Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was briefly hospitalised after his health deteriorated following a hunger strike but was back in prison. He was abducted in Kenya in November and has been facing the death penalty on treason charges in a court martial that his wife, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, has called a "sham". Watch in for more details!

Detained Ugandan opposition veteran on hunger strike

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying on Wednesday. Watch this report for more details!

Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak in capital Kampala

A devastating Landslide has left a trail of Destruction in Uganda 15 people have been reported Dead with a hundred still missing after Heavy Rain triggered a massive landslide in eastern Bulam district. Watch in for more details!

Uganda: Heavy Rains Trigger Deadly Landslide, Over 100 Feared Missing

A devastating landslide has left a trail of destruction in Uganda. 15 people have been reported dead and 100 are still missing after heavy rains triggered a massive landslide in the eastern Bulambuli district.

Uganda Landslide: 15 Dead, 100 Missing As Landslide Devastates Eastern Uganda

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Kizza Besigye, a prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya, transferred to Uganda, and is being held at a military jail in Kampala. His wife is now worried that her husband will not be accorded justice by the military.

Uganda Opposition Figure Abducted, Appears Before Military Court

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war crimes trial. Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 charges, including murder, rape, kidnapping and pillaging. Kwoyelo is the first commander from the feared rebel group to be convicted by a Ugandan court.

Uganda Ex-Rebel Thomas Kwoyelo Gets 40-Year Jail Term

Originating in India Due to his daughter Vasundhara Oswal's alleged illegal incarceration in Uganda since October 1, Swiss businessman Pankaj Oswal appealed to the UN.

Pankaj Oswal Files UN Appeal Over Daughter's Detention

The billionare Oswal family has released a disturbing audio of their last call made by Vasundhara Oswal while in detention in Uganda. Vasundhara, the daughter of Swiss-Indian billionaire Pankaj Oswal, has been allegedly illegally detained for nearly three weeks.

Oswal family shares disturbing audio clip of Vasundhara in detention

Let me ask you a question. How would you feel if one morning you woke up and your favourite coffee jar was empty when you filled it to the brim the night before?

Coffee on the edge: Uganda's farmers battle thieves as prices soar

Coffee farmers in Uganda are facing an unprecedented challenge of theft. As coffee prices continue to soar…can farmers secure their prized possession?

Rising theft in Uganda amid soaring global coffee prices

Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine shot in leg by security officials

Uganda sentenced an Islamic State-linked group member to 10 years over a thwarted terror attack on the funeral of a top army commander three years ago, an official confirmed to AFP on Tuesday.

Islamic State-linked Uganda suicide bomb attacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

A mass circumcision was marketed to tourists in a remote area of Uganda. Some are angrily objecting the ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys, known as Imbalu, which began on august 3rd in a remote corner of Uganda and will continue until the end of 2024

Uganda: Dispute over ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys

Access to Braille texts remains a major challenge for many visually impaired students in Africa. Slow progress in the advancement of assistive technology has led to many school dropouts. Now, a group of Ugandan developers have come up with a blind assistant app that helps read documents aloud.

Smartphone app for Uganda's visually-impaired students

A nonprofit group in rural Uganda says domestic violence is so widespread that it's hard to find a woman who isn't affected. In this Uganda region, most women report domestic violence, and signed pledges are being used to end it.

Fighting gender based violence in Uganda

Findings from a breakthrough clinical trial conducted in South Africa and Uganda have claimed that biannual injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.

Breakthrough HIV drug trial shows biannual injection to be 100% effective against infection

A former Kenyan international approached a Ugandan player at the ongoing T20 World Cup for match-fixing, a PTI news agency report has claimed. The incident took place during the league phase of the tournament which culminated on Monday (Jun 17).

Match-fixing at T20 World Cup 2024? Associate nation player approached by former Kenyan international

Uganda claimed their first ever T20 World Cup win with a three-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea at Providence Stadium on Wednesday in a low-scoring but tense encounter.

Uganda register maiden T20 World Cup victory with win over PNG

Young people meet up to wrestle in the soft mud, in Uganda's Mukono district. They dream of one day emulating their heroes and joining world wrestling entertainment.

Uganda mud wrestlers aim for the stars

There is uproar in Uganda after Uganda’s constitutional court rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world. Anti-homosexuality act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated homosexuality’ cases.

Uproar over anti-homosexuality law in Uganda

Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but found some of its provisions inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights.

Uganda court upholds anti-gay law that allows death penalty

Uganda's top court upholds anti-LGBTQ law but says some rights infringed

Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights.

Ugandan court upholds harsh anti-LGBTQ law but says some rights infringed

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