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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has opposed a proposal to develop part of Kampala’s Constitutional Square into an eco-friendly hotel and shopping mall, warning that it will challenge any attempt to alienate the public land in court. In a media briefing on Monday, FDC …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kidepo Valley’s rangers will return to the Wildlife Ranger Challenge this month with a target on their backs. The team has won Uganda’s annual 21-kilometre “Race for Wildlife” for three consecutive years. On 19 September, it will attempt to make it four — this time …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | There is heavy security deployment at the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) headquarters and Katonga Road in Kampala, preventing party members and staff from accessing the offices ahead of a planned protest march to the Judiciary headquarters. Field Force Unit (FFU), anti-riot police and traffic officers …

Masaka, Uganda | URN | Dozens of people claiming to be victims of election violence have gathered outside Masaka High Court, demanding justice as hearings of petitions challenging the February 15 parliamentary elections get underway. The group, dressed in yellow overalls bearing portraits of Hellen Nakeeya, the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate …

Arua, Uganda | URN | West Nile is set to become the first region to formally endorse Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s bid for the Ugandan presidency in 2031, with supporters of the Patriotic League of Uganda-PLU preparing for a major mobilisation event in Arua City. The endorsement is scheduled for today, September …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s long-awaited first commercial oil production is now expected by June 2027, after the government again revised its production timeline, raising fresh questions about a project whose delivery dates have shifted repeatedly over the past two decades. The latest indication was given when Finance Minister …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Friday that its ongoing Ebola outbreak is “under control” and has passed its peak, although local flare-ups, continued transmission and the spread of the disease to a seventh province point to persistent risks. …

NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | From the 1977 EAC breakup to the Rift Valley Railways concession and today’s missing wagons, Uganda’s railway records reveal decades of investment but no continuous account of where the assets ended up. After the collapse of the East African Community (EAC) in 1977, the Uganda …

Kitgum, Uganda | URN | Residents in Kitgum District are calling for the decentralisation of national identification services to sub-counties to reduce the distance and costs involved in accessing National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) services. The residents say the current arrangement, where they are required to travel to designated …

NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The decision by the government to name its crude oil “Pearl Sweet” has generated debate, with some questioning why the crude oil to be produced from the Albertine Graben needs a name as the country approaches first oil. The debate has gained traction on social …