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BBC In a move unprecedented for Tanzania, Vice-President Emmanuel Nchimbi has announced he is resigning and will retire from public life at the end of next week less than 10 months after being sworn in. The 54-year-old gave the details in a brief letter to President Samia Suluhu Hassan shared […]

The stunning landscape of Kidepo Valley National Park in northeastern Uganda. Photo file: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) By Proscovia Achomo Gulu City The planned construction of a 292-kilometre electric fence around Kidepo Valley National Park has stalled following a dispute between communities and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) over the […]

Radio Pacis staff (Otim Stephen Palaring and Ceasar Canon Acidri) at God’s Glory Nursery bed while after receiving the different seedlings (Phot by Peter Okello) By Biko Rombe Gulu City Radio Pacis has started distributing tree seedlings to listeners who won them during the 2026 Go Green Campaign as the […]

By Biko Rombe Gulu City Farmers in Northern Uganda are entering the second planting season cautiously after prolonged dry spell caused significant crop losses during the previous season. Gasper Anam, a farmer from Oyam district, says he planted two hectares of maize but harvested only two sacks instead of the […]

Oasis 2026 FEASSA champions arriving from Tanzania with their trophy. Photo by Morish Dramadri By Morish Dramadri Arua city West Nile has once again demonstrated its rich sporting potential after Oasis Primary School Arua made history by winning the boys’ football title at the 2026 Federation of East Africa Secondary […]

Kaps Fungaro, the FDC deputy president for Northern Uganda and Shadow Minister for Security NILE POST The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has called for independent audits of government ministries, departments and agencies to address what it described as widespread corruption and shoddy work in the implementation of public projects. […]

DAILY MONITOR The Church of Uganda has called on parents and communities to protect children from violence and provide them with a safe environment in which they can grow and develop. Bishop Henry Katumba Tamale, the Bishop Emeritus of West Buganda Diocese, described the killing of children by their own […]

CGTN Sudan’s prolonged conflict has kept millions of children out of school, disrupting their education and leaving many without a safe place to learn. According to Education Cannot Wait, the UN’s global fund for education, at least eight million children nearly half of Sudan’s 17 million school-age children are still out […]

Osman Ezale, Electoral Commission Returning Officer for Arua City during an interview in his office (Photo by Onzoma Albert). By Onzoma Albert Arua City The Electoral Commission Office in Arua City has successfully completed the nomination of candidates for the Women Councils and Committees Elections scheduled for Friday, August 28, […]

REUTERS Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ​ambush on Monday in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, bringing ‌to nine the number of peacekeepers killed in the line of duty worldwide this year, the United Nations said. Among the injured were three U.N. peacekeepers, […]