Farmers Hire Gunmen to Guard Cocoa Farms in Uganda As Prices Soar
Accra Time
Global cocoa prices have reached their highest point in over a decade as dry weather hinders farming in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the biggest producers of cocoa in the world. Read more »
Speaker Among Among Ugandan Officials Sanctioned by UK for Corruption
DW
The sanctions target parliamentry speaker Anita Among and two former ministers for the Karamoja region who allegedly stole thousands of iron sheets from a government housing… Read more »
UK Sanctions Ugandan Speaker Overlooked By Museveni
Business Day Africa
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Ugandan politicians, including Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, in response to corruption charges alleging embezzlement from… Read more »
UK Imposes Sanctions On Speaker, Others
Nile Post
The UK Government has slapped incredible raft of sanctions of Speaker of Parliament Anita Among for exercising "corruption at its worst and that has no place in society." Read more »
Why the EU's New Migration Pact Matters [opinion]
Independent (Kampala)
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, and with European Parliament elections looming, the narrow passage earlier this month of the European Union's Migrant and Asylum Pact has… Read more »
Shs450 Billion Loan Approved for Kitgum-Kidepo Road Upgrade
Independent (Kampala)
Parliament has approved a government request to borrow up to Euro 110,543,947.52 (about Shs 450 billion) from Standard Chartered Bank to finance the Kitgum-Kidepo Road upgrading… Read more »
Chinese Factories Change Fortunes for Mbale Locals
Nile Post
The life of a number of Mbale locals has changed for the better, thanks to Chinese factories under in Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park. Read more »
Govt, Islamic Development Bank Sign U.S.$295 Million Deal to Finance Roads
Nile Post
Finance Minister Matia Kasaijja who is attending the 2024 Islamic Development Bank Group annual meetings in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia has signed a financing agreement with the president… Read more »
Business and Management Graduates Can Become Climate Change and Sustainability Champions - Lessons From Uganda and Tanzania On How Universities Can Support This [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
There is no doubt about it: the world is in the grips of a climate crisis. The headlines are full of reports about extreme weather events and the negative effects of the fossil… Read more »
Tondeka Metro At Risk of Losing City Bus Service
Independent (Kampala)
Tondeka Metro, which has operated the City Square-Ntinda bus circuit for three years, faces the loss of its business due to a dispute with Nairobi-based fleet financier RentCo… Read more »
Family Attacked by Machete-Wielding Man Responding to Treatment - Police
Nile Post
Following a Monday morning attack by a machete-wielding man at a home in Mirimu Zone, Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality that left four people injured, with the assailant shot dead by… Read more »
Kampala City Marathon On, MTN Kampala Marathon Off
Nile Post
Minister of Sports Peter Ogwang has unveiled the Kampala City Marathon tamplate, emphasising its significance in enhancing tourism and investment in Uganda. Read more »
From DR Congo to Uganda, and Back
Norwegian Refugee Council
"Life in Uganda is hard, but life in DR Congo is too dangerous to return. I don't know what to do." Like many Congolese refugees in Uganda, Maisha faces an impossible choice. Read more »
Tiktoker Accused of Insulting Museveni Granted Bail
Nile Post
Ibrahim Musana, also known as Pressure 24/7, a TikToker accused of disseminating content that ridiculed and incited hostility towards President Yoweri Museveni and Kabaka Ronald… Read more »
Blacklist Unscrupulous Leaders, Bobi Tells Bugiri
Nile Post
The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanti, has called on the party's supporters to blacklist leaders who only good at fronting persona; interests than… Read more »