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RADIO TAMAZUJ Uganda faces imminent fuel shortages if the just-ended transport strike in Kenya, temporarily suspended for a one-week grace period to allow dialogue, fails to resolve the underlying crisis. The shutdown had effectively choked the Northern Corridor from Mombasa port, the main supply route for landlocked East Africa. With […]

BBC A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country. In February, videos showing what looked like waves of smoke blowing off an evergreen forest went viral in Japan. It wasn’t smoke – it […]

DAILY MONITOR The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has petitioned the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lino Anguzu, over the state’s continued failure to transfer the case files of approximately 40 political supporters from military courts to civilian jurisdictions. The petition comes despite a landmark January 31, 2025, Supreme Court […]

The unfinished blocks nearing completion at Aripea Secondary School awaiting the UPDF Engineering Brigade. Photo by Erema George By Erema George Arua City  The 579 million Shs project under the Uganda People Defence Force (UPDF) Engineering Brigade at Aripea Secondary School in Terego District has continued to face setbacks with […]

Hamid Salim, Secretary for Finance, Planning and Administration of Arua Central Division, speaking during a media briefing to endorse Obigah Rose. By Dramadri Federick Arua City Leaders and supporters from Uganda’s West Nile sub-region have united in support of Terego District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Rose Obigah, in her […]

Former President Raul Castro, pictured in 2017, has been indicted by an American court, as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Cuba BBC China has called on the US to stop using “coercion” and “threats” against its ally Cuba, after Washington indicted former leader Raúl Castro on murder charges. […]

DAILY MONITOR The National Resistance Movement has called all its MPs and allied independents to State House, Entebbe on Sunday to endorse its candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker ahead of Monday’s election. The 12th Parliament will sit for the first time on May 25 to elect its presiding officers. […]

An anti-Ebola advocacy van drives along Kyadondo road amid the Ebola outbreak and alert in Kampala, Uganda October 27, 2022. DAILY MONITOR At least $34.5 million (about Shs130 billion) has separately been committed by different foreign governments and partners for the Ebola response in DR Congo and Uganda, this publication […]

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Bishops of the United States will consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. VATICAN NEWS The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will hold its 2026 Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando, Florida, on […]

NILE POST The Uganda Law Society has strongly condemned alleged threats and intimidation by senior military officials against defense lawyers, warning that the increasing militarisation of public affairs poses a serious threat to constitutionalism, judicial independence, and access to justice. The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a strongly worded […]