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Eliud Kipchoge, DPP Noordin Haji listed among top 50 African disruptors
By Ian Omondi,
1628, May 29, 2020 (EAT)
Four Kenyans are among 50 personalities across the continent listed by a leading publication for their efforts in transforming their various fields. ...
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‘To have elections when coronavirus is still there… madness,’ Museveni says
By Reuters,
1704, May 12, 2020 (EAT)
Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has said it would be wrong to hold a presidential election expected for early next year if the coron...
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Africa’s leaders forced to confront healthcare systems they neglected for years
By CNN,
1704, April 10, 2020 (EAT)
Africa's ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own co...
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Bobi Wine, George Weah, Ndlovu Youth Choir raising coronavirus awareness through song
By VOA,
2047, March 29, 2020 (EAT)
Music is often called the universal language. African artists are finding that, when trying to spread lifesaving information about the coronavirus pan...
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka: If I was deported would they buy me a business class ticket?
By Citizen Reporter,
1744, January 1, 2020 (EAT)
South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka insists that the Ugandan Government did not deport her. In a series of messages posted on Twitter on New ...
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Wanuri, Adut Akech, Bobi Wine among most influential Africans: TIME100Next
By Agencies,
750, November 15, 2019 (EAT)
Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya), Bobi Wine (Uganda), Adut Akech (South Sudan) and Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi (Nigeria) are among the seven Africans on TIME100Next...
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Bobi Wine court case postponed again
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1032, October 29, 2019 (EAT)
A chief magistrate's court in Uganda has pushed the hearing of a case against popular musician cum politician Bobi Wine to December 12 this year. T...
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Bobi Wine blasts Museveni over ghetto stunt after son’s Ksh.2700 gift
By Paul Ombati,
852, October 29, 2019 (EAT)
Bobi Wine has lashed out again at President Yoweri Museveni over a recent campaign targeting the youth. Over the weekend, the President's son Elija...
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Drama as Bobi Wine flees from Ugandan police on boda boda – VIDEO
By Ian Omondi,
1910, October 9, 2019 (EAT)
Chaos rocked the streets of Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday as singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine was forced to flee from police during a confrontation. ...
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President Museveni praises Ugandan siblings for winning East Africa’s Got Talent
By Paul Ombati,
139, October 8, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan siblings Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira have been crowned winners of the first edition of East Africa's Got Talent (EAGT) following weeks of co...
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All eyes on Bobi Wine as Uganda bans civilians from wearing red berets
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2009, September 30, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine could find himself in trouble for wearing his signature red beret. This is after the Ugandan governmen...
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Ugandan activist Bobi Wine condemns killing of his follower
By VOA,
2119, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is urging police to investigate the death of one of his supporters who died from injuries sustained d...
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Bobi Wine now charged with intending to annoy President Museveni
By Citizen Reporter,
1722, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine has been charged with a new count of intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule the president. This is in c...
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Ugandan musician allied to Bobi Wine dies after alleged kidnap, torture
By Ian Omondi,
1325, August 5, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician Ziggy Wine, who was signed to a recording studio associated with singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, died on Sunday night. Ziggy W...
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Ugandan activist gets nine more months in jail for a poem about a vagina
By CNN,
1131, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
A Ugandan feminist and activist reacted with fury and defiance after being sentenced to nine more months in prison for publishing a metaphorical poem ...
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Bobi Wine officially declares bid to challenge Museveni for Uganda presidency
By VOA,
1916, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's long...
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Ugandan singer Bobi Wine plans to run for president in 2021
By VOA,
1014, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said Monday he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in a 2021 election ``on behalf of th...
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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail
By CNN,
1124, July 8, 2019 (EAT)
How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...
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The social media campaign that aims to topple leader of ‘Africa’s North Korea’
By CNN,
1245, June 17, 2019 (EAT)
A social media movement created to expose Eritrea's closed regime is gaining momentum. Driven by young Eritreans living in the United States, UK, a...
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Babu Owino, Bobi Wine ‘preach’ liberation in Zimbabwe
By Ian Omondi,
2020, May 27, 2019 (EAT)
Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino on Sunday addressed Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s congress at Gweru i...
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