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International News
Biography of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost
May 9, 2025Before his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery...
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International News
A Life of Humble Service: Pope Francis Dies at 88
April 21, 2025The Holy Father, Pope Francis, died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at 88 at his...
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News
ARFSD Closes with Call for Women’s Leadership and Innovation
April 11, 2025The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has officially concluded with...
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Environment
Climate Change: From floods to droughts, struggles of an East Africa under threat of a food crisis
March 20, 2025By Sarah Biryomumaisho (Uganda), Lenah Bosibori (Kenya), Emmanuel Ngabo (Rwanda), Yanne Mbiyavanga (DRC), Daniel Samson (Tanzania)...
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Health
Surviving Against All Odds: A Female Sex Worker’s Fight with HIV and Stigma
December 31, 2024In Uganda, both sex workers and youth face significant risks of HIV infection, aggravated by stigma,...
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Gender
Teenage Pregnancies Soar as Floods Uproot More Families in Kasese district
July 10, 2024By Diana Taremwa Karakire Kasese District-Uganda Kasese district in Western Uganda, has in recent times gained notoriety...
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Gender
Voices Unheard: Maternal Health Challenges Among Uganda’s Batwa Community
May 23, 2024In Kanyamahene village, Rubuguru Town Council, Kisoro District, lives 20-year-old Ampeire Genesta and her husband Guma...
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Environment
A Lake on Its Deathbed; Who Can Save Lake Victoria?
October 5, 2023By Sarah Biryomumaisho and Nalweyiso Barbra In the bustling urban heart of Kampala and its neighbouring...
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International News
States urged to take action on children’s rights to a clean environment focusing on climate change
August 28, 2023Today, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published authoritative guidance to States...
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Environment
Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in West Nile Thrive Amidst Challenges
August 27, 2023Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption and a two-year dry spell in 2021 and 2022, West Nile...
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Environment
From Desolation to Rejuvenation: Kamwenge Village Unites to Save Rushango Wetland
August 8, 2023At the border of Kamwenge and Ibanda districts lies the Rushango Wetland, a once desolate and...
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Feature
An indigenous womens group is addressing food insecurity while preserving traditional foods in Kibera- Africa’s largest slum
August 3, 2023By Diana Taremwa Karakire An indigenous women’s group in Kenya’s Kibera slum is undertaking backyard sack...
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News
Climate-Resilient Agriculture: USD 190M World Bank-funded project to benefit 63,200 farmers
July 27, 2023State Minister for Animal Industry, Hon. Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore, represented the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry,...
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Business
President Museveni advocates for refinery, petrochemical industry cooperation with Iran
July 12, 2023President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged H.E Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati, the leader of the Islamic Republic...
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Environment
NEMA calls for immediate action as plastic waste chokes Uganda’s environment
June 5, 2023The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Akankwasah Barirega has highlighted the grave...
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Feature
The “Kaleke Kasome” Rescue Mission in Karamoja, a case of Faith
May 30, 2023By Tusiime Tutu Child Marriages continue to persist within African Cultures. Specifically, in Uganda, in the...
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International News
Commonwealth Nations Convene in London to Drive Global Transition to Sustainable Energy
May 18, 2023Representatives from 56 Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific, and Europe will convene...
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Business
Total Energies Uganda Oil Project Advances Despite Opposition From Climate Campaigners
January 17, 2023By Diana Taremwa Karakire Total Energies is pressing on with its $10 billion oil project, in...
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Feature
The Economic and Social Outcomes of Kabaale Refinery PAPs years after resettlement
December 23, 2022When Tumuhiirwe Fausta starts singing praises for Uganda’s oil, not even David and his Song of...
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Health
HIV prevention a challenge in men who have sex with men as info on event driven PrEP remains scanty
September 1, 2022In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its recommendation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to include...
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Gender
Nodding syndrome victims raped, impregnated and infected with HIV
August 31, 2022Ariemo Milly had beaten all odds and the future was looking brighter for her. Despite being...
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Feature
How involvement of men in Family Planning could harness Uganda’s Demographic Dividend
February 22, 2022An average of three to five men receives vasectomies at Reproductive Health Uganda clinic in Arua...
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Feature
How COVID19 Lockdown spiked teenage pregnancy in Uganda
February 9, 2022By Sarah K Biryomumaisho, Stuart Tibaweswa & Miriam Watsemba Northern Uganda continues to emerge out of...
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Feature
How the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected Palliative Care in Uganda
October 9, 2021Pain is hard to explain as it is hard to endure. However, for patients with access...
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News
How Ugandan Journalists started own Newspaper after losing jobs due to COVID-19
June 8, 2021On March 20th 2020, President Yoweri Museveni made a national address and announced a full-time lockdown...
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News
2021 Poll; Democracy in Undemocratic times
February 18, 2021Democracy in Undemocratic times; the case of Uganda’s 2021 Presidential Election With tougher policing, tighter ministry...
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News
President Museveni Delivers Lecture on Economic Transformation to Zimbabwe Army
June 19, 2025President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has delivered a lecture on economic and strategic transformation to a delegation...
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Business
PS Kumumanya Commissions UGX 845 Million Buwana Milk Collection Centre
June 19, 2025The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Mr. Ben Kumumanya, has commissioned the UGX...
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Crime
Three Dead in Ultimate Security Company Shooting
June 18, 2025Three people are dead following a shooting at Ultimate Security Company in Mbuya on Wednesday morning....
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News
Museveni Tasks Leaders to Track Real Impact of Parish Development Model
June 18, 2025President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on local leaders to conduct a detailed parish-by-parish assessment of...
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Environment
Uganda’s NEMA Hosts Kenyan Counterparts for Benchmarking on Environmental Licensing System
June 18, 2025The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda, is hosting a delegation from Kenya’s NEMA for a...
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Crime
Police Investigate Building Collapses in Buziga, Claims One Life
June 16, 2025Kampala, Uganda – Police in Kampala are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a building...
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Health
How Zimbabwe’s Health System Profits From the Dead
June 16, 2025By Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Blessing Mucharambei’s uncle was just having lunch when...
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Crime
Mob Kills Robbery Suspect in Ndejje as Police Recover Two Guns
June 13, 2025The police at Katwe are investigating a case of aggravated robbery and mob justice that occurred...
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Crime
One Dead, Three Injured in Kansanga Electrocution Accident
June 13, 2025One person died and three others were hospitalised following an electrocution incident that occurred on Friday...
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News
Museveni Unveils Shs 72 trillion Budget, Says Uganda’s Economy Has Taken Off
June 13, 2025President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni presented Uganda’s national budget for the 2025/2026 financial year, noting that the...