Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

Ugandan Gov’t restores social media sites except Facebook

By VOA,

Ugandan authorities restored access to the internet Wednesday, a month after blocking it ahead of the January 14 elections. Also Read: Facebook rem...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

China aims fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies

By Reuters,

The BBC came under fire from Chinese official and social media on Friday in an escalating diplomatic dispute, a day after Britain’s media regulator ...

CGTN , china

Two cops being probed over Prime Bank heist

By Citizen Reporter,

Detectives are holding two police officers following a bank robbery that occurred at Prime Bank on Monday afternoon. The duo are attached to the Cr...

Prime Bank

BWIRE: Hopefully, treatment of journalists in Kenya won’t go the Uganda Way

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire Events in Uganda relating to media and journalists treatment during the campaigns, electioneering and voting for the January 14, 20...

Uganda orders all social media blocked

By Reuters,

Uganda has ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps until further notice, a letter from the country�...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Kamala Harris’ casual Vogue cover causes stir online

By CNN,

Kamala Harris' forthcoming appearance in American Vogue has sparked criticism for appearing casual and "washed out," with the Vice President-elect's t...

kamala , kamala harris

Facebook accounts for top Uganda officials shut down

By Agencies,

Facebook has shut down accounts of top Uganda officials who are said to have manipulated public debate ahead of elections on Thursday. Also Read: T...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , uganda

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

21 Dubai-bound passengers arrested over fake COVID-19 certificates

By Citizen Reporter,

21 Dubai-bound passengers were on Thursday evening arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for presenting fake COVID-19 and yellow fever c...

coronavirus , dubai , Visa ban

Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys

By Reuters,

Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former pres...

Ethiopia

Report: Armed men arrested in Philadelphia were trying to deliver fake ballots

By CNN,

Two armed Virginia men who were arrested Thursday outside the Philadelphia Convention Center were "coming to deliver a truck full of fake ballots" to ...

Biden , Trump , us election

OPINION: Frontline workers who have been turned into enemies

By Guest Writer,

As Kenya marks the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists (IDEI) on Monday, concern has grown over the rising number of journalists who...

International Day to End Impunity Against journalists , journalist , MCK

Tanzania opposition rejects presidential election result, wants new vote

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s two leading opposition parties said on Saturday they would not recognise the results of a presidential election that handed incumbent Joh...

U.S. cites ‘credible allegations’ of fraud in Tanzanian election

By Reuters,

The United States said on Thursday there were “serious doubts” about the credibility of the Tanzanian election. The leading opposition candidat...

magufuli , Tanzania , Tundu Lissu

‘Quack doctor’ Mugo wa Wairimu fined Ksh.1.4M or serve 11 years in prison

By Dzuya Walter,

'Quack doctor' Mugo wa Wairimu was on Wednesday fined Ksh.1.4 million or serve 11 years in prison for running an unlicensed clinic. Mugo was charge...

Milimani Law courts , Mugo wa Wairimu , Prestige Hospital

New Nollywood film ‘Oloture’ sheds light on human trafficking in Nigeria

By CNN,

Dressed in a transparent and colorful blouse, a sex worker in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria jumps out the window of a room at a party to avo...

Netflix , oloture

Facebook faces hate speech crisis in India

By CNN,

Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But t...

facebook , India

Reports on GEMA politicians meeting at Thika Greens to discuss Uhuru succession is fake news- Moses Kuria

By Tonny Ndungu,

Political leaders drawn from the Mt Kenya region on Friday evening met at Kirinyaga Senator Charles Kibiru's home smack in the swanky Thika Greens res...

Moses Kuria , Mt Kenya region