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Troops have been deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) according to military sources. The reason for their deployment there is to fight and flash out rebel groups intending to destabilize Uganda and cause havoc among civilians. The first troops are said to have been deployed on May 17th in areas of Kasindi, ...

News coming in indicate how popular and celebrated American based Ugandan journalist, Shaka Ssali is set to retire. Ssali has been the managing editor of Straight Talk Africa on Voice of America. After 20 years in the broadcasting service, the Kabale-born journalist has decided it’s time he ventures into something else. Ssali who has spent the majority of his career ...

After his swearing-in for the 6th official term in office, President Museveni has embarked down already to business. This was during a meeting held at State House Entebbe where the president met American singer Akon and his entourage. The president went ahead to assure this group of peace and stability amidst their pending investment adventures in Uganda. Since the start ...

As he promised before, Joshua Cheptegei on Wednesday won the men’s 3000-meter race during the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic. Golden Spike is an athletics event that happens every year at the Mestsky Stadion in Ostrava-Vitkovice. It is part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings in the Czech Republic. The first of its kind happened back in ...

A 50-year-old journalist is in hospital nursing wounds after police allegedly beat him up. Musa Kamoi, a Jinja-based journalist of NBS and Smart FM tasted police brutality when he treaded into unsafe waters. Apparently, he was asking the police some questions to do with a case that happened there. The story was on cattle theft in the district which allegedly ...