Uganda
7 Dec
Nigeria's senior men’s cricket team on Friday lost by five wickets to Uganda at the ILT20 Africa Cup currently being played in Kigali, Rwanda. A rain delay led to the usage of the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method, which ensured Uganda secured the win. Nigeria had won the toss and elected to bat first in…
29 Nov
The death toll from landslides which hit several villages in eastern Uganda rose to 20, with more than 100 still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said Friday. The Red Cross said the toll had risen "following the retrieval of 19 bodies and the unfortunate passing of one survivor at the hospital," without giving an estimate…
28 Nov
Landslides that hit several villages in eastern Uganda killed 15 people and left more than 100 unaccounted for, police said Thursday. The East African country has been deluged by heavy rains in past days, with the government issuing a national disaster alert after reports of flooding and landslides. Landslides late on Wednesday hit the village…
25 Nov
A Ugandan court awarded damages to 20 people who were arrested, paraded in public and tortured on suspicion of being homosexuals in a decision hailed by rights groups on Monday. Uganda passed one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws last year. But the case relates to the arrest of a group of youth in April…
22 Nov
Uganda's president pardoned 19 members of the opposition on Friday, following their conviction by a military court for treachery and illegal possession of firearms. Opposition parties in the East African nation have been kept on a tight rein under President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an iron fist since 1986. "I hereby…
21 Nov
Kenya’s government has said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week, amid growing criticism that it had failed to protect foreign dissidents on its soil. Kizza Besigye, a longtime rival of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, disappeared in the Kenyan capital on Saturday. He reappeared on Wednesday…
20 Nov
Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court in Kampala on Wednesday after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya. The manner of Besigye's detention has caused an uproar, with concerns over Kenya's role and the heightened crackdown on the opposition in Uganda. Besigye, 68, was brought to the General Court Martial in handcuffs…
20 Nov
Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, according to his wife, a top UN official. Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAIDS, demanded on X on Tuesday that the government of Uganda "release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately".…
14 Nov
A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old content creator for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on video-sharing platform TikTok, a state prosecutor said on Thursday. Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial, faces up to seven years in prison for "spreading hate speech" against the head of…
16 Oct
Uganda’s Ministry of Health said that a malaria vaccine would be added to the country’s routine immunization schedule to fight the killer disease and reduce the child mortality rate. The malaria vaccine would be introduced in April 2025 targeting children aged from six months to five years, said the ministry in a statement. According to…
16 Sep
Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, Katunba Wamala, has called on Federal Government to review the visa regime between the two nations to promote inter-Africa connectivity.
12 Sep
Suspected Islamic State-affiliated ADF rebels have killed 20 civilians in DR Congo's northeastern Ituri province, local sources said Thursday. "The victims were taken hostage Tuesday during an ADF raid" at Babila Babombi, a locality in Mambasa, a territory regularly targeted by ADF and other militia groups, police administrator Matadi Muyapandi told AFP. "There are 20…