Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

Ugandan church waged rebellion against tradition – today's homophobic views are at odds with history

On 26 May Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, assented to the “anti-homosexuality bill” of 2023. The bill’s aim is to protect the “cherished culture of the people of Uganda, (and the) legal, religious, and traditional family values of Ugandans”. In the name of family values the law punishes “serial offenders” with…

The Conversation

Ugandan border town prepares to bury victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students

A Ugandan border town is preparing to bury victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels on a school that left 42 dead, most of them students

The Independent UK

Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attack

MPONDWE, Uganda: Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Anxious wait for news after 41 killed in Uganda school attack

Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.

Radio France Internationale

At least 37 slain as jihadists attack Ugandan school

KAMPALA: Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

Ugandan authorities have recovered the bodies of 41 people including 38 students who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo

The Independent UK

Uganda attack kills 41 including 38 students after ISIS-linked rebels attack school

WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS: Ugandan rebels with ties to Islamic State have attacked a school, killing at least 25 people, abducting others and setting a dormitory on fire

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

At least 41 killed after IS-linked militants attack school in Uganda

The attack was carried out by the IS-linked Allied Democratic Forces on Friday night

Evening Standard

At least 38 children dead and others abducted in attack on Uganda school by Isis-linked group

Ugandan troops are ‘pursuing the perpetrators to rescue the abducted students’ the country’s military says

The Independent UK

At least 41 have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a Ugandan school

Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in eastern Congo, carried out the raid on the school in the border town of Mpondwe.

WEKU

Dozens killed in militant attack on school in western Uganda

Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces militia, the national police spokesman said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens killed, six abducted in attack on Uganda school

Ugandan forces launch ‘hot pursuit’ as they blame the ISIL-linked ADF for the deadly attack near DRC border.

Al Jazeera

US imposes visa restrictions for some Ugandans following adoption of anti-gay law

Washington is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country

The Independent UK

Islamic militants leave at least 25 dead in attack on Uganda school

Militants linked to Islamic State have killed 25 people in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda near the Congo border

The New Daily

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

US restricts Ugandan officials travel in wake of anti-LGBTQ law

US President Biden had previously said said cuts and sanctions were possible in response to the law.

The Independent UK

Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black gay members of Congress, on ‘powerful forces’ trying to pull America backward

‘Growing up, I had never imagined someone like me could run for political office, let alone get elected to Congress,’ Jones tells Gustaf Kilander

France 24

Uganda's charcoal crackdown

In Kenya, some industrial fishing techniques are banned in a bid to counteract damage suffered by coastal communities that have seen their fish stocks plummet. Also, as Africa continues to wrangle with the dilemma of how to keep economic growth on track whilst tackling the climate emergency, we hear from…

Daily Mirror

York Valkyrie ready for Challenge Cup bid after "impactful" Uganda trip

Women's Super League side have just returned from spreading the rugby league gospel in East African country and are now bidding for glory on the home front

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

France 24

Dozens killed in Nigeria boat capsize

In this edition: Dozens are killed in the capsizing of a boat in northern Nigeria. Also, international frustration mounts as Khartoum's warring sides fail to cooperate as clashes continue. Finally, Uganda bans charcoal production in the north of the country as it struggles to protect its forests.

The Independent UK

In Uganda, a recent ban on charcoal making disrupts a lucrative but destructive business

The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders

Radio France Internationale

Archbishop of Canterbury decries Ugandan church support for severe anti-gay legislation

The head of the worldwide Anglican Communion has expressed his "grief and dismay" to the Ugandan Church over its support for the country's anti-gay law.

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Uganda’s Anglican Church to reject anti-gay law

‘No justification to support such laws’ says Welby

The Independent UK

OLD Archbishop of Canterbury urges Anglican Church of Uganda to reject anti-homosexuality law

The archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-homosexuality law

The Guardian - UK

Justin Welby criticises Ugandan church’s backing for anti-gay law

Archbishop of Canterbury expresses dismay over church’s support for Ugandan law enacted last month

The Independent UK

Biden’s troubled journey on LGBT+ rights is a ‘beautiful thing’, top US diplomat says

State Department chief of protocol says president’s ‘evolution is real, it’s meaningful, and it’s actually impacting our lives’

1 … 27 28 29 30

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Church of England

the Anglican Communion

29 stories

the African Development Bank

23 stories

Valkyrie

21 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.