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How EU, UN fight gender violence
Some cultures and places in Africa trap girls and women in poverty but now, Spotlight Initiative, a partnership between the European Union, United Nations and government of Uganda is determined to end...
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Shs 10bn: Court orders are binding to parliament - Uganda Law Society
Court orders are binding even to parliament, the Uganda Law Society (ULS) has said. This was in reaction to a response from speaker of Rebecca Kadaga, who, accused the attorney general William...
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You must account for COVID donations
To ensure that COVID-19 response cash and asset donations are not used to burnish personal lifestyles of handlers, government has issued tough guidelines laying out strict accountability procedures....
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No new COVID-19 cases in Uganda on Saturday
All 1,408 samples tested on Saturday for coronavirus disease turned out negative at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). Of these samples tested, 483 were from the community while 925 were from...
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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America's largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world's pandemic hot spots. Medical...
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Uganda receives 3.8 million polio vaccine doses
Government has received 3.8 million doses of bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) to support ongoing routine immunization services throughout the country. The 3,842,000 bOPV doses that were procured by...
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Police lockdown killings spark street protests in Somalia
Hundreds of disgruntled people took to the streets of Mogadishu on Saturday to protest alleged abuses by government security forces. The demonstration came after a government police officer fatally...
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Ethiopian woman dies from coronavirus in US shortly after giving birth
The Ethiopian community in the Washington, D.C.-area is mourning the loss of a woman who died from coronavirus shortly after giving birth, without seeing her newborn. Wogene Debele of Takoma Park,...
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Tanzania gets tough on media over COVID-19 coverage
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it termed as continued harassment of journalists for their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. RSF says press freedom in Tanzania has declined...
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Uganda COVID-19 cases rise to 79 after four drivers test positive
Four more Tanzanian truck drivers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda to raise the country's tally to 79 confirmed cases. Out of the total 1,989 samples tested at the Uganda Virus Research...
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Russia cuts off wheat, other grain exports
The Russian Agriculture ministry announced Sunday that it was suspending its export of most grains until July 1, seemingly ignoring warnings from international organizations who are asking countries...
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Agago police boss arrested for defying ban on social gatherings
The Agago district police commander (DPC), Samson Lubega has been arrest for allegedly defying the presidential ban on social gatherings. President Yoweri Museveni announced a ban on social...
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Lockdown is killing more patients than COVID - Masaka health workers
The coronavirus lockdown is killing more people than the virus itself, health workers in Masaka have warned. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, President Yoweri Museveni last month put in...
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Nakawa court orders MP Zaake's immediate release
Nakawa chief magistrate, Ruth Nabaasa has ordered the immediate release of Mityana municipality MP, Francis Zaake Butebi. Nabaasa ordered Zaake’s release on grounds that he has been under illegal...
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Malawi police clash with prison guards over PPEs, promotions
Police in Malawi clashed with prison guards who are demanding personal protective equipment against the coronavirus as well as hazard pay. The guards went on strike Thursday, saying working without PPE...
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Funeral vehicle impounded for carrying passengers
Police in Kasangati, Wakiso district impounded a funeral van belonging to Jambo Funeral Services for attempting to circumvent the current coronavirus lockdown. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga says...
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COVID-19: Museveni pardons 833 prisoners
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has exercised his constitutional powers to pardon 883 prisoners across the country. The Constitution under article 121(4) says that: The president may, on the...
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No new COVID-19 cases in Uganda as global infections hit 3 million
Coronavirus infections on Monday surpassed 3 million globally. The global deaths stand at 211,065 as of April 28, 2020, while nearly a million (919, 366) have recovered from the COVID-19 disease....
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Argentina bans sale of flight tickets until September
Argentina on Monday banned all commercial flight ticket sales until September, one of the toughest coronavirus travel bans in the world, prompting an industry outcry that the new measure will put too...
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Uganda starts rapid coronavirus community testing
Ministry of Health has today flagged off teams to start conducting rapid testing to assess the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the community. Among those to be tested include; market...
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