There is a severe shortage of food here because we have been stopped from farming. We are not able now to take our children to school and we lack access to healthcare,” said Mr Joe Olwock, ...

In 2001, the government undertook a disarmament exercise to rid the Karamoja sub-region of illegal arms and ammunition. The disarmament, carried out by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission has reported a downward trend in new HIV infections, even as the country continues to fall short of key national targets in the fight ...

President Yoweri Museveni has praised the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for embracing technology and innovation, as he presided over the first-ever hybrid pass-out ceremony at Kaweweta Basic ...

The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has reported a continued decline in new HIV infections, though the country still falls short ...

Omukama Abawe Omukisa”, literally, “May the Lord bless you”. These were the final words spoken by Pope Francis as he ...

Uganda has officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, three months after the first cases emerged in the ...

A former biology teacher-turned-environmentalist is on a crusade in Uganda to save the once-flourishing trees from which shea ...

According to Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), even before oil starts, the Tilenga oil project has started having a ...

Uganda’s Health Ministry announced the end of a monthslong Ebola outbreak. Just over a dozen cases of the disease were reported, which left at least four people dead. Host Marco Werman speaks with ...