When Ms Irene Nagitta Sekibaala hears Maj Gen Kasirye Ggwanga’s name, his rank and reputation do not come first. Hers is the ...

Africa renewed its efforts to document maternal and perinatal deaths in 2014 following the release of the WHO’s maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) guidelines. Successful ...

EACC summons 19 Bungoma County Assembly MCAs to appear before its Western Regional Office in Bungoma for interrogation over alleged misuse of Sh6.5 million public funds.

Uganda Airlines, the national carrier relaunched in 2019 to reconnect the country to international markets, has temporarily grounded its entire long-haul fleet, a move that has disrupted flights to ...

In late January 2026, Indian authorities confirmed two new Nipah virus cases in West Bengal state. Following the news, a video circulated on social media in Africa purportedly showing Uganda’s health ...

What you need to know: Under the competency-based assessment, UNEB eliminated the grading of learners under divisions. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) will today release the results of ...

In Uganda’s 2026 election, President Yoweri Museveni’s seventh-term victory was never in doubt. Having never lost an election organised under his presidency, the only real uncertainty was the scale of ...

Uganda’s electoral commission has declared President Yoweri Museveni as the winner of the January 15 elections, securing his seventh term in office with 71 percent of the vote. In the weeks ...

Technical failures at polling places caused major disruptions, and the opposition has warned of protests and government vote rigging. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Musinguzi Blanshe Reporting from Kampala ...

Uganda’s economic growth remains strong, with real gross domestic product (GDP) rising to 6.3% in FY2024/2025, up from 6.1% the previous year, according to the World Bank’s new Uganda Economic Update: ...

In his new book Slow Poison, the accomplished anthropologist revisits the Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni years. Idi Amin in Kampala, 1975. As a wandering freelance reporter in West Africa at the end of ...