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Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has sparked fresh controversy after publicly declaring his desire to marry global music superstar Beyoncé and challenging her husband, ...

The chief of Uganda’s military says he has ordered the closure of two of the country’s biggest media outlets. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Sunday that the Daily Monitor, the country’s largest ...

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The Stellar Awards are getting ready to honor another year of music that continues to move from the church pews to the main stage. Central City Productions has announced the nominees for the 41st ...

Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven. All the cases are linked to the outbreak in neighboring Congo, which appears to have ...

The scariest man in music these days is a trim, antsy, matter-of-fact ex-physicist named Mikey Shulman. He didn’t have enough talent to make it beyond college jam bands. But he does have a gift for ...

Charlotte will soon take center stage in the gospel music world. The Stellar Gospel Music Awards, widely considered the biggest awards show in gospel music, will be held in the Queen City this summer, ...

Gospel music is celebrated as one of the ways Black Americans share their stories. Allen Temple Baptist Church is more than 100 years old and still has a robust gospel choir. Musicians and singers ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye held a defiant prayer service inside a Catholic cathedral on Monday to press authorities to free him ...

Religion has long provided a stimulus for jazz. Figures as august as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane drew profound inspiration from their faith, though their reception varied. Ellington's religious ...