President Museveni Unveils Individualized Water Plan for Wealth Creators in Karamoja, Pledges More Roads, Schools and Hospitals

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has unveiled a new government initiative to establish individualized water systems aimed at supporting commercial farmers and small-scale producers, as part of a broader effort to eradicate poverty through wealth...

Aster volunteers rolls out mobile medical unit in Chad

Past AVMMS vehicles have entered countries including Ethiopia, Sudan, Somaliland, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Lebanon, Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Rwanda, and Uganda in coordination with The Big Heart Foundation chaired by Sheikha Jawahar Al...

MTN Uganda launches Phase Three of Changemakers, sets aside Shs 500m for 25 community projects

By David Mwanje MTN Uganda has rolled out the third phase of its Change makers Initiative, committing Shs 500 million through the MTN Foundation to support 25 new community projects in education, health, water and environmental sustainability, and...

Global Disease Outbreaks: A 2025 Snapshot and Implications for the U.S.

Each year, there are multiple infectious disease outbreaks (defined as the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what is expected) throughout the world. Some of these become severe and have global and domestic implications, including, most...

Researchers stunned after discovering new way to protect babies from serious health threat: 'Beyond even our wildest expectations'

"A really large reduction." by Nicole WesthoffOctober 29, 2025 The fight against one of the world's tiniest predators might become a little easier after a stunning discovery. According to NPR, the same treatment that protects military uniforms can...

Mapping Uganda’s climate future

Dan Bunter, a consultant from EDI Global presents findings on Uganda’s climate vulnerability mapping and climate change risk analysis during a national validation workshop held Oct.22-23 in Entebbe. COURTESY PHOTO/AGRA. Why climate vulnerability...

Medical workers threaten to sue govt over allowances.

27 October 2025 Medical doctors threaten to drag government to court over its decision to halt giving out allowances to medical interns and Senior House Officers. This after government revealed that effective this financial year, medical interns...

The Last Mile of Excellence: Why service centers are the future of customer experience

Uganda Baati opened showroom in Iganga last year. This branch demonstrates the company’s commitment to bringing services closer to its clients according to company executives OPINION | Patrick Katende | Customer service has become one of the most...

Museveni applauds Indian community for boosting Uganda’s economy

Despite initial setbacks, climaxing in the 1972 economic war orchestrated by then-President Idi Amin Dada, the Indian community has continued to make a significant contribution to the country’s economic growth. Reports from the ministry of Finance...

From ideas to impact: How youths are revolutionizing agriculture in Uganda

Uganda’s story is one of youths and potential. With more than 70 per cent of the population under the age of 30, our young people are the pulse of the nation; they are creative, determined and unafraid to innovate. Agriculture is no exception; it...

Inside Uganda’s highway of death

The mangled wreckage of the Nile Star coach that was involved in a devastating crash with another bus (Planet) in the early morning hours of Oct.22 in Kiryandongo District along the Kampala-Gulu Highway. COURTESY PHOTO/UGANDA RED CROSS SOCIETY. A...

Can the Uganda Police Force be redeemed: Some reflections on the futility of ‘democratic policing’ in an autocratic state Part 3

Police block presidential candidate Bobi Wine in BuyendeI start with an apology for the non-appearance of this column last week. The spirit was willing, but ill-health meant that body was too weak to oblige. Prior to the hiatus, the two previous...

Saving gorillas, saving communities: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka’s One Health approach

Threatened: Mountain gorillas will come under increasing stress as global temperatures increase. Photo: Robert Haasmann Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka still remembers the day in 1999 that her work — and her worldview — shifted. As Uganda’s first wildlife...

Uganda prisons chief decries rising number of female inmates

The Uganda Prisons Service has raised concern over the growing number of female inmates, warning that the increase is worsening congestion and undermining rehabilitation efforts across the country. Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons and...

When identity becomes costume: why schools must rethink Black History Month

LAST MONTH my daughter’s grammar school sent home a note celebrating Black History Month. It read: “As we continue Black History Month celebrations, the Equity Prefects are holding a Flag Fest Day this Friday. Students can wear their own clothes...

Human rights groups petition diplomatic missions over Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda

Human rights organisations have petitioned several diplomatic missions to intervene in securing the release of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, two Kenyan nationals who were abducted nearly a month ago in Uganda. Amnesty International, Vocal Africa,...

Nakivale (Uganda) : tuberculosis threatens refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, October 27, 2025 – About fifteen refugees have been admitted since the beginning of October to the Nyarugugu Health Center IV, designated to receive all tuberculosis cases in the Nakivale camp, Uganda. Awareness and...

Reagan: New York takes a hard left turn

It looks like the people of New York are going to elect a socialist on Tuesday. Unless there’s a last-minute miracle, the polls say Zohran Kwame Mamdani will defeat former governor Andrew Cuomo and become the mayor of America’s most populated and...

KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Come on Keir Starmer - be brave and be bold to stop Nigel Farage'

"The whole world isn’t going down the right-wing plug hole and Starmer, if he opened his eyes, would find ­inspiration to confront and beat Farage’s divisive, fear-based politics with fairness and decency in Britain" Keir Starmer(Image: Anadolu...

Bleeding Sudan: How Gold, Guns, and Gulf Interests Fuel Africa’s Forgotten War

Caleb Ta. (Dr.) Independent Researcher in African Political Affairs; Human Rights Advocate Date: November 02, 2025 Introduction: A Forgotten War at the Heart of Africa While the world’s cameras remain fixed on Gaza and Ukraine, another war burns...