The Ugandan army confirmed Sunday it has sent troops to another town in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears a raging conflict could spiral into a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy ...

Once regarded as East Africa’s food basket, Uganda is rapidly losing its agricultural dominance as local horticultural produce disappears from market stalls, replaced by imports from ...

Ugandan conservationist Mwezi Badru Mugerwa has been awarded the Indianapolis Prize’s Emerging Conservationist Award for 2025. Mugerwa has dedicated the past 15 years working with local ...

A Ugandan and United Nations judge was convicted in UK on Thursday (March 13) of forcing a young woman to work as a slave while she studied for a PhD at Oxford University.

Kampala’s military chief announced on Tuesday that the troops had been sent to help “secure” Juba, the capital of Uganda’s northern neighbour. Tension between President Salva Kiir and ...

John Bosco fled Uganda to seek safety, but what he found in Canada was a different kind of struggle. “What I have seen in this country is that people try to help, but those are very few people ...

Some of the music released in 2005 is still dominating airwaves and formed a bigger part of what defines Ugandan music. The year 2005 was the first time most of the popular local artistes found ...

Picture: PHILÉMON BARBIER / AFP Uganda's role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and ...

"Our troops have entered Mahagi town and we are in control," Uganda's defence and military affairs spokesman Felix Kulayigye told French news agency AFP on Sunday. The deployment was requested by ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir and Stephanie Nolen Abdi Latif Dahir reported from Kampala and Mbale in Uganda. Stephanie Nolen covers global health. March 6, 2025 The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened ...

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the soldiers had gone to the ...