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Berlin, Germany– Team Uganda is tapping into the European market at the ITB Berlin Expo. Europe contributes a smaller but strategic overseas market segment, with roughly 39,000+ European visitors annually. This number needs to increase since Uganda’s tourism sector is expected to contribute $50 billion under the government’s tenfold growth and target of $500 billion by 2040. Members of Ugandan …

BY NADIM KOTEICH The missiles and drones didn’t aim at the sand in the United Arab Emirates. Had it not been for a 100% interception rate on ballistic missiles and 93% on drones, the story this week would have been written in rubble. When Iran’s dying regime dispatched 165 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 541 drones toward a single country …

The heat is on at the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report tore through the glossy public relations spin amidst war on Iran and laid bare troubling gaps in fuel security, funding shortfalls, underperformance and strategic failures that now raise uncomfortable questions about those entrusted with steering Uganda’s oil dream. At the helm of …

His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Hafiz Muhammad Harunah Bukenya, Uganda’s 2nd Deputy Mufti, was among distinguished adjudicators at an international Holy Qur’an competition organized by Al-Hikma Foundation. First left,Sheikh Hafiz Muhammad Harunah Bukenya The prestigious event took place at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, March 1, 2026, drawing hundreds of thousands of Muslim faithful from across Tanzania …

Fox Odoi-Oywelowo fought against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act Ugandan lawmaker Fox Odoi-Oywelowo, pictured at the global equality summit in South Africa in 2024, lost his seat during parliamentary elections January 15. (Enrique Anarte photo courtesy of Thompson Reuters Foundation) LGBTQI+ rights ally Fox Odoi-Oywelowo lost his seat in the Ugandan parliament during national elections Jan 15. Oywelowo represented West Budama North …

Kampala — The curtain is slowly falling on the controversial Departed Asians Property Custodian Board, but as the lights dim, what is emerging is not a graceful exit — it is a catalogue of chaos, financial indiscipline, fraud allegations and staggering governance failure. A fresh Auditor General’s report as of December 2025 has ripped open the books of the Board …

Amos Tayebwa Mbarara — A political storm is brewing over the contested land at Kakyeka Stadium, and the temperature is rising by the day. Mbarara City Mayor Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi has fired a chilling warning to Mbarara District Chief Administrative Officer David Muhwezi and LC1 Chairman-turned-Councilor Abdul Kyambade to immediately withdraw their alleged interest in a disputed piece of land …

By Venenscias Kiiza African health journalism is under unprecedented strain at a moment of escalating public health challenges, according to the Africa Health Media Trends Report 2026, launched 26 February 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya by FINN Partners. Yet the report also highlights a growing shift toward solutions-driven, Africa-led health storytelling that could reshape how health issues are covered across the …

Kampala — For years, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) sold itself as the engine of Uganda’s agro-industrial transformation. Tea seedlings. Apple orchards. Hass avocado dreams. Irrigation schemes. Heifers for farmers. But the December 2025 Auditor General’s report paints a different picture — one of ballooning arrears, questionable payments, dormant Letters of Credit and a financial hangover that now threatens …

Kampala — With more than half of Ugandans seeking treatment in private health facilities, the latest Auditor General’s report has sounded a chilling alarm: the very institutions mandated to regulate private healthcare may be leaving dangerous gaps that put lives at risk. The Auditor General 2025 Value for Money audit into the Regulation of Private Health Care Practice in Uganda …