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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Benard Feni, founder and chief executive officer of Euro Gold Refinery Uganda Ltd, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Malaria Free Uganda, a national initiative supporting efforts to eliminate malaria as a public health threat. The appointment, made by Health Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | An X account formerly used by former Speaker of parliament, Anita Annet Among has been renamed @GlobalAfricaHQ, stripped of its previous posts and repurposed as a pan-African news platform. It is not clear who authorised the change and whether the account was voluntarily transferred or …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | School fees disputes and morning rains disrupted the start of the 2026 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations on Monday, with some candidates facing the threat of being locked out over unpaid balances while headteachers in several districts struggled to collect examination papers on time. …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s latest extractive-sector transparency report contains major contradictions in official mineral trade data, including a discrepancy of almost 11.7 trillion Shillings in reported mineral exports and conflicting records of the country’s gold imports and exports. The report also reveals conflicting gold export records between …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Several government-aided schools have received their third-term capitation grants nearly a month after reopening, easing weeks of financial strain caused by the delay. The funds were credited to school accounts at the end of last week, according to several headteachers who spoke to Uganda …

  The partnership between ECOTRUST and the thousands of local communities in the Rwenzoris is building more resilient livelihoods while restoring one of Uganda’s most important ecosystems.   Kasese, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT  |  The Rwenzori Mountains Landscape is home to over 31,000 Trees for Global Benefit (TGB) Programme smallholder …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Psychiatrists from across the country gathered in Kampala Wednesday to celebrate a milestone that has taken Uganda decades to achieve; the country now has 100 psychiatrists actively in service. Dr Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga, President of the Uganda Association of Psychiatrists, says Uganda operated for …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Eastern Uganda has recorded the highest level of noncompliance among fuel retailers in the country, accounting for nearly half of all violations detected by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) in August 2026. The latest Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme (FQMP) report shows that 58 …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kabweri County Member of Parliament Patrick Godfrey Wakida has blamed Uganda’s weakening shilling on domestic economic pressures, including declining foreign currency inflows, investor uncertainty and rising demand for dollars, arguing that the country’s economic challenges cannot be explained solely by external shocks. In an October …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | URN | Sebei leaders are pressing the government to extend its cattle-restocking programme to the sub-region, arguing that communities that lost livestock through cattle raids have been left out of an intervention currently benefiting other parts of the country. The demand comes as the government moves to …