For her final Girl Scout project, she created 1,000 washable and reusable menstruation pads that are now headed to Ugandan villages. Eakin wanted to do something that would help her earn the Girl ...

Anthology honours such characters of note as the chess sensation from Katwe, Phiona ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have updated their ...

For Uganda’s Christians, the Way of the Cross is more than a ritual — it is a powerful affirmation of faith, an expression of gratitude for Christ’s sacrifice and a moment of deep collective ...

1975 -- North Korean President Kim Il-sung visits China for the first time in 14 years and holds talks with his Chinese counterpart, Mao Zedong. 1983 -- A fire breaks out at a discotheque in Daegu, ...

Rwandans living abroad gathered throughout the past week to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, reflecting on the country’s transformation, and renewed their collective commitment to ...

A region on edge leaves Ugandan leader with limited options ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | President Yoweri Museveni dashed to South Sudan in early April for a quick meeting with his South Sudan ...

1944: The first Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz. On the same day, General Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. 1945: US 7th Army & ...

The project, with a total budget of Shs1.1 billion, covers sites across districts such as Luweero, Wakiso, Nakaseke, Mityana, ...

THE INDEPENDENT | A brace from James Bogere today secured Uganda’s Under-17 team a rare place at the high table of soccer – ...

In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...

GENEVA – Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee host, is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of Congolese refugees crossing its western border due to increased insecurity in the eastern part of the ...