Kampala, Uganda | URN | Nutrition activists are calling for greater attention to the nutritional needs of adolescents and young people, warning that Uganda’s traditional focus on malnutrition among children under five is leaving older children with less attention. The call was made during a three-day Sports for Health tournament …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government is targeting US$5 billion in annual tourism receipts by 2030, more than three times the US$1.62 billion earned from international tourism last year, Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has said. Musasizi said achieving the target will require Uganda to go beyond increasing tourist numbers …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has demolished two buildings under construction in Nakasero over alleged violations of building regulations, including construction without approved building plans and development on land reserved for roads. The first demolition began around midday on Thursday along Nakasero Road, near …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has dismissed as fabricated allegations made by a junior officer who released a 30-minute video statement accusing the army of running secret detention facilities, torture and enforced disappearances. Herbert Matanda Mabonga, who identifies himself as an intelligence officer formerly attached …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Exim Bank Uganda has backed Yangtze Industry Ltd’s expansion into manufacturing with financing for a new glue production facility at the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, as Uganda seeks to deepen local production and reduce reliance on imported products, officials said in a statement …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda is positioning digital innovation and artificial intelligence (AI) as drivers of tourism growth, President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday as the country marked World Tourism Day. Museveni made the remarks while presiding over a national World Tourism Day commemoration held in the eastern district of …

Kabale, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Kabale has declared a man who disappeared more than 40 years ago presumed dead, paving the way for his family to obtain a death certificate and begin proceedings to administer his estate. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere made the declaration on September 29, …

OPINION | REHEMA KAHUNDE | For decades, Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) has grappled with poor public transport which is mainly dominated by the 14-seater minibus taxis and two-wheeled motorcycles (boda boda). The safety of road users, especially passengers and pedestrians, is among the enormous challenges of the transport system …

Busia, Uganda | URN | With Kenya’s next General Election scheduled for August 10, 2027, Uganda’s ruling NRM party has warned its leaders and residents in border communities against involving themselves in Kenyan politics, saying political tensions could disrupt cross-border trade and relations between communities. NRM national treasurer Barbra Nekesa …

Lamu, Kenya | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has backed the construction of a mega petroleum refinery at Lamu in Kenya, but says Uganda will not invest in the project for now. Museveni says that before the Dangote East Africa Refinery project was finalised, he held discussions with Nigerian businessman …