Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s Speaker has questioned the legality of East African Passport . “On plans to introduce the new East African electronic passport to replace the current passports, the Ministry of Internal Affairs […]
A strong East Africa Community must be built on meaningful integration, Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda said this while meeting youth in Kampala. Dr Rugunda made the remarks today while meeting 70 youth from Uganda […]
The national blood bank has been boosted with 433 units of blood following a successful weeklong blood drive championed by Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS). This was in response […]
Tanzania intends to build a pipeline to pump natural gas to Uganda according to the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation. The pipeline will run from Dar es Salaam, pass through Tanga port on the India Ocean […]
The falling out over Uganda’s recently introduced social media tax could intensify after Facebook warned it will hold back infrastructure investments worth millions of dollars it was planning in the country. Kojo Boakye, Africa public […]
China would invest $14.7 billion in South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday after talks between the two countries, news that sent the rand one percent firmer. Speaking at the same event, Chinese President […]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33 people, after 42 days with no new cases. The outbreak, first detected in northwest Congo […]
Comedian Trevor Noah has responded to criticism of a racist joke he told in 2013 about Aboriginal Australian women, saying that he had “vowed never to make a joke like that again”. Noah, now host […]
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila said in a speech on Thursday that a presidential election in December would go ahead as planned, but he declined to say whether he would defy term limits […]
Parliament has approved 67 billion shillings for the establishment of the National Ambulance service system. The system is mandated to offer pre-hospital and emergency services in Uganda. In November 2015, Government launched the first 10 […]
A new census report showed that the number of the endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif shared by Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased to 604 from 480 when […]
UK-Uganda Trade and Investment Convention (UCUK), an annual platform exhibited at the Going Global, Europe’s leading exhibition. The EXPO is dedicated to providing businesses with absolutely everything they need to expand internationally, and trade overseas, in […]
The Joint Operations Command-JOC and the Health Ministry will keep a close eye on pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC entering Uganda for the Martyr’s day celebrations for health and security reasons, URN has […]
Voters in Burundi have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, the electoral commission said on Monday, ushering in changes that could let the president stay in power to 2034. An opposition coalition rejected the result of […]
Democratic Republic of Congo faces a “very high” public health risk from Ebola because the disease has been confirmed in a patient in a big city, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, raising […]
Uganda will spend US$1.2 million on marketing the country’s tourism potential, an addition to the US$ 1.5 million that was spent last year. The State Minister for Tourism, Godfrey Kiwanda, says government will hire there […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni directed government officials to sign off on a $2.3 billion Chinese loan for a new railway by September to curb further delays on the project. He asked for more flexibility in […]
Ethics and integrity minister Fr. Simon Lokodo has said they have evidence that it was Jack Pemba who starred in a home made sex video that went viral on social media last week. Pemba, a […]
Reverend Canon Kezekiah Kalule, an Archdeacon attached to Luteete Archdeaconry and Geoffrey Sserunkuuma, the lay leader of Bbowa Church of Uganda in Makulubita Sub County in Luweero district are in trouble for alleged defilement. Luweero […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for forgiveness and reconciliation during his state of the nation address. “If there was anything I said last year that hurt or wounded you, if I damaged the unity […]