(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – As millions of Ugandans head to polling stations on Thursday to choose their leaders, several candidates, mainly from the Opposition National Unity Platform party, will mark election day from prison. Unable to cast ballots themselves, the detained candidates rely on family members, party officials, and supporters toContinue Reading
(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – Kampala City is hosting successive final campaign rallies by incumbent leader Yoweri Museveni and his main challenger, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, as the country heads into the January 15 presidential election. Mr Museveni, the candidate of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, andContinue Reading
(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – Uganda is preparing to hold its seventh presidential election since 1996, with voting scheduled for Thursday, as long term trends from previous polls point to tightening contests and a gradual decline in the vote share of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country since 1986. TheContinue Reading
(AMURU) – At least 3,500 Ugandan residents from Elegu Town Council in Amuru district have received cholera vaccines in neighbouring South Sudan, health officials reported on Monday. The initiative is part of a cross-border effort to contain the spread of the highly contagious diarrheal disease. The vaccination drive was coordinatedContinue Reading
(ELEGU, AMURU DISTRICT) – Severe flooding at the Elegu border town between Uganda and South Sudan has displaced thousands of people and worsened a cholera outbreak, raising alarm among traders, local residents and health officials. The flooding, which submerged major parts of the town on Wednesday last week, forced theContinue Reading
(YUMBE) – A deadly clash between the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) has left seven people dead and displaced over 200 civilians in Yumbe District near the South Sudan–Uganda border. The incident has reignited long standing tensions over disputed land in the area.Continue Reading
(KAMPALA) – Shareholders of MTN Uganda have approved the separation of the company’s mobile money services from its main telecommunications operations. The decision will see MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd become an independent entity under the new proposed name, MTN New FinCo, pending regulatory approval. The move is part ofContinue Reading
(KAMPALA) – Uganda’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, has renewed the appointment of Sheikh Twaha Uthuman Kajaaya Musa as his Special Envoy to the Republic of South Sudan for a fresh five year term, reaffirming efforts to deepen cross border Islamic cooperation. The reappointment was officially confirmed in aContinue Reading
(KAMPALA) – The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) and the Islamic Council of South Sudan (ICSS) have signed a new 10 year cooperation agreement to promote Islamic education, leadership and institutional development across the East African region. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at UMSC headquarters in Old Kampala,Continue Reading
(IMVEPI, UGANDA) – A South Sudanese Refugee Woman Dies in Illegal Gold Mine as Food Cuts Deepen Crisis A South Sudanese female refugee has died and another woman was seriously injured after a gold mine collapsed in Uganda’s Imvepi Refugee Settlement in the West Nile region on Saturday, 19 JulyContinue Reading
