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A 6km circuit featuring 17 corners, steep hills and a lakeside setting will be built in Bugesera under a 10-year agreement with Formula 1. Rwanda has unveiled plans for a Formula 1 circuit in Bugesera District as the country prepares to host the African Grand Prix from the early 2030s, bringing the motorsport championship back to the continent after nearly...

ADDIS ABABA, 13 October 2026 Africa will need an additional 20,000 pilots, 30,000 aircraft mechanics and 21,000 cabin crew as airlines prepare for a sharp increase in passenger traffic over the next two decades. The projections by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus come as the company forecasts demand for 1,640 new passenger aircraft across Africa by 2045. According to the Airbus Global Market...

New Delhi, India India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said Tuesday that key leaders had been detained after entering an iconic protest site in New Delhi blocked by police. Opposition parties and supporters of the movement have taken to the streets in recent days, defying a security clampdown to demand the resignation of the head of India's election commission, accusing it of...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopian federal forces and their allies entered a key northern Tigrayan town near the Eritrean border without a fight, residents told AFP on Monday, after it was abandoned by rebels. Clashes erupted in late September between the federal army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who made gains in neighbouring Afar region but are increasingly being pushed back...

Khartoum, Sudan Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday ordered a probe into what he called a "painful incident" near the Egyptian border, where an airstrike hit a sprawling gold mining site two days earlier. The Emergency Lawyers, a rights group documenting abuses in the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), said the strike in...

Lagos, Nigeria A Nigerian oil refinery owned by Africa's richest man is extending the deadline for its initial public offering in order to broaden participation, its owner said Monday. The IPO, set to be Africa's largest capital market operation, was due to close on Tuesday but it will now be extended for two weeks until October 27, Aliko Dangote said after taking...

Goma, DR Congo Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Monday joined forces with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to head a new outfit, taking a more direct role in the insurgency ravaging the country's volatile east. The tie-up was presented at a joint press conference at Kabila's residence in Goma, the major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo that the M23 has...

By SHARON BASILIKA The Bishop of Mukono Diocese, Rt. Rev. Enos Kitto Kagodo, has urged parents to consider the religious and moral foundations of schools when choosing where to educate their children, warning that academic achievement alone is not enough to prepare young people for the challenges of life. Bishop Kagodo said parents must take an active interest in their children's...

By Shivan Ayebare A total of 1,526 candidates have begun their Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations at 28 centres in Kabale Municipality, with examination officials reporting timely delivery of materials and full attendance on the opening day. The examinations began on Monday with Mathematics, following the distribution of examination materials from Kabale Police Station. Amos Ahimbisibwe, the area supervisor for Distribution...

The Uganda High Commission in London is preparing to host a Tourism Investment Roundtable ahead of the World Travel Market (WTM) London, with discussions expected to focus on attracting foreign investment into Uganda's tourism infrastructure. The planned meeting follows talks between Uganda's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to Ireland, Nimisha Madhvani, and Paul Hoskins of the International...