Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, Ambassador Olara Otunnu, has improved his standing in the second informal Security Council straw poll, increasing his “encouraged” votes from two to five, although he remains some distance from the leading candidates in the race. The second-round results, received …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | For residents living along Hoima Road in Nansana, crossing from one side of the road to the other has become one of the most dangerous parts of daily life. A routine trip to a shop, church or taxi stage can mean waiting for up to …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Paratus Uganda has launched Starlink’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet service for enterprise customers, becoming the first provider in Uganda to offer the service following the formal licensing of Starlink. The launch follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and operational licence agreement …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday received the first batch of Ebola vaccine doses as it stepped up efforts to contain the ongoing outbreak that has infected more than 5,000 people and killed over 2,500. A total of 16,520 doses of the …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The Security Council on Friday held its second straw poll on the candidates for the next UN secretary-general. “The second round of straw polls has taken place,” said Christina Markus Lassen, the UN ambassador of Denmark, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Security …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court granted embattled lawyer Male Mabirizi mandatory bail after finding that he had spent more than the constitutionally prescribed 60 days on remand without his trial commencing. Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa, on Friday, delivered the ruling in Kampala and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (UGEITI) will release its fifth report on September 23 in Kampala, officials announced on Thursday. The report is expected to provide updated information on Uganda’s oil, gas and mining sectors, including revenues, production, corporate participation and the contribution …

Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Euro Gold Refinery has launched a new mining site in Yumbe District, marking the company’s entry into what it hopes will become a significant expansion of its gold operations in the West Nile region. The project, officially launched by State Minister for Energy and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The rollout of new national identity cards has come under fresh scrutiny in Parliament, with MPs reporting that failures in the cards’ Quick Response (QR) code verification system are leaving citizens unable to access essential services. Patrick Okello Onguti, Democratic Party MP for Aswa County, …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as the epidemic surpasses 5,000 cases, spreads into new areas and prompts authorities to pursue experimental vaccines …