Uganda News

A high ranking Sudanese official said Uganda has to stop its support to the rebel groups in Darfur, if it wants to help to bring peace in the troubled region.

An African regional seminar on "The Juche Idea and Lesson for Independent Reform of Africa" took place in Kampala, Uganda on May 11.

The Ruling National Resistance Movement has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the legality of the ruling by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga that the four MPs who were expelled from the party retain their seats.

Court has this afternoon ordered the Uganda Police Force to immediately vacate Monitor Publications premises, citing overstepping of the search warrant.Nakawa Magistrate Rosemary Bareebe, the same magistrate who had earlier issued a search warrant to a one D/ASP Emmanuel Mbonimpa, reversed her decision.

The World Bank pledged $1 billion on Wednesday to fund development in central Africa's Great Lakes region in return for peace, but fresh fighting in eastern Congo underscored the challenges facing the area.

The Uganda Red Cross Society has said Kasese flood victims need up to 11 million litres of safe water if disease is to be avoided, amid fears of a cholera outbreak.

By Matsiko Kahunga Facts and figures speak louder than words and arguments! This is how I cooled down tempers among pessimist peers at my workplace, as hot arguments criss-crossed offices over the latest version of the Youth Fund: Sh32b for graduates to start business.

Doris Atwijukire On May 21, 2013, the new vision news paper carried a story entitled "focus shifts to small power plants as fate of Karuma remains uncertain". First, we thank the Government for taking the initiative and deciding well on what is good for our electricity sector and our country at large.

During a birthday party of Zari's mother at Kampala Serena Hotel, Faridah is said to have invited Wasswa and introduced him as a celebrity to the guests at the party.

By Ibrahim Kasita Focus has shifted to fast tracking the development of small renewable energy projects as a short-to-medium term measure to avert the imminent return to 48-hour load-shedding. This follows the stalemate in the contract procurement process of the proposed 600megawatts Karuma hydropower project, which is seen as the least cost option ... (more)

Embattled Iryn Namubiru's manager, Thadeus Mubiru, is being accused by the singer's family of setting her up by packing drugs in her luggage.

As Africa waits for the launch this Sunday of Big Brother The Chase, which is the eighth season of the AfricaMagic reality TV show, something meant to take fans down memory lane is underway already.

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by raids, on Monday , by police on two Kampala-based newspapers, the forced closure of their printing presses and the closure of two radio stations.

President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through... President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need ... (more)

Akinyele Dairo is the technical advisor to the United Nations Population Fund East and Southern Africa program.

Northern Uganda has received yet another local news paper called "Adwar Ping", which literally means the Hunter in English.

THE Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday.

There were 20 spin masters 'tussling' it out as they displayed their mixing and scratching antics on the turn-tables. The audience was at the receiving end and was to judge who displayed better skills.

Government has devised a strategy to tap into the billions of shillings sent home from the Ugandans living and working abroad.

During the 90s and early 2000s, Kads Band was one of the most popular in Kampala.