District leaders in eastern Uganda’s Katakwi District have expressed concern over the rising prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) among marrieds and teenagers. A recent study by the Center for Health, Human Rights, and Development (CEHURD) conducted in Teso and Karamoja sub-region
Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an escalating conflict in Lebanon. The airstrikes on Yemen's port of Hodeidah were in response t
First, it claimed the scalp of Jennifer Musisi, who at the time seemed to be permanent furniture at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). After, Erias Lukwago, the City Lord Mayor, went lyrical, singing his heart out after the exit of his biggest nemesis at the City Hall. When M
Kiruhura District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Charles Nsubuga Kiberu has instructed all sub-county chiefs and town clerks to start collecting a cow dung loading fee “to boost local revenue collections.” In a September 23, 2024, circular, Nsubuga instructed the leaders to start
A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world's largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting betw
Authorities in Wakiso have decried understaffing and inadequate medical equipment in public health facilities in the district. The concern was raised on September 27 by Dr Mathias Lugoloobi, the officer in charge of Wakiso Health Centre IV, during commemoration of the 2024 World Patient
A single flooding incident at Isimba Hydropower Plant in August 2022, plunged Uganda into darkness. The incident, which resulted in the emergency shutdown of the 183MW Isimba, coincided with a periodic maintenance of some of the generational units at the 250MW B
In 2022, Sheebah Karungi did the unthinkable, organised twin concerts at Kampala Serena’s Victoria Conference Hall. It was an ambitious move that could still show how much local music has come; for instance, there was a time when the biggest Ugandan concerts took place at Kyadondo Rugby Gr
The stock of unused external debt rose by $500m (Shs1.8 trillion) due to sluggishness in implementation of government projects, according to the Ministry of Finance Debt Statistical Bulletin. The Bulletin, which covers and analyses a wide range of public debt developments, indicates that
Sudan's army launched artillery and airstrikes in Sudan's capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses and military sources said. The push by the army, which lost control of most of the
