CAPTION: Health workers carry a coffin of an Ebola victim in Ituri, DR Congo. (File photo). Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could […]
CAPTION: President Museveni (C) poses for a photograph with the CDC delegation during a meeting at State House Entebe on Friday (PPU photo). By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a delegation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) at State House, Entebbe. The delegation briefed […]
CAPTION: President William Ruto speaking on Friday at State House Mombasa. (Courtesy photo). By Chritabel AdhiamboNAIROBI – President William Ruto has defended the government-to-government (G-to-G) fuel import arrangement, saying the framework has shielded Kenya from a deeper fuel and foreign exchange crisis amid ongoing global oil market disruptions.Ruto said the arrangement has guaranteed uninterrupted fuel supply […]
By Prosper Heri Ngorora GOMA, DR CONGO – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Judith is one of the latest victims of Ebola as the country battles yet another outbreak, the seventeenth in just […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 3rd right, with former President of South Africa, H.E Jacob Zuma, 3rd lift, with other guests at State Lodge Nakasero May 20th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Our ReporterKAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hosted former President of South Africa, H.E Jacob Zuma at State Lodge Nakasero, where the two leaders […]
Authorities say 51 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in DR CongoThe World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise further given the time taken to detect the virus.Fifty-one cases have now been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
By Agencies Uganda acquired a 20.15 per cent stake in KPCKenyans have raised alarm after Uganda acquired a 20.15 per cent stake in KPC, giving Kampala influence over tariffs, hiring or firing of the company MD, dividend policy, restructuring decisions and board operations.Uganda acquired a 20.15 per cent stake in Kenya Pipeline Company through UNOC.The deal […]
CAPTION: Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Jacob Marksons Oboth, centre in grey short slived suit, and other legislators at his home in Mukono. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporterMUKONO – The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs and West Budama Central County Member of Parliament, Honourable Jacob Marksons Oboth, held a thanksgiving ceremony in Kyungu, Mukono […]
CAPTION: President Museveni, centre, Ministry of Energy officials after meeting Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, (4th lift,and a delegation from Kenya and Tanzania at State House Nakasero on Sunday. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma NAKASERO – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has endorsed a proposed multi-billion-dollar regional oil refinery initiative championed by Nigerian industrialist Aliko […]