By Our reporterJUBA – A senior U.S. State Department official has urged South Sudanese leaders to take urgent steps to restore peace, improve governance and strengthen cooperation on security and immigration issues, according to a Monday statement from the U.S. Embassy in Juba.Africa Bureau Senior Bureau Official Nick Checker visited Juba on May 7–8, and […]
By Our reporterESWATINI – Europe should respect Africa sovereignty Uganda Deputy Speaker Tayebwa has said. While addressing African legislators meeting under the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Tayebwa urged fellow legislators to push back against increasing interference by the European Parliament in the internal affairs of African countries saying they deserve greater […]
CAPTION: Some of the trucks parked at the Nimule-Elegu entry point on Tuesday 5th, May 2026. (Courtsey Photo). By Our reporter NIMULE – The obstruction of the South Sudan-Uganda border at the Nimule-Elegu entry point by drivers from the East African Community (EAC) has entered its ninth day, causing a more than 16-kilometre traffic […]
By Our reporterNAIROBI – Four East African nations have endorsed a plan to launch a regional communication and broadcasting satellite, KBC reported. The Northern Corridor Regional Communication and Broadcasting Satellite Initiative Resolutions were signed at the Connected Africa Summit 2026 in Nairobi on 30 April by the information, communication and technology ministers of Kenya, Uganda, […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museven, left, Executive Director of the National Drug Authority (NDA), Dr. David Nahamya, right, commissioned anti-tick vaccine at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Namulonge, Nansana Thursday April 3oth, 2026. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaNAMULONGE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned Uganda’s first locally developed anti-tick vaccine at […]
By AgenciesSOUTH SUDAN – A small passenger plane has crashed in South Sudan killing all 14 on board, the country’s civil aviation authority (SSCAA) said.Officials have sent a team to the crash site for investigations but initial reports suggested the aircraft may have come down “due to adverse weather conditions, particularly low visibility”, the SSCAA […]
By Our reporter MAKERERE – Tanzanians living in Uganda echoed the call for unity, saying integration would ease trade and improve livelihoods. The Tanzanian High Commissioner to Uganda, Maj. Gen. Paul Kisesa Simuli, has urged African countries to fast-track unity and reduce dependence on external forces, saying the continent has enough resources to sustain itself […]
CAPTION: The Speaker, her deputy, the LOP and other MPs receive the casket containing the body of Nakimuli By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – In what could have seemed like a coincidence, the weather was gloomy on the morning of Wednesday, 22 April 2026 as lawmakers and staff of Parliament paced up and down in a somber mood […]