The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

UK reports 205 new coronavirus-related deaths and 41,130 cases; Ireland to drop most curbs – as it happened

Ireland will drop most restrictions, including mandatory face masks, on Monday

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2022

Uganda needs a mind shift to address poor growth and persistent inequality

Uganda aspires to become an upper-middle-income country by 2040. This is classified by the World Bank as a country with Gross National Income per capita income above $4,096. That’s far and above Uganda’s latest figure of under $1,000.

The Conversation · Feb 18, 2022

Motherwell star explains swapping Premiership for Ugandan safari this summer after committing to WildAid cause

The defender has teamed up with the charitable cause to help his homeland.

Daily Record · Feb 17, 2022

UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo €285 million in war damages

The UN's top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo 285 million euros over a war two decades ago. The sum represents just a fraction of what Kinshasa originally demanded.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 12, 2022

How one writer’s story ignited a debate about torture in Uganda

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija says he has fled Uganda for treatment after he was tortured during a month in detention.

Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2022

‘Anything to stop the massacres’: peace still eludes DRC as armed groups proliferate

After years of conflict between the DR Congo’s ineffective army, rebel forces and local militias, can Uganda’s entry into the war bring peace?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022

Ugandan gets new lease of life

Advanced heart failure patient implanted latest L-VAD device

The Hindu · Feb 10, 2022

Uganda writer Rukirabashaija flees the country, fearing for his life: lawyer

Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has fled the country fearing for his life after spending nearly a month in detention, according to his lawyer Eron Kiiza.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 10, 2022

Uganda slams UN court's Congo ruling as 'undue interference'

Uganda has slammed as “undue interference” the International Court of Justice’s ruling that it must pay $325 million to Congo over violence in the late 1990s

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Uganda says ICJ ruling awarding DR Congo $325 million in reparations unfair and wrong

Uganda said on Thursday it considered as unfair and wrong an International Court of Justice ruling asking it to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022