Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Experts have advised Ugandans and the government in particular to control spending and reprioritise expenditure, as the uncertainty of an end to the Middle East crisis grows. At the beginning of the US/Israeli war on Iran mid-February, indications based especially on the statements by the …

  African central banks are increasingly linking domestic gold refining to reserve management as countries move to retain more value from minerals. The shift reflects a broader effort to diversify away from foreign currency assets while strengthening local supply chains.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Uganda’s foreign exchange …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda and the least developed countries have expressed frustration about the failure to reform the World Trade Organization’s rules to ensure they benefit from the global trading system. Their concern stems from the just-concluded 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, at which Ugandan …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda is hosting 13 German coffee roasters and buyers in a nine-day coffee origin tour aimed at strengthening direct trade partnerships and positioning the country as a premium specialty coffee source in Europe. The Uganda-Germany Coffee Origin Trip, running from May 2–10, 2026, is being …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda said Wednesday that the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is a strategic platform for boosting trade and investment partnerships. Uganda’s participation in the fair in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, was aimed at expanding exports, attracting foreign direct investment, and …

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI |  In a little over a week, on May 12th, Ugandans will gather at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds and before their television screens to witness the swearing-in of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for an unprecedented seventh term. When he was first sworn in on January 29, 1986, Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s growing climate crisis is forcing policymakers, financiers, development agencies and agribusinesses to rethink how the country will feed itself in an era of erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and rising temperatures. At the centre of that conversation is solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS), a technology increasingly …

    The country-specific data remains limited, but the scale of sickle cell disease suggests the implications are considerable   Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  For two weeks, a 16-year-old girl living with sickle cell disease was treated for what appeared to be a stubborn chest infection. She had …

Tororo mourns veteran administrator Okoth Domitian Owor OBITUARY | THE INDEPENDENT | Mzei Okoth Domitian Owor, who passed on May 02, 2026, was a distinguished educationist, cultural leader, public servant, and patriarch whose life of service spanned over six remarkable decades. Fondly known as Otwodo, Mzei Owor, 89, lived a …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of suspected members of an international drug cartel operating in the capital, Kampala. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that a Ugandan national and two Nigerians were apprehended during an intelligence-led operation targeting a sophisticated …