PARLIAMENT VOTES TO SCRAP PRESIDENTIAL AGE-LIMIT

In three years, Uganda will hold general elections, Museveni who has been in power for 31 years, would technically be too old run for office again... READ MORE›

[PHOTOS] BUHARI AND MUSEVENI, AFRICA'S FARMER PRESIDENTS

It wasn't long before his Ugandan peer Yoweri Kaguta Museveni also shared similar photos... READ MORE›

AFTER MUGABE, AFRICA'S OTHER LONGTIME LEADERS FEEL A CHILL

KAMPALA, UGANDA - After the stunning fall of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, attention has turned to other longtime African leaders accused of trying to extend their rule... READ MORE›

AFTER MUGABE AFRICAN LEADERS WONDER WHAT NEXT

Franck Essi, secretary-general of the opposition Cameroon Peoples' Party, said opposition movements were closely watching events in Zimbabwe... READ MORE›

HOW SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES ARE BOOSTING UGANDA'S ECONOMY

She has also been a refugee in Uganda before, in the late 1990s, when there was fighting between north and south Sudan... READ MORE›

UN WANTS WORLD TO FOLLOW UGANDA'S LEAD ON WELCOMING REFUGEES

Uganda welcoming millions of South Sudanese refugees, earning praise of United Nations... READ MORE›

CHAOTIC SCENES IN UGANDAN PARLIAMENT AS MPS DEBATE AGE LIMIT MOTION

Similar parliamentary fracas as happened in Uganda and South Africa have happened across the world... READ MORE›

UGANDA'S PARLIAMENT TAKEN OFF THE AIR AFTER BRAWL BREAKS OUT BETWEEN LAWMAKERS

That fight exposed the bitter rift between lawmakers who support President Yoweri Museveni's efforts to extend his rule, and those who oppose it... READ MORE›

UGANDA INTRODUCES BILL TO REMOVE PRESIDENTIAL AGE LIMIT

Museveni took control of Uganda in 1986 at the head of a rebel army... READ MORE›

CHAIRS AND FISTS FLY OVER PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL AGE LIMIT LEGISLATION IN UGANDA

Ugandan opposition lawmakers wear red ribbons to protest in Parliament against a bill proposing to amend the presidential age-limit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sept. 26, 2017... READ MORE›

SACRIFICE CHILDREN IN THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY

Witch doctors in Uganda Sacrifice children in this African country... READ MORE›

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UGANDA AT BREAKING POINT AS BIDI BIDI BECOMES WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP

Initially, the UN expected roughly 300,000 South Sudanese refugees to come to Uganda in 2017... READ MORE›

GRIM TORTURE IMAGES IGNITE ANGER AGAINST UGANDAN POLICE

Police spokesman Asan Kasingye said two security personnel had been arrested in connection with Byamukama's torture but gave no further details... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 62 DEAD AS UGANDA MOVES AGAINST TRIBAL KING

So far we managed to kill 46 of the royal guards and we also arrested 139 guards, regional police spokesman Mansur Suwed told the Reuters news agency... READ MORE›

THIS PROFESSOR CALLED HER PRESIDENT 'A PAIR OF BUTTOCKS.' NOW SHE'S IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON.

Disturb the peace, quiet, or right of privacy of his excellency the president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with no purpose of legitimate communication... READ MORE›

HOW TO FIT TWO WEEKS' WORTH OF CLOTHES IN A CARRY-ON AND OTHER TRAVEL TIPS

You can always avoid checking your carry-on, even on a full flight... READ MORE›

DOZENS FEARED DEAD AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN LAKE ALBERT

Nine bodies found after tragedy strikes football team and fans in Africa's seventh largest lake, Uganda news media say... READ MORE›

JOSEPH KONY IS STILL AT LARGE. HERE'S WHY THE U.S. AND UGANDA WERE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE HUNT.

