Teams from across Uganda’s Defense Forces showcased their skills this week at the 2026 edition of the Interforces Drill Competition. The event comes amid controversy over the deployment of soldiers to the Gaza Strip, as part of the International Stabilisation Force.

Security is expected to be a major issue in Nigeria's January elections, when President Bola Tinubu will seek a second term.

Finance and water emerge as defining issues at COP17. PHOTO/UNCCD. By PATRICK MAYOYO ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia Negotiators, ministers, scientists and civil society leaders have entered a decisive phase of global talks aimed at tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, as the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)  moves into its final week in the Mongolian capital. With only days remaining before the conference closes on 28 August, delegates from the UNCCD’s 197 Parties are intensifying negotiations on some of the most politically sensitive and technically complex issues confronting the international community, including land restoration financing, drought resilience, water security, migration, private sector engagement and scientific cooperation. The summit, being held under the theme “Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.”, is widely viewed as a critical test of the world’s commitment to re...

INFOGRAPHIC/EYEWITNESS MEDIA. By PATRICK MAYOYO The tragic events in Homa Bay, which left two people dead, including a police officer, and injured 54 others, have once again exposed the persistent challenge of goonism, criminal gangs and political violence in Kenya. Beyond the immediate loss of life and destruction, the incident raises uncomfortable but necessary questions about the effectiveness of the country’s security leadership and the implementation of presidential directives aimed at restoring law and order. If the Inspector-General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, had acted decisively and consistently on President William Ruto’s directive to crack down on goonism, criminal gangs and lawlessness, could this tragedy have been prevented? While no security agency can guarantee the complete elimination of violence, Kenyans are entitled to ask whether enough was done to avert a situation that many viewed as predictable. On 21 Ju...

Twelve people died and dozens were injured as wildfires tore through northern Algeria on Wednesday, with authorities battling more than 150 blazes amid a scorching heatwave sweeping across North Africa. Six of the 54 injured were in critical condition and receiving intensive care.

In tonight's programme: The three-day testimony of an alleged underworld kingpin exposes the deep links between alleged criminals and high-profile police officers in South Africa. Also, in Tunisia, grieving families bid farewell to the young victims of a boat that went down in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend. Finally, in an era of mass production and electric machines, one young Kenyan fashion designer is taking a slower approach.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is using Trianz Concierto to support cloud migration and modernisation as the company expands in South Africa.

The Southern African Fraud Prevention Service saved its Members more than R7.44 billion in potential fraud losses in 2025, as rising vishing, identity theft, document forgery and money mule networks highlight the growing threat of organised financial fraud across Southern Africa.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been charged in connection with an investigation into his assets.

The French government is facing mounting pressure over its budget deficit and national debt amid political uncertainty.