Israel approved a plan to force asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third African country
In the long term only rapid, inclusive economic growth combined with good governance can make the continent less volatile.
This decision could extend 73-year-old President Museveni’s rule after elections in 2021
Singer David Mugema and music producer John Muwanguzi were accused of having disseminated a tune titled "Wumula", meaning "retire".
For many Ugandans, Mugabe’s fall has been welcomed with excitement in hopes that Yoweri Museveni’s firm 31-year-grip on power will finally be toppled.
Police in Uganda fired teargas at demonstrators protesting against a proposed law that could remove presidential age limits.
The continent is home to many men who have held office for two decades or more.
"The United Nations estimates that 80% of Africans wear secondhand clothes yet as inexpensive as they may be, there is a price to be paid"
Unicef points to a strong scientific and economic foundation for investing heavily in a child’s early years, and the high cost of failing doing so.
Every day an average of 1000 children are fleeing conflict in South Sudan. There are presently 2.6-million refugees in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.
2 000 people a day flee conflict in South Sudan, DRC and Somalia, putting pressure on Uganda’s resources
The brain drain to North Africa threatens to hobble the nation’s health system
Countries like the USA are expected to cut emissions now, while China can go on polluting until 2030, then trim its footprint
For a regional connectivity plan to work, there must be stability in east Africa, writes Peter Biar Ajak.
Stella Nyanzi is being kept in prison to prevent her criticising government, her supporters say.
Many Ugandans were once refugees themselves. Now, they are ‘paying back the good’ and making their country one of the best in the world for refugees.
Jacket would detect symptoms up to four times faster than a doctor.
The court removed a section of an Act that saw a rise in enhanced persecution of LGBTI Ugandans.
As the United Nations met to discuss the refugee crisis, Winnie Byanyima, once a refugee, looks at what can be done.
A refugee tells Carl Collison about being hunted by soldiers, attacked by fellow Ugandans and seeking sanctuary in SA, where she was raped – twice.
Despite the government’s efforts to criminalise them, and the spike in lynchings and violence, people’s spirit hasn’t been broken.
Yoweri Museveni’s government has banned live coverage of the opposition’s ‘defiance campaign’.
Impoverished women living in Kampala’s crime-ridden Katanga slum are boxing as a way to survive, but still have to contend with major setbacks.
Activists are calling on Uganda to do what South Africa did not – arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visits.
A young Somali woman narrowly avoided falling victim to an ‘honour killing’ by relatives when she was outed as gay.
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Young people have struggled to access nonjudgmental reproductive healthcare, but the Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre is changing that.
Clinics dedicated to young people are ideal but the poor nation struggles to provide at least a basic service for those who can’t access them.
A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.
With almost a quarter of Ugandan households spending over 10% of their income on medical treatment, the goal of universal healthcare seems far off.
More than 100 000 refugees arrived in in Uganda 2015 alone, making the country the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa.
The country has placed a ban on the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia amid allegations of sexual abuse and ill-treatment.