CAPTION: A child takes water from a safe access point in Soroti, eastern Uganda recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Over seventy per cent of Ugandans now have access to safe water, Parliament has been told. According to the Ministry of Water and Environment’s performance report, national safe-water access rose from 71.2 per cent to […]
CAPTION: Some of the caputed members of the FDLR being paraded recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterNEW YORK – Rwanda has demanded accountability over the failure of Kinshasa to fulfil its commitments under the Washington Accords, particularly the neutralisation of the FDLR and the end of cooperation between the militia and Congolese forces.The FDLR is a militia formed […]
CAPTION: Journalists cover African Heads of State and business owners who attended the groundbreaking of the $16 billion Dangote East Africa Oil Refinery in Lamu, Kenya, Wednesday, September 30th, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By Agency LAMU – East African leaders have joined Africa’s richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote for the groundbreaking of the $16 billion Dangote […]
CAPTION: Government Chief Whip Jane Ruth Aceng addresses legislators on Tuesday, September 29th, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – The government has received a list of people alleged to be held incommunicado and is following up on the matter, Government Chief Whip Jane Ruth Aceng has said, as legislators renewed calls for security agencies to account […]
CAPTION: Tanzania’s Minister of Finance, Amb. Khamis Mussa Omar, left, and Qatar’s Minister of Finance, Ali Bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, right, after signing the agreement in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday 29 September 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By AgencyDOHA, QATAR – Tanzania and Qatar signed a Double Taxation Agreement on 29 September 2026 to boost bilateral trade and […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, 2nd left, King of Tororo Highness Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, 2nd right, accompanied by his mother, right, and wife, left, during his coronation on Tuesday September, 29, 2026 in Fort Portal. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter FORT PORTAL – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni presided over the coronation of His Royal […]
CAPTION: Children fetch water from one of the various water points constructed by NWSC to serve the poorer communities. (File Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Several parts of the country are to experience water shortage due to several infrastructure repairs, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has announced.On its X handle, NWSC posted, “Dear Valued Customers, […]
JOHANNESBURG – Each year, the African Energy Industry’s “African Energy Person of the Year” award celebrates individuals who have positively influenced Africa’s energy sector by facilitating projects that strengthen energy security, African development, energy additions, free markets, limited government, economic resilience, the prosperity of families, local content and improve African energy infrastructure. The African Energy […]
CAPTION: Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe adress the media recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterNine months before the kick-off of AFCON 2027, uncertainty continues to surround the progress of preparations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. According to an investigation by Le Monde, CAF may have sounded out several countries in anticipation of a possible replacement […]
