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Religion

Lent Explained: Fasting, Abstinence, and the Meaning Behind the 40 Days

Every year, usually in February or March, the Catholic Church begins the solemn season of Lent,...

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)...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

News

2021 Poll; Democracy in Undemocratic times

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

News

Parliament Passes Controversial Sovereignty Bill

Parliament has passed the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, following hours of debate on Tuesday, 5...

Crime

Decomposed Body of Missing Woman Found in Kira, Two Arrested

Police in Kira Division have arrested two suspects in connection with a suspected murder following the...

Crime

Police Arrest Suspected Kidnapper Linked to Series of Child Abductions in Kampala

Police have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Odongo Isaac, in connection with a series of child abductions...

Environment

NEMA Announces Month-Long Campaign on Clean Air

Uganda, through the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), has joined the global Air Quality Awareness Campaign,...

Crime

Nwoya Accident Leaves Seven Dead, 16 Injured

Seven people have died, and several others are nursing injuries following a road crash that occurred...

Crime

Three Nabbed in Iganga Over Fake Dollar Deals and Aggravated Robbery

Police in Iganga have arrested three suspects in an intelligence-led operation targeting organised criminal gangs linked...

News

Museveni Calls for Wealth Creation as Solution to Unemployment

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans to focus on wealth creation as the most sustainable...

Health

Call for Stronger Child and Social Protection Financing Echoes Ahead of 12th Parliament Agenda

By Annet Nakato At a high-level policy meeting convened to shape priorities for Uganda’s 12th Parliament,...

News

NOT MINE-President Museveni Expresses Shock over Infamous Sovereignty Bill, says His Version Is Different

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed surprise and concern over widespread public debate surrounding the proposed...

News

Museveni Launches Uganda’s First Locally Made Anti-Tick Vaccine

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned Uganda’s first locally developed anti-tick vaccine at the National Livestock...