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13 Apr '26
The decisive second leg will be played on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at FUFA Stadium, Kadiba, where Uganda will look to finish the job and secure qualification to the next round.Uganda’s Teen Cranes celebrate after scoring against Zimbabwe in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in
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07 Apr '26
In a post shared on X on Monday, the embassy in Uganda called Trump a “man-child” and said he was “unworthy of a diplomatic response”, while also amplifying an earlier Trump message threatening Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.Iran’s embassy in Kampala has joined a wider online cam
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02 Apr '26
Global health is evolving rapidly, with breakthroughs turning into medicine.The latest advancement in viral research is Lenacapavir, an FDA-approved HIV injectable drug manufactured by American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.Renowned as a convenient, long-acting alternati
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30 Mar '26
More than 20,000 Ugandans living illegally in South Africa have delayed talks on a visa-free travel deal, officials say.Efforts to secure visa-free travel between Uganda and South Africa for holders of ordinary passports have slowed down due to a growing number of Ugandans living there ill
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30 Mar '26
The youngest son of the late Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe is reportedly pulling out all the stops to avoid a lengthy stay in a South African prison. Bellarmine Mugabe, the 32-year-old socialite whose lifestyle has often landed him in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, has allegedly ta
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23 Mar '26
Sejusa, who fled to the UK in 2013 argued that exile decisions are based on safety and influence, not admiration for Western systems.Former Coordinator of Intelligence Services Gen David Ssejusa has defended his decision, and that of other Ugandan dissidents, to seek exile in Western count
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23 Mar '26
Bobi Wine and Tendai BitiRobert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine’s comrade has been detained in Zimbabwe. Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader, has expressed solidarity with his comrade Tendai Biti, a human rights lawyer and politician in Zimbabwe, who was detained alongside other f
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04 Mar '26
Bobi Wine, his international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, and Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Courtesy PhotosUgandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s international lawyer Robert Amsterdam and his law firm, Amsterdam & Partners LLP, have filed applications on
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04 Mar '26
British national Samuel Leeds has spent £150,000 (about Shs743 million) to charter a private jet from Dubai to the United Kingdom amid rising tensions in the Middle East.Leeds, who is married to a Zimbabwean, became known in Uganda in 2024 when he donated a hospital ward worth about Shs1
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22 Feb '26
Johannesburg, South Africa – Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, finds himself embroiled in a serious legal battle following his arrest on Thursday, 19 February 2026, for attempted murder. The incident, a shooting at his opulent Hyde Park