The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023

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.

France 24 · Jun 13, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

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’

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Uganda's long-time president says he's taking 'forced leave' after testing positive for COVID-19

Uganda’s longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Uganda's Ghetto Kids make Britain's Got Talent history – here's the reality of 'orphanages' around the world

A group of talented young dancers from Uganda warmed hearts around the world after earning the coveted “golden buzzer” on Britain’s Got Talent. The Ghetto Kids are a dance troupe of children between the ages of five and 13 growing up in a child care institution in Uganda. Putting on…

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2023

Ugandan peacekeepers killed in jihadist attack in Somalia

Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 4, 2023

Uganda's Ghetto Kids journey from slums to stardom

A group of six Ugandan street children from the capital Kampala have reached the grand finale of the hit UK television show Britain's Got Talent – a further step in proving their lives are "changing for the good".

Radio France Internationale · Jun 4, 2023

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2023

The Observer view on Uganda’s anti-gay laws: grotesque, legalised bigotry

Yoweri Museveni has introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts, but his legislation threatens more than the people it demonises

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023