Uganda Gold Scam Turns Deadly as British-Zimbabwean Buyer Is Killed
Gold scams in Uganda are becoming increasingly violent, with criminals now using firearms, abductions and killings instead of relying only on fake documents to defraud bu...
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Six-Year-Old Found Strangled in Abandoned Building in Mayuge
Residents of Budhebela Village in Mayuge Town Council are in shock after a six-year-old boy who had been sent on an errand was allegedly strangled and his body dumped in...
Mpigi Residents Demand Action Over Dangerous Gravel Pit Left by Road Project
Residents of Kinyinabo Village in Buwama Sub-county, Mpigi District, have appealed to authorities to intervene and ensure a dangerous gravel pit allegedly left behind dur...
Kiboga: One Arrested, Three on the Run for Aiding Abortion
Police in Kiboga District are holding a 17-year-old girl and hunting for three other suspects over an alleged illegal abortion and disposal of a fetus in a pit latrine. T...
Highway terror: Armed robbers disguised as passengers hijack Kampala-bound taxi, vehicle recovered in Soroti
Police in Budaka District are investigating a daring highway robbery in which armed thugs disguised as passengers hijacked a Kampala-bound taxi, robbed occupants at gunpo...
Three-Week Search Ends in Tragedy as Missing Taxi Driver Is Found Dead
Police in Mbarara have recovered the dismembered body of a taxi driver who had been missing for more than three weeks, in a case that has shocked residents and prompted a...
Amongi’s fall from grace tests UPC-NRM alliance
Former Gender minister and Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) stalwart Betty Amongi is among those who were dropped from their ministerial positions in the Cabinet reshuffle t...
Abducted school director’s wife dumped near home
The wife of a school director in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District, who was abducted by unidentified armed men, was on Saturday night dumped near her home after nearly...
Ibanda police retrieve body of minor dumped in river
Police in Ibanda District have recovered the body of a young girl believed to have been murdered and dumped near a riverbank in a case that has shocked residents of Iband...
US sanctions Tanzania police chief over torture of Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 21st that Tanzanian Police Force Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele has been designated under Sec...