President Joe Biden is planning a trip to Angola in coming weeks, fulfilling an earlier promise that would make him the first U.S. head of state to visit sub-Saharan Africa since Barack Obama in 2015, three sources familiar with the plans said.
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 Ministry for works and transport has suspended operations of Jaguar buses for at least ten days effective September 12.The decision follows a road crash involving one of their buses, where eight lives w
The Cranes continued their bright start to the 2025 Afcon Qualification campaign by picking up a 2-0 win over Congo Brazaville at the Mandela National Stadium on Monday evening.The result, coupled with match day o
As of April 2024, the East African Community accounted for 31.7 percent of Uganda’s total export market whereas her total trade with the rest of the world increased by 36.3 percent to US$18.1billion in 2023 from US$13.3billion in 2022, while total imports from
How times have changed! Just last November, Uganda were grambling their way to Morocco to reluctantly host their home matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Guinea and Somalia.The Cranes had p
The Bundibugyo District leadership is calling for affirmative action, with special funding from the central government to address critical gaps in education and infrastructure.The district in a hard-to-reach area
This month, the national carrier, Uganda Airlines will make five years of spreading its wings across the East African region, India, West Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.The fifth birthd
Aerial of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, with the river Nile running in the middle. Juba downtown is upper middle close to the river, and the airport can be seen upper left. The picture is from the south to the north.What it means
Currently, freight transit from the Port of Mombasa through Uganda to Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is about 650,000 metric tonnes per year. This volume is expected to increase significantly with the new railway, potentially growing by ov
