Uganda
Uganda charges opposition MPs over machete killings
Villagers in the region of Masaka have been terrorised by thugs who police say have hacked to death up to 30 mainly elderly people in their homes at night in...
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Uganda welcomes first group of Afghan refugees
More evacuees from Afghanistan are expected to arrive at a later time in Uganda from the war-torn country, the ministry said. It said it followed a request from the US government to temporarily host "at-risk" Afghan nationals and others who are in transit to the United States and other destinations worldwide.
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Uganda scraps anti-porn 'miniskirt' law
The judgement, seen by AFP, said that the 2014 legislation, which had been dubbed the 'anti-miniskirt law,' was 'inconsistent with or in contravention of the constitution of the republic of Uganda.'
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Outrage in Uganda after MPs get 25 mn euros to buy cars
Each of the 529 lawmakers were handed 200 million shillings (48,000 euros, $56,500) to get new vehicles at a time when Covid-19 cases are surging.
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Ugandan weightlifter missing in Japan before Olympics
Authorities were searching for Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, who failed to show up for a coronavirus test and was not in his hotel room.
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Ugandan Olympic team quarantined in Japan after virus case
The nine-member delegation including boxers, coaches and officials, arrived on Saturday just over a month before the pandemic-postponed Games.
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Uganda tightens curbs as COVID-19 cases surge
Schools will be closed from Monday for six weeks and most gatherings, save for weddings and funerals in small groups, were banned. Non-essential travel between districts was suspended and a 9:00 pm to 4:00 am curfew will remain in force until mid-July.
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Museveni sworn in for sixth term as Ugandan president
Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took the oath of office at a ceremony in Kampala broadcast on national television and attended by several African heads of state and other foreign dignitaries.
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Ugandan LRA commander Dominic Ongwen sentenced to 25 years in jail by ICC
Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony.
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Uganda, Tanzania, oil giants open way for pipeline construction
The $3.5 billion (3 billion euros) project led by Total and CNOOC provides for the management of oilfields in the Lake Albert region in Uganda's west and proposes pumping the crude to the coast across Tanzania via the East African Crude Oil Pipe Line (EACOP).
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Four arrested in Uganda suspected of poisoning lions
Four men arrested late Monday in connection with the poaching incident in Queen Elizabeth National Park led officers to a location where the decapitated heads of four lions and other body parts were stashed.
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Six lions found dead in Uganda in suspected poisoning
The lion carcasses were found in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in the country's west with most of their body parts missing and surrounded by dead vultures, suggesting poison was at play.
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Ugandan opposition leader urges protests against Museveni's rule
Speaking at the headquarters of his National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kampala, Bobi Wine said the time had come for public demonstrations against Museveni, who took power in 1986 and has ruled ever since.
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine drops challenge to election loss
The 76-year-old former rebel leader won a sixth term in office on January 14 with 58% of the vote. Wine, a 39-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker, came second with 35% and decried the election as a sham.
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Lord's Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes: ICC
Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of dozens of charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy relating to women he took as sex slaves.
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Uganda to reopen schools, acquire COVID-19 vaccines
Cabinet had 'approved the recommendations for reopening educational institutions' to all students, spokesman Dennis Katungi said.
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Uganda's Bobi Wine confirms military has left his home as ordered by court
The court said that Wine was being illegally detained at his home and that his property was not a detention facility.
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After court ruling, Uganda's Bobi Wine still waiting for army to vacate home
The Uganda high court on Monday ruled that the army must vacate his house where they have kept him and his wife under house arrest.
