NEWS

  Life insurance drives record growth, even as most Ugandans remain outside the formal safety net   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s insurance industry reached a historic milestone in 2025 after gross written premiums (GWP) surpassed the Shs2 trillion mark for the first time, signalling a maturing sector …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The current shutdown of the Daily Monitor and its sister outlets under Nation Media Group, including NTV Uganda, Spark TV, KFM, and Dembe FM, marks the third time the media house has been forced to suspend operations following a state security crackdown. A look through …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Government of Uganda has announced plans to evacuate Ugandan nationals from South Africa following rising anti-migrant violence and xenophobic protests targeting foreign nationals. In a press statement issued on June 28th, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni had directed that …

  Munich, Germany | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has opened its first cultural and tourism festival in Germany, a three-day event in Munich that organisers describe as the largest Ugandan public event held in their country to date. The festival opened on Thursday with traditional drumming, drawing Ugandans from across Germany …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Residents and small business operators around Nation Media Group (NMG) offices in Namuwongo have described scenes of fear and uncertainty after armed soldiers mounted an overnight operation that shut down the Daily Monitor newspaper, KFM and Dembe FM Sunday morning. The same operation also …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Security agencies on Sunday picked up two civil society leaders and lawyers, Sarah Bireete and Eunice Musiime, and later released them after hours of questioning. Bireete, the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance, and Musiime, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Women Advocating …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | A growing number of child-headed families on Kisima II Island in Jinja City are struggling to survive, with many children dropping out of school to take responsibility for siblings after being abandoned by their parents. Kisima II Primary School, located on the island, started the 2026 …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Mental health experts have warned that Uganda does not have enough trained counsellors to meet the growing demand for counselling services, particularly in communities outside major urban centres. Speaking during the Second National Counsellors’ Summit at Kyambogo University on Thursday, Uganda Counsellors Association (UCA) President Elizabeth …

  NMG Staff Stranded As Security Forces Seal Offices, Shut Down Stations   Kampala, Uganda | URN | Employees of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda woke up to restricted access and disrupted operations on Sunday morning after security forces moved into the media company’s offices in Kampala, leading to the …

Arua, Uganda | URN | Whoever succeeds Anthony Akol as chairperson of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) will inherit more than a leadership position. The next chairperson will take charge of a regional caucus still struggling to regain its influence after years of internal divisions, while confronting unresolved issues ranging …