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›

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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›

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›

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›

SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS; BABY AMONG SURVIVORS

Ateny Wek Ateny, a press secretary in the South Sudan President's office, said 18 people were aboard the flight 12 South Sudanese passengers and six crew members... 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›

DOZENS KILLED IN CARGO PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN ALONG NILE

The flight had been headed to strategic oil fields in the Upper Nile region of the country, where there is a large South Sudanese military presence... 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›

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›

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›

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›

UGANDA, TANZANIA COMMENCE WORK ON CONSTRUCTION OF $3.5BN OIL PIPELINE

The 1,445 km-project set for completion by 2020 will stretch from landlocked Uganda's western region, where crude reserves were discovered in 2006, to Tanzania's Indian Ocean seaport of Tanga... READ MORE›

UGANDA AT 'BREAKING POINT' AS SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES POUR IN

Almost 3,000 South Sudanese refugees pour into Uganda every day in what the U.N. has called the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis... READ MORE›

WALKOUT AT UGANDAN PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION OVER ICC REMARKS

She said that the US also objected to the participation in the inauguration of the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir... READ MORE›

SAMANTHA LEWTHWAITE T-SHIRTS GO ON SALE ON AMAZON

T-shirts bearing a quote from White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite are being sold online... READ MORE›

Today Ugandan authorities reported the discovery of an al-Shabaab terrorist cell in Kampala, Uganda, the Embassy said... READ MORE›

WORLD LEADERS CONVERGE IN UGANDA FOR FIRST REFUGEE SOLIDARITY SUMMIT

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Uganda to co-chair the Summit together with President Yoweri Museveni... READ MORE›

REFERENDUM TO GIVE MILLIONS OF IRISH ABROAD A VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PLANNED FOR 2017

Minister McHugh is on a three day visit of Irish Aid funded projects in Uganda... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS LINE UP FOR POPE'S VISIT TO UGANDA

The pope's visit comes as Africa's role in the Catholic church increases... READ MORE›

MAN HELD, SHIELDED BABY SURVIVOR OF SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASH; TOLL AT 37

Stephen Warikozi, who heads South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane was not authorized to carry passengers... READ MORE›

'I HAD THE CHANCE TO KILL HIM . . . I HAVE CHOSEN TO FORGIVE HIM'

At the time of writing wars in the CAR DRC and South Sudan have sent tens of thousands of displaced people into refugee camps throughout Uganda... READ MORE›

'AT LEAST 41' KILLED BY SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASH

Earlier, South Sudanese media had said the cargo plane carried five Russian crew and seven passengers... READ MORE›

UGANDAN TROOPS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The Ugandan military first arrived in Central African Republic in 2009 and a force of about 2,500 have been stationed there... READ MORE›

UGANDANS HAIL INCLUSION OF BODA BODA

The 9th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, launched since 2015, has been hailed by Ugandans on social media in 2017 for one word - boda boda... READ MORE›

UGANDAN PRESIDENT OPPOSES SOUTH SUDAN ARMS EMBARGO

More than 300 people have died in the latest clashes between forces loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice President Riek Machar... READ MORE›

INDIA TO BE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY

Ten African countries, including Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, are projected to increase their populations five-fold or more by 2100... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN VIOLENCE FORCING THOUSANDS TO FLEE TO UGANDA

South Sudan is being torn apart by a civil war that is forcing thousands to flee to neighbouring Uganda... READ MORE›