Why Uganda’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary is carrying the pressure of a regional epidemic crisis   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Over the last decade, every time Uganda has had an Ebola outbreak, it has always found Dr Diana Atwine, Uganda’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of …

  Mmamba Kakoboza wins its first-ever BIKA Tournament title after Dramatic Shootout Victory over Nkima on Saturday; take Shs9 million cash prize   Wankulukuku, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Mmamba Kakoboza etched its name into Buganda sporting history after clinching its first-ever Airtel BIKA Tournament title with a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout …

  🇲🇺 Africa Region IV Men Team Championship– Final Results  🥇 Mauritius 🇲🇺 (+1) 🥈 Kenya 🇰🇪 (+32) 🥉 Seychelles 🇸🇨, Réunion Island 🇫🇷 & Tanzania 🇹🇿 (+39) 6⃣ Burundi 🇧🇮 (+57) Individual Championship 🥇 Adrian Andrade (Seychelles 🇸🇨) (-7) 🥈 Ludovic Bax (Mauritius 🇲🇺) (-4) 🥉 Tanishq Nobeen (Mauritius …

COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Somewhere in Kampala today, a signboard reads “For Sale”. Passersby are nodding knowingly. They have worked it out. The name is right there, embedded in the transaction. Sale. Salim “Sale(h)”. It is practically a confession. Somewhere else, another board reads “Not For Sale.” The nodding continues. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda has donated 500 child safety helmets worth more than Shs 40 million to the Uganda Police Force to support road safety awareness and enforcement campaigns targeting school-going children who use motorcycle taxis for their daily commute. The donation, made under the …

  African banks are sustaining some of the highest returns in global finance as rising profitability spreads across major markets. The gains reflect deeper financial penetration but increasingly point to a system that must now convert earnings strength into long-term efficiency, digital scale, and broader credit access.   SPECIAL REPORT …

  Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia have launched a pilot digital trade corridor aimed at enabling instant cross-border payments and reducing reliance on dollar-mediated settlement systems.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia are testing a unified digital trade corridor that allows cross-border payments to move instantly …

Kamwenge, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), is implementing the Investing in Forests and Protected Areas for Climate-Smart Development (IFPA-CD) Project, a two-year initiative funded by the World Bank. The project falls under the component titled “Intensive Mixed Use …

  According to the World Health Organization, the African region remains home to nearly two-thirds of all people living with HIV globally   Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As Uganda and other African countries seek to integrate HIV prevention into mainstream health systems, experts are warning that the shift …

PYONGYANG | Xinhua | Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of …