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5000 youth complete vocational course
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 […]
IGG arrests parliament directors over fraud
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 […]
Museveni backs single East African Afcon Visa
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 […]
Uganda borrows 480.9 billion from Standard Chartered Bank
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 […]
Crime increases in South Sudan says UN
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 […]
Rwanda disappointed with US over DR Congo
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 […]
Rwanda suspect arrested in Germany
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 […]
Two Ugandans killed in South Africa
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Two Ugandans have been killed as the Foreign Affairs Ministry is set to receive the first batch of 265 nationals being voluntarily repatriated from South Africa, marking the start of a coordinated exercise to facilitate the return of citizens who wish to come home.The group and the bodies are scheduled to […]
