2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (531+ words) New Season Sparks Excitement as Uganda’s Heavyweights Prepare for Early Tests Stadium Standards Still Impacting Release of Full Fixture List “This is part of FUFA’s continued efforts to ensure the professionalization of Ugandan football,” reads a statement on the FUFA…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (766+ words) JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South Africa’s anti-migrant protests have entered a prolonged and increasingly complex phase, evolving into a regular every-Thursday protest that is reshaping public debate over immigration, security, and governance. While civic groups behind the protests have vowed to sustain…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (683+ words) Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has admitted it lacks the financial resources to repatriate Ugandans stranded abroad, despite labour migration generating an estimated US$2 billion (7.48 trillion Shillings) in annual remittances and ranking among the country’s biggest sources of foreign exchange....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (805+ words) COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Africa stands at a defining crossroads: unite or perish. A fragmented continent will remain comparatively poor, insecure and vulnerable. A united Africa has all it takes to be prosperous, stable and influential, transforming the right to development…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (540+ words) JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | As volunteers swept litter from the streets of Johannesburg’s Soweto on Saturday, South Africans worked shoulder to shoulder with migrants from across the continent, turning Nelson Mandela International Day into more than a day of community service, also…...

3+ week, 52+ min ago   (582+ words) Kapchorwa, Uganda | URN | Twenty pupils of King David Junior School, Ndejje, are dead and more than 60 others injured following a tragic road crash involving their school bus at Chekwatit Hill in Kowo Sub-county, Kapchorwa District. The pupils were returning from…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (584+ words) As international demand for birdwatching grows, Africa’s protected areas are gaining greater visibility among specialist travellers. A new global ranking highlights four parks whose rich birdlife is helping reshape the continent’s wildlife tourism market. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Four African…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (253+ words) COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | The Baganda have a saying, ‘Okutambula kulaba, okudda kunyumya’, that can be loosely translated as ‘travel and see, then return home to share the story’. My recent visit to the China–Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (575+ words) From Cocoa Farmer to Agribusiness Leader: How Global Exposure Expanded Joan Kantu’s Vision Kantu, who leads a 65-acre cocoa enterprise, says the experience strengthened her ambition to move beyond primary production and build a fully integrated chocolate business. In this…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (672+ words) Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has completed the first phase of its voluntary repatriation programme for nationals fleeing anti-immigrant unrest in South Africa after a third Uganda Airlines charter flight returned 255 Ugandans to Entebbe International Airport early Sunday. Flight UR701 landed…...