The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

AnonymousIn last week’s Hafta, Chetan Bhagat was spot on when he described how minuscule the demands of a typical Indian are and how not only have they adopted a practice of just being submissive to what's happening in terms of poor services, but religion has been at the core of…

Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basis

In the town of Kamuli in eastern Uganda, Annabel Grossman meets women who have set up their own businesses – and explores how a no debt entrepreneurship model can create sustainable change

Rights groups have accused France's TotalEnergies and Chinese oil company CNOOC of human rights violations and environmental damage linked to a €10 billion oil project in Uganda and Tanzania.

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Lions are a symbol of Africa’s last wild places. It’s a species central to many of the continent’s cultures and religions. But lion populations have reportedly declined over the past 50 years, especially in parts of west and east Africa.

Kenya has been accused by various non-state and state actors of supporting extraordinary rendition, which refers to the secret transfer of people from one country to another without due process of law and against their will. The most recent case of extraordinary rendition was the removal of Ugandan opposition politician…

The daily struggle to pay often unpredictable and unregulated school fees is a crushing issue for many across sub-Saharan Africa, where the lack of a few hundred dollars can determine a child’s future

Three years after Ugandan troops crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebels linked to the Islamic State, their mission has yielded mixed results, with accusations that Kampala is secretly supporting another Congolese rebel group raising questions about its motives.

More bodies buried under the mud have been found in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week’s landslides to 20

More than $13 million was stolen and wired out of the country in what appears to be a sophisticated crime.