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03 Jul '25
The Commander of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent under the United Nations Guard Unit Eleven (UNGU-XI), Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ruyogoza Barigye, has paid a courtesy visit to the Uganda Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia.The visit aimed to reinforce coordination between U
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03 Jul '25
Top-ranking officers in the Uganda Police Force and Uganda Prisons Service will now earn a uniform
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02 Jul '25
Calvin Echodu has officially entered the race for the position of NRM Vice Chairperson for Eastern Uganda after being nominated by the party electoral commission.Echodu was nominated on Wednesday afternoon amidst supporters who thronged the NRM electoral commission headquarters .
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02 Jul '25
The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) has commissioned a new state-of-the-art auditorium at the International Peace Support Operations Training Centre (IPSO TC) in Singo, a project funded by the United States government under the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).The facility,
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02 Jul '25
The Church of Uganda has donated 195 reams of paper to Finn Church Aid (FCA) for distribution to schools in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, aiming to bolster education services for children living in the camp.The materials, donated by Mengo Senior School, form part of the ongoing Church of Ug
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02 Jul '25
Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu, a founding member of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and former head of mobilisation during the party’s formative years, has voiced serious concerns about what he perceives as a deliberate effort by elements within the ruling National R
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02 Jul '25
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has escalated his war on corruption within the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) by ordering the arrest of Brigadier General Cyrus Besigye Bekunda, Chief of Joint Staff Engineering. The arrest, anno
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02 Jul '25
Following weeks of a sit-down strike that left arts lessons suspended across many government secondary schools, Government has come out with a new plan aimed at addressing the concerns raised by arts teachers.The strike, led by the Uganda Arts Teachers As
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02 Jul '25
Barely two months of existence, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), has attracted over 10,000 individuals, picking nomination forms to contest under the new party in the 2026 elections.The large number of aspirants, coming at a time when PFF’s found
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01 Jul '25
Kinshasa: President Félix Tshisekedi used the occasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 65th Independence Day to strongly defend his administration’s resource policy and regional diplomacy, pushing back against intensifying criticism from Nobel Peace P