A Ugandan court has sentenced a government official to 28 years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling money from an Aids fund.
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt is taking no chances when the PSL champions meet their Ugandan counterparts Kampala City Council on Friday.
Uganda’s editors are making stories about development accessible, writes Richard M Kavuma.
A South African was among the 11 people killed when a cargo plane they were travelling in caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday.
An Antonov cargo plane en route to Somalia crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday after taking off from Uganda’s main airport, killing about 10 people.
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/ 20 February 2009
Uganda says it will pull its troops out of the DRC at the end of the month, ending their deployment as part of an operation against Ugandan rebels.
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/ 17 February 2009
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has fired his finance minister and moved his energy minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.
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/ 21 January 2009
Uganda’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that death sentences be commuted to life imprisonment after three years in jail.
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/ 16 January 2009
Illegal trade and overfishing in Lake Victoria have led to fish scarcities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
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/ 13 January 2009
British oil explorer Heritage Oil said it had made a ”world-class” oil discovery in Uganda.
LRA demands an end to a joint regional military offensive against its forces in the DRC and urges UN mediators to organise fresh talks
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/ 27 December 2008
At least 43 civilians were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in south Sudan by suspected rebels from Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army.
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/ 19 December 2008
Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony just escaped a weekend military strike by a regional force against the insurgents, an army officer said on Thursday.
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/ 18 December 2008
A UN envoy urged the Security Council on Wednesday to support efforts by Uganda to put an end to one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts.
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/ 16 December 2008
UK-based oil and gas explorer Tullow Oil said on Tuesday it made a ”significant” new oil discovery in Uganda.
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/ 28 November 2008
The Ugandan government on Friday urged elusive rebel leader Joseph Kony to sign an overdue peace agreement.
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/ 17 November 2008
Hundreds of thousands of victims of a brutal 20-year insurgency in northern Uganda remain destitute and traumatised, Amnesty International says.
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/ 14 November 2008
Pius Sawa visits the West Nile region to see how a good bean harvest or a goat can cover the school fees without money changing hands.
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/ 3 November 2008
Fredrick Mugira visits rural Uganda to find out what country folk think of the US presidential candidate.
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/ 30 October 2008
Obama’s appeal rivals soccer in Uganda – and he’s had at least one road named after him.
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/ 22 October 2008
Leaders from three major African trading blocs met in the Ugandan capital on Wednesday met to push for a single market.
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/ 16 October 2008
Female genital mutilation has been banned by leaders of the only Ugandan tribe that carries out the practice.
Like many cultural events, a male circumcision ceremony in eastern Uganda has its share of governing rules.
The Ugandan government said on Saturday it would strengthen anti-gay laws and step up police operations against homosexuals.
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/ 26 September 2008
Ugandan rebel group the LRA has denied reports it recently launched attacks and abducted children in both the DRC and south Sudan.
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/ 22 September 2008
Producing baskets and mats in central Uganda had traditionally been the work of women. Now this practice is used to fight poverty.
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/ 19 September 2008
A man was lynched by an irate mob in a bar in eastern Uganda after refusing to stop smoking despite repeated requests from fellow patrons.
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/ 18 September 2008
The Ugandan government plans to set out measures to combat prostitution, including a possible ban on women wearing miniskirts.
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/ 17 September 2008
The Ugandan minister for primary healthcare tells Madeleine Bunting of his ambitions for the country.
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/ 13 September 2008
Uganda rebels vowed on Saturday to sign a peace deal but warned they will not disarm until arrest warrants for alleged war crimes are "resolved".
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/ 12 September 2008
Uganda’s fugitive rebel commander, Joseph Kony, says his fighters will defend themselves if they are attacked by Congolese forces.
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/ 10 September 2008
Uganda’s army on Wednesday urged the DRC and UN peacekeepers there to attack Ugandan rebels and force the guerrillas’ leader to sign a peace deal.