By AgenciesNAIROBI – Tanzania has announced a bid to expand access to affordable housing and infrastructure financing following discussions between the Ministry of Finance and Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) on the sidelines of the 26th Annual General Meeting of the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI). The discussion held in Nairobi between Tanzania’s Deputy Minister […]
CAPTION: KCB Bank Uganda staff with the graduates pose for a photograph during the ceremoney Wednesday July 2nd, 2026. (Courtesy photo).By Our reporterKCB Bank Uganda celebrated the graduation of Senior Leaders and NextGen Leaders from its KCB Leadership Way Academy’s programmes, underscoring the Bank’s commitment to building a high-performance leadership pipeline to drive growth, innovation, […]
CAPTION: Youth display some of the products they have made during the vocational skilling during their graduation at Makerere on Wednesday July 1st, 2026. (PPU photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – More than 5,000 students from the seventh cohort have completed six months of free vocational training under the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy […]
CAPTION: Director of Communications Parliament of Uganda Chris Obore is one the officials arrested by the IDD. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – Seven senior officials from Parliament have been arrested by the Inspectorate of Government (IG) over alleged corruption and are expected to appear before the Anti-Corruption Court today. According to the […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, centre in white shirt, pose for photograph with the AFCON Local Organising Committee after a high-level meeting with at State House, Entebbe on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring Uganda successfully co- financial […]
CAPTION: Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Hon. Henry Musasizi, right, exchanges the agreement with the Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda, Sanjay Rughani, right, after signing in Kampala on Tuesday, June 30th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – Standard Chartered and the Government of Uganda today signed a financing […]
By AgenciesJuBA – Civilian deaths and conflict-related sexual violence rose sharply in South Sudan during the first quarter of 2026 despite a slight decline in the overall number of violent incidents, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday.UNMISS said its Human Rights Division documented 206 incidents of conflict-related violence between January […]
CAPTION: Rwanda’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, during an interview recently. (File photo). By Agencies KIGALI – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has said Rwanda is “disappointed by the increasingly biased U.S mediation” in efforts to resolve the security crisis in eastern DR Congo. He […]
CAPTION: A man looks at some of the genocide victims in Kigali recently. (File photo). By AgenciesA German-Rwandan national has been arrested on suspicion of complicity in murders during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. He is thought to have been personally involved in the killing of one victim.German prosecutors on Wednesday July 1st, 2026 announced the arrest […]
