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A Life of Humble Service: Pope Francis Dies at 88

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at 88 at his...

News

ARFSD Closes with Call for Women’s Leadership and Innovation

The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has officially concluded with...

Environment

Climate Change: From floods to droughts, struggles of an East Africa under threat of a food crisis

By Sarah Biryomumaisho (Uganda), Lenah Bosibori (Kenya), Emmanuel Ngabo (Rwanda), Yanne Mbiyavanga (DRC), Daniel Samson (Tanzania)...

Health

Surviving Against All Odds: A Female Sex Worker’s Fight with HIV and Stigma

In Uganda, both sex workers and youth face significant risks of HIV infection, aggravated by stigma,...

Gender

Teenage Pregnancies Soar as Floods Uproot More Families in Kasese district

By Diana Taremwa Karakire Kasese District-Uganda Kasese district in Western Uganda, has in recent times gained notoriety...

Gender

Voices Unheard: Maternal Health Challenges Among Uganda’s Batwa Community

In Kanyamahene village, Rubuguru Town Council, Kisoro District, lives 20-year-old Ampeire Genesta and her husband Guma...

Environment

A Lake on Its Deathbed; Who Can Save Lake Victoria?

By Sarah Biryomumaisho and Nalweyiso Barbra In the bustling urban heart of Kampala and its neighbouring...

International News

States urged to take action on children’s rights to a clean environment focusing on climate change

Today, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published authoritative guidance to States...

Environment

Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in West Nile Thrive Amidst Challenges

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption and a two-year dry spell in 2021 and 2022, West Nile...

Environment

From Desolation to Rejuvenation: Kamwenge Village Unites to Save Rushango Wetland

At the border of Kamwenge and Ibanda districts lies the Rushango Wetland, a once desolate and...

Feature

An indigenous womens group is addressing food insecurity while preserving traditional foods in Kibera- Africa’s largest slum

By Diana Taremwa Karakire An indigenous women’s group in Kenya’s Kibera slum is undertaking backyard sack...

News

Climate-Resilient Agriculture: USD 190M World Bank-funded project to benefit 63,200 farmers

State Minister for Animal Industry, Hon. Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore, represented the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry,...

Business

President Museveni advocates for refinery, petrochemical industry cooperation with Iran

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged H.E Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati, the leader of the Islamic Republic...

Environment

NEMA calls for immediate action as plastic waste chokes Uganda’s environment

The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Akankwasah Barirega has highlighted the grave...

Feature

The “Kaleke Kasome” Rescue Mission in Karamoja, a case of Faith

By Tusiime Tutu Child Marriages continue to persist within African Cultures. Specifically, in Uganda, in the...

International News

Commonwealth Nations Convene in London to Drive Global Transition to Sustainable Energy

Representatives from 56 Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific, and Europe will convene...

Business

Total Energies Uganda Oil Project Advances Despite Opposition From Climate Campaigners

By Diana Taremwa Karakire Total Energies is pressing on with its $10 billion oil project, in...

Feature

The Economic and Social Outcomes of Kabaale Refinery PAPs years after resettlement

When Tumuhiirwe Fausta starts singing praises for Uganda’s oil, not even David and his Song of...

Health

HIV prevention a challenge in men who have sex with men as info on event driven PrEP remains scanty

In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its recommendation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to include...

Gender

Nodding syndrome victims raped, impregnated and infected with HIV

Ariemo Milly had beaten all odds and the future was looking brighter for her. Despite being...

Feature

How involvement of men in Family Planning could harness Uganda’s Demographic Dividend

An average of three to five men receives vasectomies at Reproductive Health Uganda clinic in Arua...

Feature

How COVID19 Lockdown spiked teenage pregnancy in Uganda

By Sarah K Biryomumaisho, Stuart Tibaweswa & Miriam Watsemba Northern Uganda continues to emerge out of...

Feature

How the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected Palliative Care in Uganda

Pain is hard to explain as it is hard to endure. However, for patients with access...

News

How Ugandan Journalists started own Newspaper after losing jobs due to COVID-19

On March 20th 2020, President Yoweri Museveni made a national address and announced a full-time lockdown...

News

2021 Poll; Democracy in Undemocratic times

Democracy in Undemocratic times; the case of Uganda’s 2021 Presidential Election With tougher policing, tighter ministry...

Entertainment

Sharrot Arishaba: The Ugandan Visionary Redefining Agribusiness and Global Trade

By Remmie Male In the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, one name is making waves both at...

Health

Childhood on the Brink in Zimbabwe’s Midlands

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe  ZVISHAVANE, ZIMBABWE — Morning light slants through the window as Eneles...

News

President Museveni Proposes Compromise to End Tororo Ethnic Dispute

State House Entebbe- President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has proposed a landmark compromise to resolve the long-standing...

Crime

Trainer Dies in Suspected Suicide at Kabalye Police School

Masindi, Uganda — The Police in Masindi District are investigating a suspected suicide involving a police...

News

Museveni Orders Probe into Kiboga Land Evictions, Calls for Judicial Reforms

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for judicial reforms and ordered a thorough investigation into a...

International News

Faithful Gather at St. Peter’s Basilica to pay Last Respect to Late Pope Francis’ mortal remains

The mortal remains of Pope Francis have been transferred from the Casa Santa Marta to St....

International News

Local Governments Erase Traditional — and Legally Protected — Land Grants in Zimbabwe

By Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe and Gamuchirai Masiyiwa GOROMONZI DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE — Darlington Mutakura struggled with...

International News

Pope Francis’ body to lie in state until funeral on Saturday morning

The body of the late Pope Francis will be transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday...

Crime

Senior Police Officer Dies in Suspected Suicide

The police in Kampala are investigating the cause of death of their own SSP Julius Ahimbisibwe,...

News

You Are Not Alone: Archbishop Ssemogerere Urges Youth to Embrace Hope Over Despair

The Archbishop of Kampala, His Grace Paul Ssemogerere, has urged Christians to place their hope in...