Uganda’s top accountant among nine arrested over $16m theft
Kampala – Uganda’s top accountant and eight senior finance ministry officials were arrested on Tuesday over the theft of... Read more
5 Feb
NGOs accuse Uganda oil project of ‘serious human rights violations’
Nairobi – International human rights groups alleged “serious human rights violations” around an oil mega-project being developed in Uganda... Read more
13 Dec, 2024
Rebels kill 9 civilians in east DRC
Beni – Rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group killed at least nine civilians in their latest attack in... Read more
5 Dec, 2024
Ugandan opposition figure Besigye ‘kidnapped’, says wife
Kampala – Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being “kidnapped” in... Read more
20 Nov, 2024
Uganda TikToker convicted for insulting president
Kampala – A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old content creator for calling for the public flogging of President... Read more
15 Nov, 2024
Uganda condemns 16 opposition members for ‘treachery’
Kampala – A Ugandan military tribunal on Monday convicted 16 members of an opposition party of “illegal possession of... Read more
22 Oct, 2024
Refugees in east Africa suffer from high levels of depression, making it harder to rebuild lives – new study
Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford; Julia R Pozuelo, Harvard University; Maria Flinder Stierna, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and... Read more
10 Oct, 2024
Corruption ‘costs Uganda $2.5 billion a year’
Kampala – Uganda loses about $2.5 billion to corruption every year, equivalent to almost a quarter of its annual... Read more
8 Oct, 2024
Uganda’s ‘singing fools’ use satire to attack government
Kampala – A packed Kampala audience holds its breath as four self-styled “singing fools” in choir uniforms bound onto... Read more
17 Sep, 2024
Ugandan runner’s attacker dies from injuries in hospital
Nairobi – The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol... Read more
10 Sep, 2024
