Uganda: Jailed Besigye Sends Financial Boost to Bobi Wine Campaign

12 Jan 2026 - 09:04:41
[Nile Post] Opposition leaders, activists and supporters on Sunday gathered at the Kasangati home of veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye for a special prayer meeting held in solidarity with him and other individuals they describe as political prisoners, amid reports of a significant financial contribution to the presidential campaign of Robert Kyagulanyi. Source

South Africa: Concourt Dismisses NMB Municipality Claim That Parents Should Be Blamed for Toddler Drowning in Broken Drain

12 Jan 2026 - 09:03:32
[Daily Maverick] The Constitutional Court has dismissed a last-ditch effort by the Nelson Mandela Bay metro to avoid paying damages to a family whose toddler drowned in a broken drain in Kariega. The metro's lawyers argued that the parents should be held accountable for the death as they were negligent in leaving the toddler at home in the care of another child. Source