What is happening across parts of Acholi, Bunyoro, Lango, and even Buganda is not isolated. Farmers report being priced out, displaced, or fenced off from customary land. In some areas, families ...

The long-standing land tensions between pastoralist communities known as the Balaalo and the indigenous people of the Acholi ...

Women from the Ankole sub-region have voiced sharp criticism of the current NRM Women League leadership, accusing Chairperson Lydia Wanyoto of neglecting their concerns and failing to represent their ...

Uganda’s Judiciary is facing a staggering caseload of 1,736,280 cases as of January 2025, with over 43,000 of the cases considered backlog. Chief Registrar Sarah Lang Sui revealed these numbers during ...

In Uganda, where the cattle partly originate, Museveni treats them as a source of national pride, practicing what journalists in East Africa have come to term "Ankole diplomacy". When, in February, ...

Mothers Union members from Northern Uganda Diocese and Ankole Diocese with Bishop of Ankole diocese Rt Rev Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa in front of St.James Cathedral-Ruharo, headquarters of Ankole diocese.

Uganda Management Institute (UMI) employs 198 staff, with 49 coming from Buganda representing 30 percent, followed by Kampala with 26 staff. Both Ankole and Bukedi account for 15 staff each.

Zookeepers have narrowed down name options in line with the traditions of Uganda's Banyankole people (originators of the Ankole breed). You can help them make the final pick by clicking here.

Ankole-Watusi are one of several regional strains of African long-horned cattle and are found in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and parts of Tanzania.

Photo: Odette Venter “He farms in Brits with mainly Nguni and Ankole cattle. He imported Ankole from Uganda via Kenya by means of transferring their embryos to South Africa.