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Uganda

For insulting Uganda’s president, TikToker jailed for 32 months.

A 21-year-old has become the latest Ugandan TikToker to be sent to prison after creating a video that was said to insult President Yoweri Museveni. Emmanuel Nabugodi appeared for the sentencing on Monday after pleading guilty last week to four...

Ugandan TikTokers held for insulting first family.

Two Ugandans have been detained for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni and the president's son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on the video-sharing platform, TikTok. Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis remanded 21-year-old David Ssengozi, alias Lucky Choice, and Isaiah...

Uganda: 30th anniversary celebration of the coronation of King of Buganda

Thousands of Ugandans on Monday thronged the palace grounds of the country's largest kingdom Buganda, defying rain as they danced and ululated to mark 30 years since the coronation of King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. Dressed in traditional attire --...

Invest in Uganda Energies African Energy Week (AEW) Spotlight to Promote East African Country’s Energy Potential

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is proud to announce that African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 – taking place October 16-20 in Cape Town – will host an Invest in...

It appears that oil drilling will proceed in the national forest of Uganda.

It looks like oil drilling is set to go ahead in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park after a French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies. Together with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and state-owned Uganda National...

Two more supplies of the Ebola vaccine arrive in Uganda.

Health authorities in Uganda have announced changes in the strategy used to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the country.  The announcement follows the arrival in Uganda of two more shipments of the Ebola-trial vaccine. "The trial will not stop. What will be done is only a revision of the protocol to change the methodology from giving...

IMF and Uganda reach a $240 million funding arrangement.

Uganda and the International Monetary Fund have reached an agreement for 240 million US dollars in financing. The IMF staff made the announcement Wednesday (Dec. 21). The deal on economic policies concludes the 2nd & 3rd reviews under the Extended...

Uganda to send 1,000 troops to regional force against M23 in DRC

Uganda’s army said on Monday that it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of instability. Uganda will be the...

Congo rebels seize eastern border town

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the eastern town of Bunagana on the border with Uganda, local activists said on Monday, in a setback for Congolese forces who had said a day earlier they had...

Rugby: Ghana fail in World Cup, C’wealth Games bid

At the weekend, Ghana's rugby men’s team, The Eagles, failed in their attempt to book spots at this year’s rugby World Cup as well as the Commonwealth Games when they failed to advance from the round-robin stage of the...
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“Parliament Adjourns to January 2 Without Approving Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation”

Parliament has adjourned its seventh meeting of the fourth session of the Eighth Parliament to January 2, 2025, without...
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