CAPTION: A woman makes doughnuts in the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, recently. (File photo). By Agencies GENEVA: More than seven million people in conflict-torn South Sudan — around half the population — are in dire need of food aid, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN’s World Food Programme denounced the “alarming […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, right, with Kenya President William Ruto during the launch of the Standard Guarge Railway in Kisumu recently. (File photo). By AgenciesBRAZZVILLE – The Vice President of the African Development Bank Dr. Abdul Kamara has reaffirmed the commitment by the bank to fund the Standard Guage Railway project in Uganda.Kamara, also the head […]
CAPTION: M23 rebels on a pickup patrol in Goma recently. (File photo). By Agencies WASHINGTON/DAKAR – Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday agreed on an outline for the regional economic integration framework, according to the U.S. State Department, as the two countries take steps toward delivering on a peace deal signed […]
CAPTION: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is maintaining a balancing act in foreign relations, keeping ties with the United States, China, Europe, the Gulf and Russia while avoiding dependence on any single power [Issouf Sanogo/AFP] By AgenciesKIGALI – Rwanda’s new nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia may look technical on paper, focused on science, nuclear medicine and energy, but […]
CAPTION: Members of Parliament attending the plenary sitting on Thursday, 28 May 2026. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – Ministers-designate are scheduled to be vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament starting Monday, 01 June 2026. Appointed by the President Yoweri Museveni mid-week, the ministers designate are expected to interact with the committee […]
CAPTION: UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo, announcing the deadline extension at the Media Centre, May 29th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has extended the registration period for candidates sitting the 2026 national examinations at Primary Seven (P7), Senior Four (S4), and Senior Six (S6) levels. […]
CAPTION: Former President Iddi Amin, left, with President Yoweri Musevei, right, in a merged photo. By AgenciesLONDON – Renowned scholar Professor Mahmood Mamdani has defended part of former president Idi Amin’s political legacy while sharply criticising President Yoweri Museveni.He accuses President Museveni of transforming Uganda into a fragmented and militarised state sustained through violence and political […]
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) headed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday as the country continues to combat a deadly resurgence of Ebola in its volatile eastern region where instability is rife. Ahead of his arrival, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appealed to armed groups to declare a ceasefire so that health workers can […]
CAPTION: Workers load World Health Organization (WHO) emergency supplies onto a United Nations plane in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, May 20, 2026headed for Congo to combat the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province. By Agencies NAIROBI – The plan seemed simple enough, at least from Washington’s perspective. The US would set up a 50-bed quarantine facility […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Newly nominated Cabinet and State Ministers have expressed gratitude to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for including them in his new cabinet as he embarks on the next five years in power.President Museveni on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet, in which he dropped twenty ministers at the Cabinet and State Minister levels.Several of the […]