Uganda: 4 Ugandan Athletes, Officials Miss World Mountain Championships Over Visas

Two Ugandan female athletes, a coach, and the physiotherapist have failed to travel to Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria for the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Championships due to visa… Read more »

Uganda: Morgan Heritage Return to Uganda for a Cause

The last time the Grammy award-winning reggae band Morgan Heritage was in Uganda was in 2017 for their concert that was held at Lugogo Cricket Oval. Read more »

Uganda: Diamond Platnumz Returns for Comedy Store Fundraiser

On his fourth performance in Uganda, Tanzanian singing star and one of Africa's most acclaimed artistes, Diamond Platnumz, is set to headline a concert organized by Comedy Store… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Will Soon Export More Value Than It Imports - UNBS

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has announced that the country will soon export more products than it imports, and be free from substandard products in the next few… Read more »

Uganda: What Govt's Limiting of Tax Losses Means for Businesses

The recently gazetted Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 proposes to limit the tax losses available for carry forward by a taxpayer to five years. Read more »

Uganda: Violence - Persons Should First Pass Mental Test to Hold a Firearm

The recent spate of gun violence in the country has made the public anxious. Read more »

Uganda: Make Regular Mental Health Checkups for High-Risk Professionals

Recent tragedies involving trusted professionals turning their weapons on innocent individuals have exposed a critical issue that demands immediate attention: the dire need for… Read more »

Uganda: Environmentalists Want Mandela Millers Prosecuted Over Busega Wetland Encroachment

Environment Shield, a civic organisation, has petitioned the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) calling for the prosecution of the proprietors of Mandela Millers and… Read more »

Uganda: Journalist Atuhaire Wins EU Human Rights Defenders Award

Freelance investigative journalist cum-lawyer Agatha Atuhaire has won this year's European Union (EU) Human Rights Defenders Award. Read more »

Uganda: Nyege Nyege Festival's Impact Can No Longer Be Ignored

The Nyege Nyege International Music Festival, despite the controversies that dogged it especially last year, has quickly established itself on Uganda's social calendar as a top… Read more »

Uganda: Seven-Year Term for MPs Illegal

I will start by quoting Article 1 (3) of Uganda's constitution: "All power and authority of Government and its organs derive from this Constitution, which in turn derives its… Read more »

Uganda: Ousmane Sembene's Documentary Finally in Uganda

He has been described as the father of African film, thanks to his daring visuals while telling stories. Read more »

Uganda: Besigye's Party Starts Strategising for 2021 Polls

A year after he controversially lost his fourth presidential bid, Dr Kizza Besigye is laying ground for a fifth attempt in 2021. Read more »

Uganda: Inspector General Says Police Officers Are Stressed

Gen Kale Kayihura, the inspector general of police, has said many police officers are stressed, which affects their productivity. Read more »

Uganda: Ugandans Spend Shs 150 Billion Every Year On Gambling

The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board has revealed that Ugandans spend an estimated Shs 150bn annually on gambling. Read more »

Uganda: Museveni's Roadside Phone Call Photo 'Breaks' the Internet

When State House released to the press 3 pictures of President Museveni making a roadside phone call from at Kyeirumba in Isingiro little did they know that a few minutes later the… Read more »

Africa: Stop Use of DDT, Say Activists

Environmentalists and health activists have renewed calls for government to stop the use of DDT to eliminate malaria, saying it is harmful to the environment. Read more »

Uganda: Kala Azar, the Tropical Disease Only Treatable in Amudat

The number of people infected with Visceral Leishmaniasis, commonly known as Kala azar, is going up in Uganda. Read more »

Uganda: Billions Lost in Secret Gold Trade

Kitumbi sub-county in Mubende district looks like a refugee camp. Seen from a hill in Bukuya town, it's a vast outpost of makeshift tents with dust hovering over them. Read more »

Uganda: Five Days With Beautiful Kigali and Its Bad Chefs

As I sit in the airport taxi to Kigali international airport, my mind is still unconvinced that Kigali is now considered East Africa's top city. Read more »

Uganda: 'Abortions Kill 1,500 a Year'

Health workers have called for amendments to the laws on abortion, to save some 1,500 would-be mothers annually. Read more »

Uganda: Jiggers - Busoga's Ignored Crisis

As Sulaiman Kakaire reports in the first dispatch of a two-part series, the problem is bound to escalate as many are living in denial, frustrating any efforts to find a remedy. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Dinner With Robert Mugabe

Book: Dinner with Mugabe Read more »