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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Global ride-hailing company Uber is winding down its operations in Uganda and Nigeria, ending a 12-year presence in Uganda’s increasingly competitive ride-hailing market. Uber said its operations in the two countries would end effective Wednesday, September 2, 2026, following what it described as a “thorough review” …

  The name marks a milestone, but Uganda’s real oil test begins when the first barrel reaches the market   Kikuube, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE & AGENCIES |  Uganda’s long-awaited entry into the global oil market has acquired a name, a commercial identity and, potentially, a new source of economic …

  Museveni names Uganda’s crude oil Pearl Sweet ahead of first exports   Hoima, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has named its crude oil Pearl Sweet, giving the grade a commercial identity so it can be priced, marketed and sold to international refiners as the country moves to within …

  The World Health Organisation estimates that more than one billion people globally live with a mental health condition   NEWS ANALYSIS | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  The tendency to link mental illness to violent crime is reinforcing stigma and preventing many Ugandans from seeking help, mental health specialists have warned. …

  All set for historic naming ceremony of Ugandan crude oil   Kikuube, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda will today unveil the name of its crude oil, giving the grade a commercial identity ahead of its planned entry into the global market, at a ceremony at the Kingfisher production …

  Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Personnel from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UDPF) and the Police have been deployed at the Tooro Kingdom administrative offices at Muchwa in Fort Portal City. The Muchwa also houses the kingdom’s parliamentary chambers (Orukurato Orukuru Orwensanju). The deployment followed an announcement by Tooro …

  The boy who inherited a crown and made it his own   COVER STORY | ISAAC KHISA | There are easier ways to become an adult than by becoming a king first. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV had little choice in the matter. At three, he inherited …

  But the virus is still advancing next door in DRC   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda finally got the Ebola declaration it had effectively claimed for itself a month earlier. On Thursday, Aug. 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Tooro Kingdom announced that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV is dead. The sad news was delivered to the country in an official communication from Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomire Akiiki, following a wave of speculation on …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Speaker Anita Among has tweeted for the first time since May, confirming reports that she is now free from house arrest and will not face criminal charges. She said she will soon be back in parliament. “I take this opportunity to thank …