July 03

• Uganda: VP Ssekandi in Addis Ababa for Hunger Summit

  The Vice-President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has urged African leaders to work towards a unified concerted approach against hunger on the continent saying a hunger free Africa is... Read more »

June 17

• Africa: Three African Teams Probed Over Ineligible Players

  ETHIOPIA, Togo and Equatorial Guinea are facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly fielding ineligible players in the World Cup qualifiers, FIFA said on Sunday. Read more »

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Ivory Coast in, Uganda Waits

  Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria Sunday became the first countries to reach the play-offs in the Africa zone of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Read more »

April 07

• Ethiopia: African Leaders Honour Late Zenawi

  President Yoweri Museveni has said that Africa needs to address the issue of electricity shortage as one of the means to enhance and enable its development efforts. Read more »

February 22

• Uganda: DR Congo Peace Agreement to be Signed

  Uganda will participate in the signing of a framework agreement to restore peace in eastern DR Congo, in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, the foreign affairs ministry... Read more »

February 12

• Uganda/South Africa: Afcon - Stars and Flops

  THE 2013 Orange Nations Cup, whose curtains ccame down on Sunday evening at the National Stadium here, had a cocktail of just about everything. Read more »

January 28

• Uganda: President Meets UN's Ban Ki Moon

  President Yoweri Yoweri Museveni has held talks with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

• Uganda: AU Summit Hails Museveni On DR Congo Conflict

  President Yoweri Museveni is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the African Union summit that started Sunday. Read more »

January 23

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Ethiopian Fans Rule Afcon

  THE first sight I noticed after pulling back my hotel curtains yesterday morning was a band of cleaners combing through most streets of Nelspruit. Read more »

January 21

• Uganda/Zambia: Afcon 2013 - Zambia Versus Ethiopia Preview

  THERE is so much that surrounds today's Orange Nations Cup match between Zambia-Ethiopia that brings to mind a CECAFA Challenge Cup fixture. Read more »

January 03

• Ethiopia: Police Break Up Islamist Militant Cell

  Ethiopian police have arrested 15 suspected militants allegedly trained by Islamist rebels in neighbouring Somalia and who were plotting attacks in Ethiopia, the country's... Read more »

November 27, 2012

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Uganda Shakes Off Ethiopia to Storm Cecafa Quarters

  KAMPALA - Brian Umony's first half goal against Ethiopia narrowly helped keep Uganda clean on the sheet and doubly advance to the quarter finals of the Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup. Read more »

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Cecafa - Uganda Eyes Place in Last Eight

  KAMPALA - Bobby Williamson will send out his charges against Ethiopia today with an ultimatum of plundering a victory that will guarantee automatic qualification to the Cecafa... Read more »

November 26, 2012

• Uganda/Kenya: Cecafa - Dhaira Ruled Out of Tournament

  KAMPALA - Cranes first choice goalkeeper Abbey Dhaira could be out of the on-going CECAFA Tusker Cup for at least the rest of the group stage matches. Read more »

November 23, 2012

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Defends Under-Strength Side At Cecafa Tourney

  Ethiopia assistant coach, Seyoum Kebede, has defended the decision to test new players at the CECAFA Challenge Cup, insisting it is still part of their Africa Cup of Nations... Read more »

November 14, 2012

• Uganda: Road Safety Campaign Launched

  The Police and Yes We Can Alliance (YWC) have launched a road safety campaign for the festive season. The commissioner of traffic Police, Steven Kasiima, presided over the launch... Read more »

November 13, 2012

• Uganda/Ethiopia: Coach Bobby Williamson Not Worried By 'Group of Death'

  Coach Bobby Williamson is not shaken by the fact that Uganda is in the 'group of death' in the CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup that kicks-off next week. Read more »

November 05, 2012

• Uganda: Confessions of a Former Al-Shabaab Fighter [interview]

  ISA ALI SENKUMBI, 19, was recruited into al-Shabaab group and trained as a suicide bomber. Born to Abdullah Muyingo and Khadija Nakayiza of Mengo, Senkumbi studied at Nakivubo Blue... Read more »

• Uganda: Govt Keen On Regional Peace

  Uganda is committed to supporting the restoration of peace and stability in the region despite the ongoing negative stance portrayed in some sections of the media, President Yoweri... Read more »

November 01, 2012

• Uganda: U.S. Under Secretary of State Visits

  U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman jets in on Thursday. Read more »

October 15, 2012

• East Africa: Africa Police Chiefs Meeting Underway

  A meeting for regional Police chiefs is underway in Uganda's Capital Kampala. Read more »

October 09, 2012

• Uganda: Golden Jubilee Celebrations- How It Happened

  Live coverage of the events at Kololo on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Read more »

October 07, 2012

• Uganda/Zambia: Nation's Stadia Have Gone With the Years

  WHILST the rumblings of Cranes failure to qualify for Afcon for the last 34 years continue to, err, rumble in the wake of Zambia's visit, the southern Africans have voiced concern... Read more »

September 07, 2012

• East Africa: Ugandans Discuss Zenawi Legacy

  A host of scholars and human rights activists have taken a dim view of former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's legacy during a special forum organized by the Makerere... Read more »

August 29, 2012

• Africa: Continent Should Learn From Zenawi's Death [opinion]

  THE death of Meles Zenawi, at such a time when Africa is yet to recover from the loss of the Ghanaian president John Atta Mills who died at the age of 68 and that of Bingu wa... Read more »