Rebecca Kadaga the Speaker of Parliament, has joined other environment activists to demand an end to razing down of forests. These acts she says are mainly perpetrated by government officials. Speaking during this year’s Running out of Trees (ROOT) Initiative which targets to plant 40 million trees countrywide which also coincided with celebrations to mark World Forest day, Kadaga said ...

Uganda Wildlife Authority has revealed that six lions were on Friday killed by unknown people and most of their body parts cut off and taken. Earlier media reports indicated that poachers killed an unspecified number of lions. This was after suspected poisoning in the Ishasha sector in Southwestern Uganda. However, the latest statement by the UWA spokesperson, Bashir Hangi has ...

Former US President Donald Trump is urging his Republican supporters to get the vaccine against Covid-19, saying he would recommend it. In a TV interview, Trump said the vaccine is “safe” and “something that works”. Mr Trump’s conservative fan base has been one of the main groups resistant to the vaccine programme. The media criticized the former president himself during ...

The European Union (EU) has earmarked €2.9m (over Shs12.5 billion) to boost two disaster risk management projects in the refugee host districts of Isingiro, Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and Kikuube. The two projects are; strengthening resilience through enhanced local disaster risk management capacities. And strengthening emergency preparedness and inclusive natural resources management in refugee-hosting districts. The two European Union projects will be ...

The Chief Political Commissar in the Uganda Police Force, AIGP Asan Kasingye has warned police officers of looming dismissals from the force for anyone implicated in corruption scandals. He was speaking to officers from Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa on Thursday. Kasingye had began his rectification and ideological orientation tour in the Sipi policing region. He warned that the force is ...