Uganda became one of the first teams to exit the 2205 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after finishing last in their groupThe East Africans failed to win any game, losing to Nigeria 3-1 in the final group game on Tuesday eveningThe Uganda Cranes will get a sizeable amount of money f
Church leaders in Rukiga District pay their respects during a service held on December 29, 2025 at Kyogo Church of Uganda for seven family members who died in a road crash during the festive season. Grief overwhelmed hundreds of mourners on December 29 as seven members of the same family w
Kadaga, who is heading Museveni’s vote-mobilisation team in Busoga, says one of the biggest challenges that affected the ruling party in 2021 was the sharp decline in sugarcane prices. At the time, prices fell to as low as 50,000 Shillings per tonne, forcing many farmers to either give away the
Uganda’s coffee exports soared 38% in October 2025, reaching $185.56 million, driven by robust Robusta and Arabica shipments. Read the full report on top buyers and the $2.4 billion annual earningsKAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has approved a 572 billion shilling investmen
Uganda faces a multibillion-dollar deadlock as charcoal remains the primary fuel for 82 percent of Kampala households.KAMPALA, Uganda — Behind the heavy scent of woodsmoke that hangs over Kampala every evening lies a multibillion-dollar economic deadlock. Despite a flurry of executive or
In Kampala and Wakiso, politics has narrowed to something brutally simple.Voters are no longer weighing ideology or history. They are measuring clinics without drugs, schools without teachers, roads that flood, and services that exist on paper but not in life.For President Museveni,
A team from the China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park briefs President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni. Far right is Luke Wang, Managing Director, Tian Tang Group, and Lucy Zhang, Group CEORWAKITURA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has approved a proposal to estab
Fighting has intensified in recent days around the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Uvira, despite claims by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group that it has withdrawn from the area, according to local and security sources.Clashes have been reported in and around M
BREAKING NEWS: US Navy Strikes Terror Camps in Nigeria as Military Confirms Joint Operation SuccessUS military missile and drone strike targeting terrorist camps in North West NigeriaFresh details have emerged from top military sources confirming that recent precision strikes carrie
The family of former President Dr Apollo Milton Obote has ordered Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister Betty Amongi Ongom to immediately stop operating from President Obote’s home in Lira City.The family, headed by the eldest son and heir, Tony Akaki, accuses Amongi of using th
