Youth in the East African region have been trained on the different benefits and opportunities available in this digital era. This was at the East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF), which brought together East African stakeholders to build a common unders
Schools open today for the third term that will see some students promoted to the next class or level or conclude their primary or secondary school journey.Dr Joyce Kaducu, the State Minister of Primary Education, said the 82-day term would run up to December 6. She said since there would
One of Uganda’s leading political cartoonists Chrisogon Atukwasize, aka Ogon, has published his first collection of humorous and dramatic cartoons titled Drawing Attention. His body of work, spanning 194 pages, lampoons the mighty, powerful and ordinary citizens for their various misdeeds.
Eighteen districts under the Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (LAKIMO) are urging the government to offer alternative livelihoods to fishing communities affected by ongoing oil exploration activties in the Lake Kyoga basin.Earlier this year, Mr Joshua Lukaye, Acting Assistant
Fear of experiencing low blood sugar levels deters many individuals with Type 1 diabetes from engaging in physical activity, a recent study reveals. Managing Diabetes with ExerciseThe fear of suffering a blood sug
Wakiso District has been approved to get a hospital expected to accommodate overwhelming patient numbers received in need of critical medical treatment.Wakiso Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Alfred Malinga said
A water cannon salute went off at about 6:25pm Nigerian time on Thursday, as the Uganda Airlines aircraft touched ground at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, in Abuja, marking a historical first direct flight between Entebbe and Abuja for Uganda’s
The Ugandan government is proposing to create more new cities amid concerns that the nine cities, which were created in 2020, are already crippling financially and operating under numerous challenges.The Constitut
The World Health Organization said on Friday it had cleared Bavarian Nordic's BAVA.CO mpox vaccine, the first such shot to be approved by the agency for containing the spread of the disease in badly hit African countries.
Uganda's government is in a legal tussle with 112 landowners who are set to be displaced by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) as low-value payment, absentee landlords and a complex landownership system in some parts of the country delay compensation, c
