South Sudan’s Nairobi embassy closes due to unpaid
South Sudanese diplomatic staff say their country’s embassy in Nairobi has been closed due to the government’s failure to pay rent for several months.Speaki...
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Court of Appeal orders govt to pay Shs 33bn to Iraqi Fund
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High court decision that had cancelled a payment of $8.7 million (about Shs 33 billion) owed by the Government of Uganda to the Iraqi...
Gold on pace for its best year since 1979 — but one analyst thinks prices have peaked
Gold (GC=F) futures sat near $4,000 per ounce on Friday, remaining steady after last month’s sharp sell-off but raising questions over where the precious metal is...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow
Sergey Lavrov has been the face of Russian diplomacy for over two decades and previously served as Russia’s ambassador to the UN.The news out of Moscow is a bit of...
Police launch crackdown on election violence, arrest several in Mbarara
The Uganda Police Force has announced a major crackdown on incidents of election-related violence, citing a growing pattern of attacks on officers, destruction of governm...
Latest Report: HIV Now a Women’s Disease in Uganda, 7 Out of 10 New Victims Are Girls
Despite years of progress in the fight against HIV, the epidemic in Uganda continues to wear skirts and dresses. National data shows that out of an estimated 1.5 million...
Ukraine fails to knock out energy grid in Kursk border areas
According to Oleg Ivanov, the Ukrainian forces are attempting to cut the border areas of the Kursk Region off from power, but they have not succeeded in completely disabl...
EACOP starts 7.5KM road construction to link Hoima oil rich villages
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd, the company leading the development of Uganda’s crude oil export pipeline, in partnership with Hoima City, has com...
Uganda Police’s VVIP commander Ronald Mutabazi found dead at home
Details of his passing were still scanty by Friday morning, but reports indicate that his lifeless body was discovered at his home in the morning hours.SP Ronald Mutabazi...
AU condemns Tanzanian deadly election
Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union, adding to mounting international pressure on President Samia Sul...