CID concerned over rampant domestic violence deaths

CID report indicates that the most affected persons are the elderly and females

Nine terror suspects committed to High Court for trial

The accused persons are charged with terrorism, murder, attempted murder, and robbery, and are...

Outrage, condemnation over deadly Gaza hospital strike

The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the territory, accused Israel of being behind...

Northern Bypass: One Lane In Use After Fuel Tanker Catches Fire

Only one lane between Busega and Masanafu along the Kampala Northern Bypass is in use following a fire incident. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that the authorities are conducting a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire. He, however, said that the territorial Police at Natete, in collaboration with the …

African Union chief accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

The health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said Israeli air strikes on the...

Nono, a fast-rising music sensation

Juliana Kanyomozi and Rema Namakula are some of Uganda’s best female artistes who many, including Noelline Ingambire, a burgeoning Rwandan born Uganda-based vocalist, look up to. Noellline, known by her stage name Nono is a fast-rising sensation, poised to captivate Uganda with her Afropop and contemporary style of music. Nono started singing at eight years […]

30 per cent of people without electricity access worldwide are Ugandans – study

The study shows that almost 60 per cent of the energy consumed in Uganda is generated through...

NAGRC&DB New Board Of Directors Inaugurated With A Call To Enhance Service Delivery

The National Animal Genetic Resources Center and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB), has inaugurated a new Board of Directors, who will steer the animal breeding center for a tenure of 3years but subject to renewal. The board members include Mr. Ben Anyama ( Chairperson), Dr. Peter Beine Ahambisibwe ( Board secretary), Dr. Henry Aaron Mulindwa, Dr. Anna …

Uganda Cranes Bow to Zambia in International Friendly

• Zambia 3-0 Uganda Cranes Leciester City striker Patson Daka scored twice, as the Chipolopolo of Zambia subdued Uganda Cranes 3-0 in an international friendly played at Hamriya Stadium in Sharja – United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday night. Daka brace was added on by Fashion Sakala for Morley Byekwaso’s side to endure it’s second …

Singer Bahati pays baby mama Diana’s bride price after seven years

By Ahmad Muto Kenyan singer Kevin Kioko, popularly known as Bahati, has paid his baby mama Diana Marua’s bride price and the pair is…

Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament over unanswered queries

A section of opposition Members of Parliament has again walked out of a plenary sitting in protest of among other issues; heavy deployment at parliament and denying them a chance to table the video showing the alleged human rights violations by security agencies. The legislators also complained about the ban of NTV and NBS televisions from live-streaming Parliament proceedings, among other queries. Led by the Leader of the Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga, the group said it is better to stay out of the House until government clarifies all matters of human rights violations, especially on the opposition leaders. Mpuuga insisted that the Internal Affairs Minister must explain the security attack on the National Unity Platform party offices recently which saw the […]

Parliament mourns tourists killed in suspected rebel attack

Parliament has mourned the death of two foreign tourists and their Ugandan guide who were killed by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in Queen Elizabeth National Park on Tuesday. The incident was described by police as a terrorist attack after assessing that the deceased safari vehicle was also burnt beyond recognition. The Minister for Security, Mr Jim Muhwezi briefed parliament on how the deceased tourists were ambushed by suspected ADF rebels, saying that the attackers used gaps within Uganda Wild Life Authority security to end innocent people’s lives. “The wiping out is moving very well. What needs to be done is to ensure that the remnants do not commit these atrocities again,” Muhwezi said. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, […]

Blinken calls Abbas to offer condolences for hospital deaths

The Israeli military blamed Palestinian militants, saying an outgoing Islamic Jihad rocket...

UK warns against travel to Uganda park after deadly attack

The trio were targeted on Tuesday by gunmen as they were on safari in Queen Elizabeth National...

IGG starts nationwide probe into PDM funds

Identified challenges include: inadequate monitoring, extortion and diversion of the funds by...

We shall not pay substandard projects, World Bank project engineer warns 

The warning comes just a few months to the end of the $360m USMID project, which is expected to...

Terrorists who attacked tourists will pay with their wretched lives- Museveni

The newly-wed tourists had visited Uganda to celebrate their honeymoon

A moment that changed me: 50 years after my grandparents were expelled from Uganda, I visited their old home

I grew up thousands of miles away, hearing stories of the family bungalow in Kampala and of Idi Amin, the dictator who had driven us out of it. What kind of welcome would I find there?

As my dusty Toyota Hilux bumped down the sloping street past concrete walls flanked by palm trees, my stomach flipped with anticipation. Everything was familiar, although I’d never been to this street in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, before. Google Street View had offered me a window into another life, continents away. I slowed as I passed a house, but wasn’t ready to stop yet.

My preoccupation with this particular street had begun in my childhood, when my parents told me tales from their years before me, in countries far from mine. My mother’s stories of road trips to the Nile and colourful pet chameleons captivated me. This side of my family is Indian, but she was born in Uganda. As a five-year-old, I used to mix the countries up. It would be much longer before I understood the global forces behind the family migration.

‘There is no hope here’: young Africans explain why they would risk death to leave home

In the first of a series on migration, five African reporters talk to people from their home countries about why they are willing to risk everything to start a new life abroad

In Douala, Cameroon, a funeral is being held for Bryan Achou*, whose body was pulled from the Mediterranean and returned to his family less than a year ago.

Friends and relatives commiserate about his fate. “He’s a child from my neighbourhood. In less than two weeks, we lost two children: one was in the ocean between Turkey and Greece, the other was in Tunisia,” says one woman. “Really, before 2035, this country will have been emptied of its citizens,” another mourner says.

Two tourists, from UK and South Africa, and guide killed in attack in Uganda

Police say extremist ADF rebels carried out ‘cowardly terrorist attack’ near border with DRC

Two tourists from the UK and South Africa and their Ugandan guide were killed when assailants attacked their vehicle near a national park in south-west Uganda.

Bashir Hangi, spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), said the attackers set fire to the vehicle in which the group were travelling just outside Queen Elizabeth national park.