In recent developments, the Democratic Republic of Congo has closed its border with Rwanda. This follows an incident that saw a DRC soldier shot dead while in the country’s territory. The closure of the border is the most recent escalation in the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. DRC has accused Rwanda of siding with the M23 rebels who launched ...

News coming out of Kyegegwa district indicates that 60 residents have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 14 days. Kyegegwa District Health Officer, Tedison Kandole revealed that 4- of these 60 people are from the Kyaka II refugee camp that is currently home to over 100,000 Congolese refugees. Of the Ugandan nationals who have so far tested positive in ...

Arts teachers have been asked by the government to call off their strike through the Uganda National Teachers’ Union and get back to class. They requested them to do this as they discuss a way forward. Muruli Mukasa, the minister of Public Service made the call following a strike by arts teachers over pending salary increment on June 15. The ...

The East African Meat Carnival (EAMC) is an event held every quarter of the year hosted by The Gardens. This year’s second quarter is now set to return later this month for season 2. They will hold it at the Uganda Museum. The main features of the event will be the various music and meats from the East African region(Uganda, ...

Police at the Entebbe have intercepted suspected narcotics at Entebbe Airport disguised as coffee for exportation. Vianney Luggya, the UCAA Spokesperson revealed that the trafficker had packed the drugs suspiciously in cargo looking like coffee samples. He said they were in branded packets of African Premium Coffee for export. Authorities detected the drugs on Monday night at around 10:10pm. “The ...