UN appeals for assistance as refugees overwhelm Uganda
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is appealing for financial assistance and support as thousands of South Sudanese refugees continue to pour into Uganda. Uganda...
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Uganda at ‘breaking point’ as South Sudan refugees pour in
Uganda is at a “breaking point” as almost 3,000 South Sudanese refugees pour into the country every day, the United Nations refugee chief said Thursday....
Police infiltrated by criminals – Museveni
President Museveni has said criminals have infiltrated the Uganda Police Force and other security agencies, which has compromised investigations into high profile killings. Speaking last...
Uganda: Why killers find it easy using boda boda in murders
For the last seven years, at least 12 killings have been carried out by killers riding motorcycles commonly referred to as boda boda, who escape...
Kaweesi, bodyguards tried to open doors and escape
Police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, 43, was yesterday shot dead in a daring but not uncommon fashion as he left his home in Kulambiro, a...
Gunmen murder Ugandan police spokesman in Kampala
Kampala Spokesman, Emillian Kayima, confirmed the incident to reporters this morning. By Nangayi Guyson, nangayi.guyson@alleastafrica.com Kampala, Uganda –Unknown Assassins have killed Uganda’s Assistant Inspector General...
Uganda:Woman survives as police chopper blows off rooftop
A woman and her two children on Monday afternoon escaped death after a helicopter flipped over their house in Biina, Butabika Parish in Nakawa Division...
Boris invites Museveni to UK summit on Somalia
President Museveni, is on May 11 scheduled to travel to London to attend a high level conference organised to drum up support and humanitarian assistance...
Uganda says security forces killed more than 100 in palace assault last year
Uganda acknowledged on Wednesday that its security forces killed more than 100 people in an assault on a tribal leader’s palace last year, revising the...
EXCLUSIVE: Ugandan police struggle to clean its ‘rotten’ image amid allegations of abuses
Police is now trying very hard to forge around ways to clean its tarnished image, by doing what they call ‘Community policing’ scheme. By Nangayi...
