CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the United States and Iran tread a bumpy road toward a potential deal to end hostilities, both sides have traded fire over the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, turning the strategic waterway into a tinderbox. The recent tensions over the strait have exposed …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports has clarified that public school teachers will not be paid based on attendance during the current financial year, calming growing anxiety among teachers following reports of an imminent rollout of the policy. Mary Frances Atima, the Director for Education …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in underserved districts is gradually improving following the rollout of a new national initiative that is bringing information, services, and support closer to communities. The SAY Plus+ Programme, launched with support from the …

Kabale, Uganda | URN | Several residents in Kabale Municipality, whose houses were marked for demolition under the enforcement of the Trade Order Act, have begun renovating the structures despite warnings from authorities that the buildings will still be demolished. In February 2026, the government started implementing the Trade Order …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Several parents, students, and education stakeholders are backing the government’s planned review of public university sponsorship programmes. They point to long-standing inequities in the system where students from “more privileged” backgrounds often secure sponsorship ahead of high-performing learners from low-income families. The review was officially …

Pakwach, Uganda | URN | Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya has challenged the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development over claims that vandalism caused the collapse of several electricity transmission towers along the Karuma–Olwiyo–Pakwach power line. The controversy follows statements by Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu and State Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda and several other African countries are yet to join the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), a delay that continues to make air travel across the continent expensive and less seamless compared to other regions. Speaking at a continental aviation workshop in Kampala, Octavio …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | What started as an unusual domestic arrangement in Kagoma-Makota village, Kagoma Town Council in Jinja District, has ended with village leaders mediating a peaceful separation between two men who had been living with the same woman under one roof. Forty-six-year-old Judith Babirye had been living with …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The governments of the United States and Uganda held the first meeting of the new Joint Health Steering Committee to oversee implementation of their five-year $2.3 billion Health Memorandum of Understanding signed last December. Co-chaired by the U.S. Ambassador to Uganda William W. Popp and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Electoral Commission (EC) has released the roadmap for the by-election of the District Woman Member of Parliament for Kalangala District. According to the program signed by the EC Chairperson, Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, residents of the Ssese Islands will head to the polls on …