On Wednesday Kinshasa accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of "instrumentalizing for political purposes" Congolese refugees in Rwanda, "the height of indecency" according to the DRC government. The recent development comes after Mr. Kagame threatened to evict thousands of Congolese...
GEITA, TANZANIA—-- Tanzania’s Geological Survey recently set aside 50 hectares of land in Geita Region, in North West Tanzania for small scale gold miners.
The miners should be pleased. This gives them an opportunity to seek out their fortune without...
The war between Russia and Ukraine has done more harm than good to most of the African countries, Uganda inclusive. With the cost of living going higher by the day, a group of Ugandans called out to the general...
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced the end of a nearly three-month outbreak of Ebola that claimed six lives out of 12 known cases.
The outbreak, the DRC's 12th since the disease was first identified in 1976, was...
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has set the new price for gorilla permits from $600 to $700 plus a revision of tariffs for other tourism activities.
The Uganda Wildlife Authority whose headquarters are based in Kampala is a government parastatal...
Team Uganda is dominating the ongoing East African Community – EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games taking place in South Sudan’s capital Juba.
Legislators and staff from Regional Assemblies at the annual competition competing in various sports disciplines including football, netball, athletics, tug-of-war,...
When the government cracked the whip last year and ordered matatu operators to change their way of doing business and trade under savings and credit co-operative societies (saccos), many people in the multi-billion industry were caught by surprise.
Most operators...
Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, according to Uganda’s contingent and a Somali captain.
The rebels attacked the base belonging to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia...
The World Health Organization widely known for its humanitarian work across the globe has been caught up in a global storm that threatens its integrity. A commission set up by the agency found out that a substantial number of...
The M23 rebels have warned the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities regarding their announced intention to officially resume activities at the Bunagana border in the war-torn province of North Kivu.
The North Kivu authorities had closed activities at the...




