Wine's lawyer said he was charged with unlawful assembly related to a protest that took place in 2018 against taxes on mobile money transfers and internet access
US Embassy questions government’s heavy-handed action
Critics say with such court rulings, allowing the president lifetime rule, Ugandans have no option but to take to the streets to see a change in government
State minister for foreign affairs says Uganda does not recognize ICC, which in 2009 issued a warrant for Bashir's arrest on charges of war crimes and genocide
Bloodshed saw more than 800,00 people killed over a 100 days of ethnic majority Hutus targeting minority Tutsis
Uganda's Rwandan community has commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, which saw over 800,000 people killed in 100 days of ethnic majority Hutus targeting minority Tutsis. Many Tutsis fled to neighboring countries like Uganda, where Halima Athumani has this report.
American tourist Kimberly Sue Endecott and her Ugandan driver Jean Paul were abducted last Tuesday afternoon in Queen Elizabeth National Park, which borders Congo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that only half of the children in refugee camps get any education at all
The United Nations refugee agency estimates that globally, only one in four adolescents living in refugee camps get to attend secondary school. A Finnish charity is trying to fill the gap at a refugee camp in western Uganda. Halima Athumani reports from the town of Kamwenge.
Police say gunmen kidnapped 35-year-old Kimberly Sue Endecott, and the driver, Jean Paul, and demanded half a million dollars to release captives
The $568 million dam will cut power costs, but comes not without controversy
Uganda has launched a Chinese-built hydropower dam in the eastern part of the country, which will improve access to power but at the cost of the local environment. The$568 million Isimba Hydropower Dam will cut electricity costs and put more Ugandans on the power grid, in a country where less than 30 percent of the population has access to power. But as Halima Athumani reports from Kayunga, the dam comes at a price for the local people and ecology.
World Food Program’s ‘Super Cereal’ sent out for analysis following deaths of three people, reported sickening of at least 262 others
A US diplomat says many American businesses want to invest in Africa, but they first need to first see a more positive investment environment
The U.N. envoy urges Africa's Great Lakes countries to address the root causes of conflicts in the region
Albinism is a noncontagious and genetically inherited condition that occurs worldwide, regardless of ethnicity or gender
Friday is International Women's Day with the theme, Balance for Better, a call for action to create a more gender-balanced world. But people living with Albinism, especially women, have a long road ahead in their struggle to find work. Halima Athumani, reports from Kampala.
China's growing investments in Africa led Uganda's Ministry of Education to name 35 schools countrywide where the Chinese language would be taught
Uganda's junior minister for tourism this month sparked controversy by suggesting that curvy women could be promoted as a tourist attraction. Uganda earns billions of dollars from wildlife tourism. But, the idea of adding women to that list has generated heated debate about objectifying women. Halima Athumani reports from Kampala.
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