Tag: Uganda

Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse supporters of musician and lawmaker Bobi Wine gathered at a beach resort near Kampala where...

Uganda will consider offering asylum to ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a foreign affairs minister...

Uganda arrested eight local people suspected of involvement in kidnapping an American tourist and her guide last week, government said. Kimberley Sue Endecott (35) and...

Uganda said suspects were arrested in connection with last week’s kidnapping of an American tourist and her tour guide in a national park while...

An American tourist and her guide abducted in Uganda last week were released after a “negotiated settlement” with the kidnappers, the firm organising her...

Uganda Airlines, the national carrier of Uganda, has firmed up its order for two A330-800 airliners, previously announced last year. Airbus on 3 April said...

An American tourist and her driver were rescued unharmed after being kidnapped in a national park in south-western Uganda last week, Ugandan authorities said. Kimberley...

An American woman kidnapped with her driver at a popular Uganda wildlife park failed to take an armed ranger as required by park regulations,...

An American woman and her driver were kidnapped in Uganda’s most popular wildlife park by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000 (£380,112.5 ), police...

Regional tensions in the Great Lakes are reaching an alarming level, with neighbours Rwanda and Uganda publicly raising the tone over the past few...

Rwanda accused Uganda of supporting rebel groups opposed to President Paul Kagame’s government, amid a resurgence of hostility between the African neighbours. Relations between the...

Uganda accused Rwanda of blocking goods trucks and other vehicles from entering the country and of stopping its nationals crossing into Uganda amid a...

The executive committee of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as its candidate in the 2021 presidential election, potentially extending his...

Ugandan police released three journalists working for the British Broadcasting Corporation, after detaining them overnight on suspicion of illegally possessing government prescription drugs. The three...

Ugandan police arrested a team of BBC journalists for illegal possession of prescription drugs but a government spokesman said the reporters were helping expose...

Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value...

Uganda has deported a French and a Rwandan executive from telecoms group MTN, accusing them of planning to compromise national security, police said on...

Uganda hosts Africa's largest refugee population and is heralded as a model of progressive refugee policies. But damning 2018 reports have revealed fraud and...

Uganda helped funnel European arms and ammunition to South Sudan at the height of its civil war, circumventing a European Union arms...

The death toll from a boat accident on Lake Victoria over the weekend rose to 33, Ugandan police said, as survivors described...

Police in Uganda used teargas and live rounds to disperse opposition supporters, an opposition aide said. The clash occurred in Rukungiri, home...

More countries should educate refugees in national schools to help them integrate, the United Nations said, praising Chad and Uganda as poor...

Nine students died after fire engulfed a dormitory at a secondary school in southern Uganda, police said, one of the deadliest in...

One of his achievements is 620 successful convictions for wildlife crimes and this contributed to Ugandan wildlife ranger Julius Obwona being named...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is in Kampala, Uganda, for a meeting aimed at discussing the peace and security situation...

Uganda's security forces sealed off roads and erected barricades around the country's main international airport ahead of the expected return of a...

Uganda's government accused the European Union Parliament of meddling in its internal affairs after the legislator passed a resolution deploring alleged torture...

The United States is "gravely concerned" by reports of excessive force used by Uganda's security forces against lawmakers and journalists in Arua,...

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni warned against foreign interference in the country's politics days after an opposition call for the United States to...

A group of Ugandan legislators petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision upholding a constitutional amendment allowing long-serving leader...

Ugandan police gave a second opposition lawmaker the green light to travel abroad for medical treatment after he was allegedly tortured in...

Ugandan police detained two lawmakers, one a pop star, at the country's sole international airport, where supporters say they were trying to...

Soldiers involved in assaulting Ugandan lawmakers and civilians over their alleged role in the stoning of a presidential convoy were arrested, the...

A Ugandan High Court granted bail to 33 people, including popular songwriter Robert Kyagulanyi, charged with treason over their alleged role in...

An opposition Ugandan lawmaker was charged with treason over his alleged role in the stoning of President Yoweri Museveni's convoy this month. A...

A Ugandan lawmaker whose arrest sparked two days of anti-government demonstrations cannot stand after being beaten in detention, his lawyer said, citing...

Ugandan police fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration in the capital as protests against the beating of detained lawmakers continued for...

European Union diplomats in Uganda deplored "brutal treatment" of lawmakers arrested over stoning of President Yoweri Museveni's convoy and a rights body...

One person died and five others were wounded in Uganda, police said, as security forces used teargas and live bullets to disperse...

Ugandan legislator Francis Zaake, detained after the president's convoy was stoned, was "brutalised" by security personnel, an opposition figure said as images...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has officially launched an Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing and Assembly Facility in Maga Maga, near Jinja, which is currently...

Ugandan police arrested three opposition lawmakers and others after stones were thrown at the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled...

Airbus signed an agreement to sell two commercial passenger planes to Uganda as part of the country's plan to revive a national...

The United Kingdom remains determined to bring prosperity and stability to East Africa, defence minister Mark Lancaster has reaffirmed after visiting Uganda. The...

President Yoweri Museveni approved increased security spending for Uganda's 456 members of parliament - including sharpshooters and armoured escort vehicles - after...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accused Ugandan forces of shooting and killing 12 Congolese fishermen on a lake straddling their shared...

Police in Uganda fired teargas to disperse a small crowd of protesters demonstrating against new taxes including a levy on access to...

A Ugandan soldier was killed in clashes on the lake straddling the border with Democratic Republic of Congo with another Ugandan and...

Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugandan armed forces exchanged gunfire on a lake straddling their shared border, wounding at least two Congolese...

Uganda imposed a levy on social media access it says will fund public services but has been widely resisted as oppressive and...