Some 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.“As we speak the figure for deaths in Dar (es Salaam) is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-p
The decision was made by the AU’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) at its 1308th emergency meeting, held on Monday, 28 October 2025, in response to the escalating violence and reported atrocities, particularly in El Fasher.Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been appointed by th
The UAE Ambassador to Uganda, HE Abdulla Salem Alshemeli, H.E Sheikh Sultan Jemai Al. Hindas, Director General of the Furjairah Chamber Commerce and Industry and the Prime Minister of Uganda Hon. Nabbanja Robinah and Hon. Dr Monica Musenero the Minister of Science Technology and Innovation Inform
Nigeria’s most celebrated writer and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has revealed that his U.S. visa has been revoked, a move he described as “bizarre, comic, and authoritarian.” The 91-year-old, who has long chronicled Africa’s dictatorships with razor-sharp wit, shared the news during a p
The oil sector’s development — including two central processing facilities at Kingfisher and Tilenga — is expected to unlock billions in ancillary investment and generate thousands of jobsKampala: Uganda’s proven oil reserves have risen to 6.65 billion barrels, up from 6.4 billion,
Ugandan cinematographer and visual storyteller Allan Soja has made the country proud after being named Best Videographer for East and Southern Africa at the Music Video Africa Awards (MVAA) held in Nigeria.Sharing the exciting news on his social media, Soja expressed gratitude and humility
For the next nine months, activities in Uganda’s oil fields will be ramped up as the country targets to get its first barrel of oil to the market through a 1,443km pipeline to the Tanzanian coast of Tanga by July 2026, more than 20 years after the first commercial discovery was made in western
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project works are expected to resume, following approval of a loan of Euros188.18 million (Shs781.04 billion) from the African Development Bank and Euros28.31 million (Shs117.46 billion) from the African Development Fund.The loan, approved by Parliament during
Parliament is today set to authorize a staggering Shs8.2 trillion in new borrowing, a move that signals the nation’s spiralling public debt already at Shs116.2 trillion (51.3% of GDP) and its economic implications.According to the house order of today’s business (Order Paper), out of t
Uganda and the UAE kicked off their fourth annual business forum in Kampala, aiming to boost a $2.8 billion trade relationship dominated by Ugandan gold. Foreign direct investment from the Gulf nation has surged tenfold, fueling growth in sectors like agribusiness and renewable energy.KAMP
