June 17
Africa: Money, Food and Survival - What Drives Paid Sex Among Young Mums in 3 African Countries
Transactional sex, defined as the exchange of sex for money, food, or favours, is common among young people in Africa. Studies have reported that about 10% of those aged 15-24 have… Read more »
June 08
Congo-Kinshasa: The Hunt for a New Ebola Vaccine - Two Scientists Explain the Challenges
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a… Read more »
June 04
Uganda: Are Uganda's Environmental Impact Reports Just a Box-Ticking Exercise? What a Study of 108 Projects Reveals
Uganda's environmental impact assessment system is meant to protect the environment from harmful development projects. For nearly 30 years, the law has required developers applying… Read more »
June 03
Africa: Tax Data Can Be Mined to Shape Better Policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia Show How
Bilateral aid to Africa fell by nearly a quarter in 2025, the largest annual decline in the history of official development assistance. Meanwhile, sovereign debt interest payments… Read more »
May 29
Uganda: What's Wrong With How U.S. and Uganda Plan to Stop Ebola Spreading
As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their… Read more »
May 20
Congo-Kinshasa: Health Authorities Are Racing to Contain Ebola in the DR Congo and Uganda. Here's What's Making It So Challenging
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths. Read more »
May 18
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Strain Spreading in Congo and Uganda Has No Approved Vaccine
As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is… Read more »
May 04
Uganda: Uganda's Bobi Wine On the Books (And Songs) That Shape His Politics
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile. Framing his movement as a "people power" struggle by… Read more »
April 20
Uganda: Women Working in Uganda's Pig Sector - How Challenging Prejudices Can Unlock Opportunities - Research
In some communities in Uganda, women aren't supposed to work with pigs. This stems from restrictive social and gender norms, some of which are rooted in culture and religious… Read more »
April 01
Uganda: Bobi Wine's Decision to Flee Uganda Points to a Shrinking Landscape for Opposition Politics
Bobi Wine's escape from Uganda is not just a striking episode in itself, it also offers insight into the current state of the opposition - particularly his National Unity Platform… Read more »
February 28
Uganda: Joseph Kony - How a Ugandan War Criminal and His Soldiers Have Evaded Capture and Endured for Decades
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), remains at large two decades after the International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants against him and… Read more »
February 17
Uganda: Kizza Besigye - the Firebrand Who Has Shaped Opposition Politics in Uganda
Uganda's Kizza Besigye has been described as possibly the most arrested man in Africa. Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni's ally, and personal physician. He broke ranks… Read more »
January 26
Uganda: Uganda's Boda-Boda Drivers - the Digital Economy Hasn't Been the Route to Formal Work and Better Protection - Research
Digital labour platforms - like fast food delivery and cab hailing services - are having a dramatic impact on people's labour rights and working conditions around the world. Read more »
January 14
Uganda: Uganda's Autocratic Political System Is Failing Its People - and Threatens the Region
When he was first sworn in as Uganda's president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni declared that his victory represented a "fundamental change". He promised that Ugandans would no longer… Read more »
January 13
Uganda: An Interview With Scholar Mahmood Mamdani
In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters - Idi Amin and… Read more »
December 30, 2025
Uganda: Inside Uganda's Video Halls, 'Video Jokers' Transform Hollywood Blockbusters Into Local Entertainment
If you walk into a video hall in Uganda your attention will probably go straight to a person sitting at the front of the audience. Speaking rapidly into a microphone, they comment… Read more »
January 04
Uganda: Political Policing in Museveni's Uganda - What It Means for the 2026 Elections
Uganda's police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as… Read more »
December 15, 2025
Uganda: Uganda Election - Museveni Will Win, but the Landscape Has Changed Since His Last Victory
On the eve of Uganda's 2021 presidential election, it was clear that regardless of how Ugandans voted, the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, would most likely be declared the winner.… Read more »
October 27, 2025
Uganda: New Discovery Reveals Chimpanzees in Uganda Use Flying Insects to Tend Their Wounds
Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound… Read more »
September 18, 2025
Uganda: Uganda Has Signed a Deal With the U.S. to Take Asylum Seekers - What's Behind It and What's At Stake
A new deal to deport asylum seekers from the US to Uganda was announced in August 2025. The full agreement, already signed by the ambassadors of the two countries at the end of… Read more »
July 27, 2025
Uganda: Uganda's Land Eviction Crisis - Do Populist State Measures Actually Fix Problems?
Populism is rife in various African countries. This political ideology responds to and takes advantage of a situation where a large section of people feels exploited, marginalised… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Uganda: Idi Amin Made Himself Out to Be the 'Liberator' of an Oppressed Majority - a Demagogic Trick That Endures Today
Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization,… Read more »
July 02, 2025
Uganda: Uganda's Ride-Hailing Motorbike Service Promised Safety - but Drivers Are Under Pressure to Speed
Motorcycle-taxis are one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Uganda's congested capital, Kampala. But they are also the most dangerous. Though they account for… Read more »
June 28, 2025
Uganda: How Does Marburg Virus Spread Between Species? Young Ugandan Scientist's Photos Give Important Clues
In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound - formed by bat excrement - and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The… Read more »
