Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo smashes half-marathon world record | Athletics News
Two-time world cross-country champion clocks 56 minutes, 42 seconds at World Athletics race in Barcelona.Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has become the first person to break the…
Sunday 16 February Archbishop Janani Luwum Day in Uganda
Janani Luwum was the third Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaire. Born in 1922, Luwum converted to Christianity in 1948, becoming…
Uganda starts clinical trial to combat Sudan strain of Ebola | Health News
The study comes amid an outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus, which has already killed a nurse and infected others.Uganda has kicked off a clinical…
Uganda confirms one person dead in Ebola outbreak | African Union News
A nurse in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, dies after contracting the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever.Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Kampala, its…
DR Congo, Uganda Join Forces to Free 37 Hostages Captured by ADF Rebels
The DR Congo army freed over 37 hostages captured by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a criminal rebel group operating in the region. The soldiers…
Ugandan military court rules opposition figure can be tried for treachery | Politics News
The move escalates the case against Kizza Besigye as a treachery conviction is punishable by the death penalty.A Ugandan military court has ruled that prominent…
‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help | Migration
Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds to ride out the excruciating wave. It feels like someone has tied a…
Theatre of Violence: The ICC’s landmark trial of a former child soldier | Documentary
A Ugandan defence lawyer asks whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) is imposing a new form of colonialism.Krispus Ayena is appointed defence lawyer in The…
With Trump election win, Africa braces for US aid cuts, uncertainty | US Election 2024 News
Lamu, Kenya – As the results of the United States presidential election came in on Wednesday, showing that former President Donald Trump had won, relief…
Africa CDC warns mpox is not under control, appeals for resources | Health News
African Union health watchdog’s chief has said mpox outbreak is ‘still on the upward trend generally’ as cases spread.The African Union’s health watchdog has warned…
‘It’s needless death’: Ugandan activists decry restrictive abortion laws | Women’s Rights News
Kampala, Uganda – At exactly 3:21pm on August 25, Moses Odongo received a call informing him that his 14-year-old cousin Christine had died attempting to…
‘We are guilty’: Politician blames gov’t and community for Ugandan Olympian | Women
NewsFeedThousands have attended the funeral for Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei who was killed by her ex-partner in Kenya. She was buried with full…
Murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei buried with full military honours | Athletics News
Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by former partner, was buried at her ancestral home.Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after…
Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya | Olympics News
Activists join the march in Eldoret, Kenya, as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral.The body…
Uganda’s late Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei honoured at Paris Paralympics 2024 | Olympics News
Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after her partner attacked her in the latest attack on a female athlete in Uganda.A picture of Rebecca Cheptegei…
Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine released from hospital | Politics News
Bobi Wine was taken to hospital on Tuesday after he was hit in the leg with a tear-gas canister during a confrontation with police.Ugandan opposition…
Uganda court finds LRA commander guilty of crimes against humanity | Crimes Against Humanity News
Thomas Kwoyelo has been found guilty of dozens of crimes against humanity committed between 1992 and 2005.A Ugandan court has found Thomas Kwoyelo, the only…
Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander on trial for war crimes? | Lord’s Resistance Army News
Uganda’s high court will on Tuesday deliver judgement on the case of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),…
Rising death toll in the landfill collapse in Uganda | Climate
NewsFeedThe death toll from the Kiteezi landfill collapse in the Ugandan capital has risen to at least 24. Search teams continued their efforts Monday to…
Landslide at Uganda rubbish dump kills at least 18 people | Environment News
Torrential rains trigger deadly landslide at a Kampala landfill, burying homes in Uganda’s capital.A landslide at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed…