Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier by 20 seconds
Kenya’s marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours after beating the mark by 20...
Ugandan siblings win East Africa’s Got Talent competition
Two siblings from Uganda, Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira are the winners of the first edition of East Africa’s Got Talent competition.
Esther and Ezekiel,...
Uganda continues to shine at IAAF World Athlete Championships
Uganda’s team of athletes at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar has continued to perform well in various disciplines.
Early this week, Halima...
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2019 starts in Kampala
Uganda is hosting this year’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) that brings together parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, and decision-makers from all commonwealth nations. The conference takes...
What is causing rampant killings and kidnaps in Uganda
Uganda is going through a turbulence of security crisis involving both high profile and civilian killings as well as mass kidnaps that have really...
Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Zimbabwe’s first post-independence president Robert Mugabe has passed away from Singapore where he has been receiving treatment since April.
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mugabe’s...
Nyege-Nyege festival 2019 starts today
The much-reveled annual festival of Nyege-Nyege in underway today at Nile Discovery Beach up to 8 September.
The four-day festival will feature a variety fun...
HIV/AIDS in Uganda: How the country is fighting the epidemic
According to reports and data of 2018, over 1,400,000 people are living with HIV in Uganda. Of these, 770,000 are women aged 15 and...
What causes rampant road accidents in Uganda and what could be the solution?
Road accidents in Uganda are on record as one of the highest in Africa something that taints the country's good reputation as...
Winnie Byanyima appointed Executive Director of UNAIDS
Uganda’s international diplomat Winnie Byanyima has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Ms. Byanyima has...