Bugweri, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Every Saturday afternoon, farmers converge at the home of Nathan Mununuzi, turning his compound into an informal training ground where poultry is taught not as subsistence activity, but as a structured rural enterprise. What is unfolding here is part of a broader shift under the Food …

Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A lecture at the National Resistance Movement (NRM) retreat in Kyankwanzi has pushed Uganda’s governance model back into focus, recasting what is often treated as a constitutional question into a matter of economic management and market stability. Prof. Gerald Kagambirwe, addressing party leaders, challenged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In one of Africa’s most epidemiologically sensitive ecosystems, the gap between detection and response remains a defining vulnerability. The Greater Virunga Landscape where humans, livestock, and wildlife interact daily has long been identified as a potential hotspot for zoonotic spillovers, with implications that extend …

Moroto, Uganda | URN | Cattle rustling in Karamoja fell by 12.9% in 2025, with joint security forces recovering 2,197 of the 2,375 cattle stolen, according to new police statistics. However, the same report recorded zero cases of animal theft in the sub-region, sparking concern from local leaders who say …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Court of Appeal has ruled that decisions of the High Court made in the exercise of its revisionary powers, including judicial review orders, are final and cannot be appealed. The ruling arose from an appeal challenging a decision by Justice Jane Frances Abodo, who had …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A prolonged crisis in Uganda’s tea sector—marked by financial strain, market challenges, and weak regulation—has forced the government to step in with new laws and a planned 310 billion shillings investment to revive the industry. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, said the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Christopher Onyum Okello, the 39-year-old accused of the gruesome murder of four toddlers at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, pleaded not guilty Monday morning as his trial commenced. Okello faces four counts of murder, contrary to Sections 171 and 172 of the Penal Code Act. …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a scathing condemnation of the country’s criminal justice system, alleging it has devolved into a tool for selective political persecution that protects the powerful while “crushing” ordinary citizens. The criticism follows public remarks by President Yoweri Museveni during an …

TEL AVIV | TASS | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing to resume military operations against Tehran after the negotiations between the United States and Iran “collapsed,” The Times of Israel reported, citing what it called a coordinated leak by Israeli defense officials to three major TV channels. Channel 12 reported, …

WASHINGTON | TASS | US President Donald Trump sharply criticized Pope Leo XIV, saying the pontiff was elected only thanks to the United States. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was dissatisfied with the pope, who does not approve of US actions against Venezuela. “Leo should be …