Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard.Singapore h
BBC | The abrupt cancellations of several Japanese music events in Shanghai - one of them midway through a song - have sparked criticism among fans, with some calling the moves "rude" and "extreme".Maki Otsuki was halfway through the theme of hit anime One Piece on Friday
Uganda’s brightest young innovators gathered in Kampala on Thursday for the 2025 National Enterprise Challenge finals, a showcase of the country’s most promising student-led enterprises.The event, held at Pope Paul VI Memorial Hotel in Rubaga, brought together top-performing schools fr
A total of 124 soldiers from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Engineers Brigade have successfully completed a specialised course in land law and estate management at the Uganda Military Engineers College (UMEC) in Lugazi.The training is part of the UPDF’s ongoing efforts to st
Minister Byamukama addressing the IMO Assembly in London this weekLONDON/ENTEBBE — Uganda has issued a bold call for the inclusion of land-linked states in global maritime governance, arguing at the 34th International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly in London that access to the seas
In the unpredictable contest for Jinja City South West Constituency, where 10 candidates are vying for the sole seat, Bernard Mbayo, the current Speaker of Jinja City Council emerges as a dark horse.Mbayo is also a member of the National Executive of the Urban Authorities Association of Ug
The Uganda Traffic Police have arrested 473 motorists in a week-long crackdown targeting road safety offenders across the country.The operations, conducted last week, focused on violations ranging from dangerous mechanical conditions to illegal vehicle modifications and invalid driving lic
Uganda’s Industrial Court has ruled that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) unlawfully dismissed former customs officer David Kalemera, awarding him about 51 million shillings, even as the judgment lays out extensive internal audit findings that link him to a major tax-evasion and transit-diver
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s nationwide initiative to economically empower grassroots groups has once again taken centre stage, with 300 brand-new motorcycles handed over to boda boda riders under various SACCOs in Kawempe.The handover ceremony, held at Growers Playground in Kawemp
EC chairperson Justice Simon Mugyenyi Byabakama said the new nomination exercise will take place on November 27 and November 28, 2025.The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced fresh nominations in seven electoral areas after the death of candidates who had been cleared to run in the 2026