The Ugandan military faced allegations that soldiers committed rape and sexual violence against women and girls in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

A FATAL POLICE SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA SPARKS OUTRAGE IN UGANDA

Jenny Starrs The Washington Post KAMPALA, Uganda - It's been 25 years since Alfred Olango fled militia violence in Uganda to seek refuge in the United States... READ MORE›

CLASHES KILL SCORES IN RESTIVE UGANDAN KINGDOM

Yesterday a joint Uganda police and UPDF army operation, patrolling in Kasese town ..... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN SURVIVORS WHO FLED TO UGANDA RECOUNT SLAUGHTER AT HANDS OF TROOPS

In the capital, the government denied attacking civilians in Pajok, saying its forces were merely conducting an operation against SPLM-IO guerrillas... READ MORE›

THE WOODEN BRIDGE BETWEEN DEATH AND SAFETY

Nelson Ladu Thomas has twice walked over the small wooden bridge dividing South Sudan and Uganda at an unofficial border crossing known as Busia... READ MORE›

AFRICA SEED INDEX RAISES BIGGER YIELD HOPES FOR FARMERS

Changing landscape Edward Mabaya, principal investigator for TASAI, said that food security was a key factor for African agriculture, which is dominated by smallholder farmers... READ MORE›

THE NINE MOST WARMONGERING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD REVEALED

Overall, Japan is ranked as the eighth-most peaceful country in the world, second only to New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific region... READ MORE›

SHOCKING FACEBOOK VIDEO OF UGANDAN NANNY ABUSING TODDLER RACKS UP 30M VIEWS

Please read our A video of a toddler being abused by her nanny has shocked Uganda after the child's father posted the footage on Facebook... READ MORE›

UGANDA MAY BE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BE A REFUGEE. BUT THAT COULD CHANGE WITHOUT MORE MONEY.

A South Sudanese woman smiles as she carries a heavy sack of maize at Uganda's Bidi Bidi refugee camp on June 7, 2017... READ MORE›

UGANDA'S LGBT COMMUNITY CELEBRATES PRIDE DISCREETLY

Uganda's annual Pride festival begins in Kampala today with organisers promising a week-long celebration for the country's LGTB community... READ MORE›

POLICEMAN IN GORILLA SUIT STILL CRAWLING ON HANDS AND KNEES

A Metropolitan Police officer has been crawling the London Marathon in a gorilla costume since the race began on Sunday morning... READ MORE›

'HOW CAN SOMEONE SAY MY FAMILY ISN'T IDEAL? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?'

Marriage equality is a topic I feel very strongly about, as my parents are two gay men, so I really understand LGBT issues... READ MORE›

THREE AFRICANS LISTED AMONG FORTUNE MAGAZINE'S TOP 50 WORLD LEADERS

Chairman, Econet Wireless Group Strive Masiyiwa led the trio from Africa by ranking 33 for his energetic and well-rounded philanthropy making an impact in Africa, the magazine noted... READ MORE›

'OUT AND PROUD': THE MAN TAKING ON THE WORLD'S WORST HOMOPHOBES

For the very few Ugandans like Mr Mugisha who are open about their homosexuality, every day presents a new security risk... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians... READ MORE›

UGANDA'S 'QUEEN OF KATWE' GOT HER START AT THIS SLUM CHESS SCHOOL

KATWE, Uganda -- Seventeen-year-old Richard Buyinza stared at the chessboard in front of him, plotting what he hoped would be his killer move... READ MORE›

EAST AFRICA TO TRACK TRUCKS FROM MOMBASA PORT TO STOP THEFT

East African customs authorities have adopted an electronic system to track lorries travelling between Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to speed up journeys... READ MORE›

ZIKA FOREST: BIRTHPLACE OF VIRUS THAT HAS SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD

We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE›

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians... READ MORE›

POPE OFFERS MASS FOR THOUSANDS OF UGANDANS

Many Ugandans, though, want the pope to address the need for political and social change... READ MORE›

KENYA'S INFECTIOUS MUSICAL GIFT TO AFRICA

Wisdom as the cab driver was called had listened to the Kenyan guitar music benga while living in Zimbabwe during its 1970s heyday... READ MORE›

UGANDA AT 'BREAKING POINT' FROM S SUDAN REFUGEE CRISIS

The UN says it urgently needs more than 250m to support South Sudanese refugees in Uganda... READ MORE›

THOSE WHO SAY THE REFUGEE CRISIS IS NOT OUR PROBLEM, ARE THE PROBLEM

Two-hundred-and-eighty-thousand South Sudanese refugees who've had to flee extraordinary violence live there... READ MORE›

SYDNEY CARDIOLOGIST PLANS TO BECOME UGANDA'S NEXT PRESIDENT

The doctor is Ugandan Aggrey Kiyingi now a Castle Hill-based cardiologist who moved to Australia in 1982 and has a practice in Merrylands in Sydney... READ MORE›