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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the longtime former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya. Ahmed Khalifa, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent in the North African country, said on Tuesday that Gaddafi is believed to have been shot and killed in the western Libyan city of Zintan, where he was based for the past decade. The 53-year-old’s …

A wave of violence has left transgender people afraid to go out Pakistani Senator Mushtaq Ahmad proposes the creation of a government “gender re-assignment board” that would control a trans person’s official gender identity. (Photo courtesy of Global Living Space)   Transgender Pakistanis are under attack, reversing progress that they had made in acceptance by the wider Pakistani society. A …

Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research. Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, …

Uganda’s coffee sector has been put on alert and thrown into anxiety after police in Vietnam uncovered a massive fake coffee operation, raising fears that counterfeit coffee products could find their way into markets and affect her share. Vietnamese police have launched a criminal investigation after raiding a warehouse in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, where officers seized …

Behind closed boardroom doors, branding—not balance sheets—may have killed what would have been Kenya’s biggest banking deal in years. Insiders have revealed that Standard Bank’s insistence on rebranding NCBA under the Stanbic banner played a decisive role in the collapse of long-running merger and acquisition talks between the two lenders. The failed deal would have created Kenya’s third-largest bank, with …

Kampala — Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi to Luzira Prison on charges of spreading malicious information and hate speech against Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija and Court of Appeal Justice Musa Ssekaana. Mabirizi in court today Mabirizi appeared before Grade One Magistrate Ritah Kidasa but declined to take plea, arguing that he did …

The People’s Front for Freedom has called for an independent audit of Uganda’s 2026 general elections. They accuse the Electoral Commission (EC), the military and state security agencies of presiding over what it described as an “industrial-scale electoral failure” characterised by violence, abductions and systemic fraud. Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters on Katonga Road on Monday, PFF president Erias …

Kampala– The Supreme Court is poised to determine whether the Chairperson of the Uganda Electoral Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, will be summoned to account for alleged irregularities in the last presidential election. Chief Justice, Dr. Flavian Zeija during the court session. The decision, expected on February 18, follows submissions by lawyers representing Robert Kasibante of the National Peasants Party, …

Proceedings at the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) took a tense turn today after Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Jennifer Bamuturaki, was asked to account for $12,750 (approximately UGX 50 million) in per diem funds requisitioned during her tenure as Acting CEO in June last year. During the session, it emerged that the funds were …

Uganda’s Closed System: How Museveni Engineered Power to Be PermanentFor nearly four decades, Uganda has been ruled by one man: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who took power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. What began as a reformist promise of democracy has hardened into one of Africa’s most entrenched political systems.Uganda today is not governed by competitive politics. It is …