President Yoweri Museveni has asked Ugandans to continue backing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) so as to consolidate peace and enable the development and wealth creation path that the ...

The party plans to have its primaries by July, a reconciliation of the party members by August and nominate contenders for president, Parliament and local government positions by September ...

KAMPALA - The Supreme Court has ordered that all pending criminal cases before the General Court Martial (GCM) should be stopped. “Pending trial before the GCM involving civilians must ...

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic ...

NAIROBI - About 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development ...

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has pressed Rwanda for an immediate ceasefire in DR Congo as he voiced alarm over Kigali-backed rebels entering the key city of Goma. In a call on Tuesday with ...

A fire outbreak in Kalerwe’s Sebina zone on January 30, 2025, destroyed four kiosks, including the LC1 chairman’s office, a salon, and a local restaurant. The blaze, which began around 1:00 pm ...

LONDON - UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Friday that it was abandoning plans to build a £450 million ($560 million) vaccine plant, delivering a major blow to the Labour government's ...

The Ugandan shilling ended January on a stronger note against the U.S. dollar, as month-end inflows surpassed demand from corporates. The local currency closed at 3,675/3,685 per dollar, compared ...

The Uganda shilling opened Thursday’s session at 3685/3695 against the dollar. Demand remained subdued during the day though "pockets did come through from the energy sector" according to Rahmah ...

Cotton prices in Kasese have plummeted from shillings 3,000 to 2,000, leaving farmers devastated. The development is on account of the bumper cotton harvest of about 17,000 bales compared to the ...

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics has reported a slight increase in the annual headline inflation as of January 2025 at 3.6% compared to 3.3% registered in the year ended December 2024. The increase ...