Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations
Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International...
UNHCR, Pan-African Parliament agree to step up cooperation on forced displacement
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), which was established...
Muhoozi supporters press him to stand in 2021
By Peter Segawa
KAMPALA-Supporters of Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba have urged him to stand for the presidency in 2021.
The group called ‘MK Generation’ has set...
Six suspected coronavirus victims escape from quarantine citing hunger
Six people suspected to be having symptoms of coronavirus have escaped from quarantine at Magale health centre in Magale town council in Namisindwa district...
Museveni wants truck drivers to be tested for COVID-19 before entering Uganda
Truck drivers transporting goods across borders are to be tested for COVID-19 at the various border points before they enter into Uganda.
This has been...
That’s rubbish! Kayihura slams the US gov’t, Vows not to travel to the US
The U.S government on Friday sanctioned former Uganda Police chief Gen.Kale Kayihura for his role in what it described as serious human rights abuses...
Six COVID-19 Patients Discharged from Mulago Hospital
At least six people, including a Chinese national, who previously tested positive for COVID-19 were Sunday discharged by Mulago National Referral Hospital after recovery.
The...
Kadaga, IGG fall out over ISO Probe on COSASE
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has fallen out with the Inspector of Government (IGG) Irene Mulyagonja after the latter directed the Internal Security Organisation...
No evidence to pin MPs on corruption allegations – Kadaga
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has said efforts to investigate legislators accused of soliciting bribes from the public have yielded no fruits as...
Covid-19: Museveni extends lockdown period by 14 days
President Museveni has extended the lockdown period for another 14 days. This lockdown period continues from Wednesday 6th May to May 19th, 2020.
He made...