Caught in the shadows: Painful reality of elephantiasis
It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kam...
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Families deal with losses after Kigogwa tanker explosion
A teenager who died while trying to rescue children who were caught up in the Kigogwa fuel tanker blaze has been described as selfless. Joseph Muwonge, 19, chose not to...
Kigogwa fuel tanker explosion: What we know so far
At least 10 bodies had by Tuesday evening been recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Wakiso District. Another perso...
Senior Tanzanian opposition party official abducted, injured
Unidentified people abducted, beat and seriously injured a senior Tanzanian opposition party official before dumping her in a forest, her party said on Sunday, a month af...
Inside Uganda’s death by suicide puzzle
In June this year, Kampala registered the highest cases of suicides in a single month, most of them involving high-profile individuals. Mr Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala...
VIDEO: Questions linger over Shs10 trillion SGR cost
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counter...
Why African leaders guard secrets around their health
Rumours of ill-health have engulfed two African presidents in recent weeks, sparking contrasting responses and exposing how the wellbeing of leaders is often treated as a...
Why Arts teachers have to wait longer for a salary raise
President Museveni has once again told teachers of humanities that their salaries won't be enhanced soon as they continue investing funds in the countryâs priority a...
Six perish in grisly road crash on Gulu-Kampala Highway
A devastating head-on collision between an Omnibus taxi and a Fuso truck on the Gulu-Kampala Highway in Luweero District on Wednesday claimed six lives and left five othe...
One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from Buenos Aires hotel balcony
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead outside a hotel in Buenos Aires after the 31-year-old fell from his third-floor room balcony, Argentine police said...