GENEVA - The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks. More than 800 people have died across ...

The Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, has tasked manufacturers in Uganda to consider the growing population in need of employment when expanding their lines of ...

The Italian defending world champion Bagnaia overtook pole-sitter Pedro Acosta on the first lap at Motegi and stayed in the lead to finish 1.189sec ahead of Martin with Marc Marquez third.

Scrap collectors also known as scavengers at Kiteezi landfill have accused some Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) officials of exploitation. The claims were presented to the new KCCA boss ...

Kenya Airways, the country's flag carrier, said on Friday that the consolidation of airlines on the continent will help reduce the cost of intra-African air travel. Allan Kilavuka, chief executive ...

GOMA - The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturday in the eastern city of Goma, AFP journalists said.

KAMPALA - Uganda government and Ghana-based Jospong Group of Companies have partnered to recycle waste material that has been dumped at Kiteezi landfill for the last 28 years. Earlier today ...

WAKISO - With the widespread corruption and moral degeneration in our country today, Anthony Etalu, the Director of Studies at Entebbe Education Center Primary School says, leaders should go back ...

More than 17 million Mozambicans are called on to vote for a new president on Wednesday with incumbent Filipe Nyusi, 65, prevented by the constitution from seeking a third term. Nyusi's Frelimo ...

KAMPALA - In the continuation of our series towards independence, today, Joshua Kato focuses on the ‘first’ resistance groups and why land and the economy were big issues. When the chiefs and ...

MARSEILLE - The southern French city of Marseille was this week shaken by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was "stabbed 50 times" and burned ...

In a demonstration of the country's exceptional human capital, Stanbic Bank Uganda, the country’s largest commercial lender, has exported several top banking executives to other African countries.