquiring internationally competitive skills. The call was made last Friday during the official opening of Acorn International School, where education officials, parents, and […]

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Missing Catholic priest in UPDF custody over violent subversive acts, army confirms

Uganda’s military on Sunday acknowledged holding a Catholic priest reported missing for nearly two weeks, after public and church pressure grew, in a case that has yet again raised questions over pre-trial detention and contradicts the Church’s account of his disappearance. In statement dated December 14, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) said Rev Fr

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MPs Summoned Again to Approve UGX 2.172 Trillion Gov’t Borrowing

Parliament has summoned lawmakers for a special sitting next Tuesday, 16 December 2025, to consider a borrowing request by the Ministry of Finance to borrow over 2.17 trillion shillings (USD 610 million). In a letter, the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige Kasija, notified Members of Parliament that plenary will resume at 2:00 PM to receive

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US envoys arrive in Berlin for latest round of Ukraine peace talks with Zelenskyy

In this grab from a video provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Friday, Dec 12, 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy records a video at the road entering of Kupiansk, Ukraine. AP/Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended

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Buganda registers increase in voluntary cash donations

Buganda Kingdom officials have reported an increase in voluntary donations from the Kabaka’s subjects through campaigns such as Luwalo Lwaffe (our duty) in 2025. According to the 2025 Luwalo Lwaffe (our duty) report released on December 11 in Bulange Mengo, this year’s contribution reached Shs1,783 billion compared to Shs1,605 billion contributed in 2024. Buganda Kingdom

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UN mission hails Libya’s local elections in 9 municipalities

ISTANBUL / TRIPOLI, Libya; The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) commended Libya on Sunday for the completion of the third phase of municipal elections. “The process was conducted in a generally calm and orderly atmosphere,” with a voter turnout estimated at 69%, UNSMIL said in a statement on US social media company X, citing

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At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach; one gunman shot dead by police

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in a mass shooting at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian authorities and local media said, in one of the deadliest gun attacks in the country in recent years. New South Wales Police confirmed multiple fatalities after gunfire erupted at the crowded beachfront, adding

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Police bust drug traffickers using helicopters from Morocco

Spanish police bust gang that used helicopters to fly drugs from Morocco. Police seized one helicopter in an isolated warehouse, along with 657 kg of hashish, five firearms, cash and vehicles during raids in the provinces of Malaga, Almeria and Murcia. Spanish police said on Saturday they had broken up a criminal gang that used

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Libya elected vice president of UN Environment Assembly

The election took place during the assembly’s closing session on 12 December, in Nairobi, Kenya. Libya’s Minister of Environment in the Government of National Unity and Chair of the African Ministers of Environment Council, Ibrahim Al-Arabi Al-Muneer, was elected Vice President of the current session. The voting process saw broad international participation, with more than

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