Uruguay's José Mujica, world's 'poorest president', dies
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world's "po...
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ActionAid Urges UN to Lead Global Debt Resolution as IMF, World Bank Face Criticism
ActionAid has criticised the outcomes of the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling for the United Nations to take over the...
Museveni summons the NRM Parliamentary Caucus to State House Entebbe
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus will meet at State House Entebbe on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 12pm.The meeting was confirmed by Denis Hamson Obu...
Mukono Residents Block Kampala- Jinja Highway in Protest Over Dust
Residents of Kigombya village in Mukono Municipality on Friday blocked the Kampala–Jinja highway, setting fires in the middle of the road to protest its deteriorat...
Uganda Takes the Helm as Co-Chair of Global Climate Finance Coalition
Uganda has assumed co-chairmanship of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action at the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary...
Tariffs, Crashing Equities, Recession? - What On Earth Is Going On?
I’ve spent much of the past quarter of the year zigzagging across Europe and the US, cursing Vladimir Lenin as I went. He is reputed to have coined the phrase â�...
Govt Eyes Billions in New Taxes on Beer, Cigarettes
Henry Musasizi, Minister of State for Finance, presented the seven Tax Bills to Parliament’s Finance Committee, outlining the government’s strategies to boo...
Elias Nalukoola Under Fire For Taking UGX 350 Millions From Government, Opposition In Limbo
Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi, a newly elected Member of Parliament representing Kawempe North under the National Unity Platform (NUP), has found himself at the center of con...
Museveni appoints Dr. Atingi-Ego as BOU governor, Prof. Nuwagaba as deputy
Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego (L), the newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Uganda, and Prof. Agustus Nuwagaba (R), the new Deputy Governor, take the reins at the central b...
Broke Museveni Gov’t Moves To Cut Cultural Leaders’ Salaries From Shs60m To Shs 5M, Reasons Revealed
A Lusoga proverb says, “If you refuse to honor your elders, you will struggle to find guidance in times of need.†This saying is proving true as the governmen...