Tag: Uganda

January 14, 2021

David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, has revealed his support for Bobi Wine as his favored candidate in the Ugandan ...

Presidential Poll: Ugandan opposition leader warns against rigging

January 12, 2021

Uganda’s main opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, on Tuesday warned of planned rigging by the ruling ...

Uganda fixes January 14 for 2021 presidential election

Facebook closes Ugandan govt-linked accounts ahead of elections

January 11, 2021

Social media giant, Facebook, says it has closed several accounts linked to Uganda’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology ahead ...

2 Nigerian singers detained in Uganda regain freedom

December 16, 2020

Nigerian singers Omah Lay and Tems have regained freedom after two days in police custody in Uganda.

Nigerian Singer arrested in Uganda begins hunger strike

December 15, 2020

Nigerian singer, Tems has gone on hunger strike after being arrested alongside Omah Lay in Uganda.

Uganda’s electoral body warns of presidential campaigns cancellation

November 20, 2020

Uganda’s Electoral Commission on Friday warned that it may cancel the presidential campaigns if there is continued violation of guidelines.

Obasanjo jets to Ethiopia for mediation

November 16, 2020

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo is travelling to Ethiopia to try and start negotiations between Ethiopia’s federal government and the ...

COVID-19: Police arrest 100 partygoers for flouting lockdown directive

July 27, 2020

Uganda’s Police on Sunday arrested over 100 partygoers for flouting COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures, authorities said on Monday.

Nigeria listed among 41 countries in need of food assistance

September 20, 2019

A report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, on Thursday, titled, “Crop Prospect and Food Situation,” has listed ...

Uganda’s ruling party endorses President Museveni for sixth-term run

February 20, 2019

Uganda’s ruling party has backed its leader of over three decades, Yoweri Museveni, to run for a sixth term as ...

Fight Against Deforestation: UNHCR to plant 20m trees in Uganda

February 6, 2019

The UN Refugee Agency in Uganda says it plans to plant 20 million trees this year to plug the deforestation ...

UNHCR says 20,000 South Sudan refugees return home from Uganda

February 6, 2019

The UN Refugee Agency on Wednesday said that over 20,000 South Sudanese Refugees had voluntarily returned home from Uganda following ...

Musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi (C) is joined by other activists in Kampala on July 11, 2018 in Kampala during a demonstration to protest a controversial tax on the use of social media. Police fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a rowdy crowd during the protests. Since the beginning of the month access to media such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, as well as dating sites Tinder and Grindr, have been blocked unless users pay a 200-shilling ($0.05, 0.04 euro) daily tax. In a statement, Uganda's President justified the move saying many citizens did not pay their taxes as they were meant to, and should not "donate money to foreign companies through chatting or even lying" on social media. / AFP PHOTO / Isaac Kasamani

Uganda to ‘review’ social media tax after outcry

July 11, 2018

Uganda will review a tax on the use of social media, the prime minister said Wednesday after a protest against ...

Financial Sector Deepening Fund: AfDB approves $10m equity investment

June 9, 2018

The African Development Bank, AfDB, says it has approved 10 million dollars equity investment in financial sector deepening fund to ...

23 radio stations closed for ‘promoting witchcraft’

March 28, 2018

“The radios have been promoting witchcraft. People claimed on these radios to cure diseases like AIDS and cancer,’’

UN urges Uganda to probe refugee trafficking, corruption

February 5, 2018

Uganda must investigate allegations of "human trafficking" and corruption in refugee camps, the UN's top official in the country told ...

Three killed by suspected rebels in eastern DR Congo

January 22, 2018

Suspected Ugandan Islamist rebels killed three civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite an offensive by government troops, sources ...

500 DRC refugees flee into Uganda after attacks on rebels: Military

December 29, 2017

The Ugandan military on Friday said 500 people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) fled to Uganda over ...

Uganda name Frenchman Desabre as new coach

December 28, 2017

Uganda appointed Frenchman Sebastian Desabre on Thursday as their new coach on a two-year deal to replace Milutin Sredojevic who ...

Uganda Marburg virus outbreak is contained, says WHO

December 8, 2017

Uganda has contained an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus weeks after it emerged, the World Health Organization said Friday, ...

At least 13 dead in Uganda flooding

September 27, 2017

Rainstorms in western Uganda caused flooding that swamped houses, killing at least 13 people including two babies, police said Wednesday. ...

37-yr-old Ugandan woman sets world record with 38 kids