The Uganda Prisons Service has initiated Farmer Field Schools to provide farmers with practical agricultural knowledge and technical skills aimed at enhancing productivity and promoting sustainable farming. This initiative was announced during the 32nd National Agricultural Show in Jinja, with the prisons authority stating that the centers will offer location-specific training to farmers.

In his national address on Wednesday evening, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis discussed what he perceives as South Africa's most significant challenges. He outlined various issues facing the country, although specific details of his speech were not provided in the blurb.

The Lagos State Government has issued a warning against the circulation of misleading flood images, alleging that influencers are politicizing environmental issues. Officials emphasized the importance of verifying information before sharing it, in light of the potential for misinformation to exacerbate public concerns.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed support for a proposed Regional Farm Service Centre Initiative aimed at tackling issues in Uganda's agricultural sector, particularly the problem of counterfeit agro inputs. This announcement was made during a meeting with a South African delegation led by Mr. Andile Ramaphosa at State Lodge, Nakasero, where a tripartite collaboration involving Namunkekera Farm Service Centre and the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) was discussed.

Mafuta ya mawese, ambayo ni maarufu katika mapishi hasa barani Afrika, yanatajwa kuwa na virutubisho muhimu. Ingawa matumizi yake yamekuwa yakijadiliwa mara kwa mara, faida zake za kiafya zinaendelea kupewa kipaumbele na wataalamu wa lishe.

A historic train station between Kenya and Tanzania is reported to be the site where the first aircraft in East Africa was built, according to the Tanzania Times. In his book Guerrillas of Tsavo, author James G Willson recorded that the first war aircraft was transported in crates along the Uganda railway from Mombasa to Voi, then moved along the newly completed military line to Maktau. The account highlights the railway's role in early East African aviation history.