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Turning straws into fuel to save Senegal's forests
Wood and charcoal burning account for 50 per cent of Senegal’s household energy consumption, contributing to air pollution and deforestation. To reduce ecological damage, an association called Nebeday,...
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Thugs break into Kitgum NIRA offices, steal IDs, equipment
Unknown thugs have broken into Orom sub-county headquarters in Kitgum district and disappeared several National ID cards and equipment belonging to the National Identification and Registration...
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Bobi Wine protests: Woman loses 3 unborn babies after being shot
Three women shot as the November 18-19 riots raged on following the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi are in urgent need of medical help and are seeking government rescue. Justine...
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Lukwago returns after being discharged from Nairobi
Kampala city lord mayor Erias Lukwago has returned to the country after being discharged from Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where he had gone for treatment.Lukwago left the country on November 24...
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Cameroon lawyers go on strike after army invade court
Lawyers in Cameroon on Monday declared an indefinite strike to protest what they call government interference in their profession. The stop work action, which follows a five-day strike last week that...
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Uganda detecting only 10-15% of COVID cases - officials
Only 10 to 15 per cent of COVID-19 infections are currently being detected in the country according to ministry of Health officials.At the moment, 4,000 samples are tested on average every day....
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96 more suspected Bobi Wine protestors arrested
At least 96 more people suspected to have orchestrated and fueled last month’s protests have been arrested. Security personnel from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), Internal Security...
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IGAD pushes for free movement within member states
Free movement between Uganda and the seven other member states member states that make up Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is closer than ever. Economies in the region will benefit...
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DRC crisis deepens as president moves to sack government
A political crisis in the perennially restive Democratic Republic of Congo deepened Monday, as lawmakers trashed parliament after President Felix Tshisekedi moved to scrap the shaky ruling coalition....
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Bobi Wine taunts minister Anite, campaigns for NRM's Ayume
The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has asked the people of Koboko Municipality to vote the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidate, Dr....
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COVID: Morocco to vaccinate 80% of adults, orders 10 million dozes
Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80 per cent of its adults in an operation starting this month that's relying initially on a Chinese vaccine that...
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Are masks effective against Covid-19?
Do face masks offer effective protection against the novel coronavirus? We examined various scientific reports and integrated the findings into this article. The global spread of Covid-19 has led to...
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UWA discounts services by 50%
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is ending the coronavirus disease pandemic year by discounting almost all services and products offered by 50 per cent from December 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The...
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Riots: How live bullets killed our dreams
Based on extensive interviews with relatives and friends who lost people in the two-day protests last November, triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, The...
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EC boss: We will call Museveni to order
On the campaign trail, crowds fill city streets and roads to welcome presidential candidates and mostly they are dispersed in a very violent way by armed police and the army. When the violent crackdown...
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Deported Canadian journalists speak out
Despite following protocols laid out for foreign journalists entering the country. The deportation happened about a month before the country’s elections. Opposition parties and election observers have...
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Activists warn Ugandans against complacency towards HIV/Aids
HIV/Aids activists in Uganda marked this year’s World Aids Day on December 1, decrying the growing complacency especially among young people towards the virus. Under the global theme; Global...
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Ndeeba church: DPP withdraws charges against police officers
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn criminal charges against two senior police officers implicated in the demolition of St Peter’s Church Ndeeba in Rubaga...
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China Supreme court appoints retired Ugandan judge Katureebe
Former Uganda chief justice Bart Katureebe has been appointed to the International Commercial Court Expert Committee (CICC) of the Supreme People’s Court of China. "Taking account of your recognized...
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Torture: US Congress calls for sanctions against Uganda army, police officials
A US representative and chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot L. Engel has today Wednesday called on the Trump Administration to sanction more Ugandan security officials over what...
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