Jinja, Uganda | URN | Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja (RHHJ) is targeting to screen 45,000 men for prostate cancer across the Busoga sub-region and neighbouring districts as it steps up efforts to promote early detection of the disease. The campaign follows an increase in the number of men approaching …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The United Nations Trade and Development agency has warned that rising public debt interest costs are increasingly squeezing spending on health, education and other development priorities in developing countries, with Uganda among the countries facing a particularly heavy interest burden. In its latest A World …

  Busia, Uganda | URN | Calls to redirect money spent on national Independence Day celebrations towards improving health services have emerged in Busia District, where residents say persistent drug stockouts and inadequate hospital facilities continue to affect access to treatment. As Uganda marked 64 years of independence on October …

Arua, Uganda | URN | When Ayikoru Edith, not her real name, was growing up, she expected the adults around her to prepare her for the challenges of becoming a young woman. But the 16-year-old says that guidance never came. In 2023, while preparing to sit her Primary Leaving Examinations, Ayikoru …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Tooro Kingdom has announced the resumption of the fifth edition of the Amasaza football and netball tournament, which was suspended following the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV in August. The tournament, which kicked off on July 12, 2026, had reached …

  Cotton output fell from 78,000 tonnes in 1972 to 14,000 tonnes in 1976 and just 2,000 tonnes in 1987.   NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | As Uganda marks 64 years of independence, cotton remains one of the country’s traditional cash crops, but production and export earnings have fallen far …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The shortage of bitumen and delays in relocating utility services could derail Kampala Capital City Authority’s (KCCA) target of completing most ongoing road construction works by December 2026. KCCA says construction has progressed well across several divisions, but contractors still need bitumen to surface some …

Busia, Uganda | URN | Uganda has been urged to urgently complete a 12-kilometre road linking Lumino Sub-county in Busia District to the Mulwanda border point, where Kenya has already extended its road network to the border river. The proposed road would open a third border connection between Uganda and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Benard Feni, founder and chief executive officer of Euro Gold Refinery Uganda Ltd, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Malaria Free Uganda, a national initiative supporting efforts to eliminate malaria as a public health threat. The appointment, made by Health Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | An X account formerly used by former Speaker of parliament, Anita Annet Among has been renamed @GlobalAfricaHQ, stripped of its previous posts and repurposed as a pan-African news platform. It is not clear who authorised the change and whether the account was voluntarily transferred or …