Uganda, Tanzania sign 1,400km oil pipeline agreement
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart, President John Pombe Magufuli over the weekend signed an East African Crude Oil Pipe Line Agreement...
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Uganda: Provision of sanitary pads still government priority- Muyingo
Government is still committed to its pledge of providing free sanitary pads to address one of the challenges leading to school dropout rate of girls,...
Museveni: Mzee Byanyima was a principled politician
President Museveni has paid tribute to Mzee Boniface Byanyima as a “principled” politician who rejected overtures by the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) to join 19...
Uganda: Torture – MPs Fear Nalufenya Access
Members of parliament’s human rights committee who were on Wednesday assigned by the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to investigate cases of torture by security...
Police torture: Kasingye threatens to resign
All is not well in the Uganda Police Force over the handling of the suspects accused of torturing Kamwenge town council mayor, Geoffrey Byamukama. URN...
Police deploy as UNRA starts evictions along Kampala-Entebbe road
KAMPALA. Police has deployed along Kampala- Entebbe road as Uganda National Roads Authority takes a whip on encroachers of the road reserve. More than 1,000...
Over Shs5 trillion needed to help South Sudanese refugees this year
The United Nations said Monday that $ 1.4 billion (about Shs5.082 trillion) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who...
Uganda: Police arrest FDC leaders in Isingiro
Police in Insingiro District are holding Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate and two other FDC party officials. Besigye was...
Uganda, UN seek to raise Shs7 trillion at refugee summit
KAMPALA: The government of Uganda together with the United Nations are seeking to raise at least $2b (Shs7 trillion) to fund relief operations for the...
Uganda, UN Solidarity Summit on Refugees aim to secure $2 billion
By Nangayi Guyson -nangayi.guyson@alleastafrica.com Kampala,Uganda –The refugee situation in Uganda is becoming critical and it needs urgent response, so Uganda together with the UN’s refugee...
