Police in Uganda said they have detained a prominent human rights activist as long-serving President Yoweri Museveni's government widens its crackdown on dissent and political opposition ahead of the ...

Annual headline inflation closed the year at 3.1 percent in December 2025, driven largely by sharp increases in food prices—particularly green vegetables such as cabbages and Irish potatoes. The cost ...

Uganda adopted its current National Flag on October 9, 1962, following independence from Britain. The black, yellow and red ...

A televised debate between a group of men (no woman, to be sure) bidding to be Uganda’s next chief executive o fficer? Good idea in the spirit of democratic practice. There was one last weekend, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 22 - Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has hit out at President William Ruto’s plan to turn Kenya into a first-world country like - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | ...

Archbishop highlights role of dialogue, tolerance in ensuring electoral peace. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, has called on Ugandans to embrace ...

In a major pan-African broadcasting initiative, StarTimes will premiere a special 'New Year Animation Theatre' featuring ...

According to NPP leadership, the campaign dubbed “Kalonde, Tovawo Ekijja Kijje, [Cast your vote, don’t move an inch, come what may]” is aimed at protecting votes and empowering citizens to lawfully ...

Government once seen as progressive on migration says aid cuts to blame for excluding countries ‘not experiencing war’ The Ugandan government has stopped granting asylum and refugee status to people ...

Kenya has pledged to crack down on overseas recruitment networks after hundreds of its citizens were lured to Russia with ...

KAMPALA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Uganda will get up to $1.7 billion of U.S. funding for its health sector over the next five years, making it the latest African country to agree a pact with the Trump ...