The Uganda shilling opened Thursday’s session at 3685/3695 against the dollar. Demand remained subdued during the day though "pockets did come through from the energy sector" according to Rahmah ...

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic ...

A fire outbreak in Kalerwe’s Sebina zone on January 30, 2025, destroyed four kiosks, including the LC1 chairman’s office, a salon, and a local restaurant. The blaze, which began around 1:00 pm ...

KAMPALA - The Supreme Court has ordered that all pending criminal cases before the General Court Martial (GCM) should be stopped. “Pending trial before the GCM involving civilians must ...

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics has reported a slight increase in the annual headline inflation as of January 2025 at 3.6% compared to 3.3% registered in the year ended December 2024. The increase ...

Robert Menendez, a 71-year-old Democrat from New Jersey, was convicted of federal charges of extortion, obstruction of justice and accepting bribes to perform favours for businessmen with ...

The aircraft came down near the oil fields in Unity State at around 10:30 am local time (0830 GMT) shortly after taking off for the capital Juba. A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan ...

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has pressed Rwanda for an immediate ceasefire in DR Congo as he voiced alarm over Kigali-backed rebels entering the key city of Goma. In a call on Tuesday with ...

Two hundred and sixty-four PLE candidates from four schools in Luwero district have been summoned to appear before the national exam body's (UNEB) exam security committee, over suspicion they were ...

The fighting in eastern DR Congo raises the risk of a new pandemic, the head of Africa's health agency warned on Thursday, calling for an end to the "unnecessary war". The Rwanda-backed armed ...

The weeks-long march of the M23 armed group, which has captured vast swathes of eastern DRC including most of the key city of Goma, has prompted calls for crisis talks and warnings of a looming ...

The government, through the Ministry of Water and Environment with support from partners World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Nile Breweries, has launched the demarcation exercise of the Kibale-Orunyere ...