KAMPALA, September 24, 2026 — Airtel Africa has officially launched satellite-to-mobile connectivity in partnership with Starlink, making Uganda the second African market to commercially deploy the service. The launch was…
Veteran saxophonist and Afrigo Band founder Moses Matovu has died after he…
The remains of Ugandan TikTok personality Timothy Kayanja, popularly known as Jayden,…
Ugandan rapper Ivan Wabwire, popularly known as Da Agent, has been recognised…
Prince David Kijanangoma, a member of the Tooro Babiito royal family, was…
Two workers were seriously injured after a crane lift collapsed at a construction site in Ggaba, Kampala, police said. The incident occurred at about 11:30am on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at a construction site in Mission Zone, Ggaba Parish, Makindye Division, where workers were constructing a six-storey apartment building. According to police, the workers were mixing concrete and loading it onto the crane lift when the equipment broke from the sixth floor and collapsed. Two workers who were on the fifth floor reportedly fell with the crane lift. Part of the building, including a balcony, was also damaged. The injured…
MASAKA — The High Court in Masaka has set September 30 and October 1 for the…
Two men have been arrested in Tororo District for allegedly impersonating officials of the State House…
Seven people, including three local government and security officials, have been arrested in Pakwach District over…
UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has met President William Ruto on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where she said she raised the continued detention of her husband, Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye. The meeting came as a Kenyan human rights activist, Mulinge Muteti, remained missing after taking part in demonstrations in Nairobi demanding Besigye’s release. Byanyima said she met Ruto on Wednesday, September 23, and expressed support for his role as the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Medical Products. She said she also raised what she described as the “continuing persecution”…
Kenyan authorities have destroyed 1,036 kilograms of high-purity methamphetamine valued at Sh8.2 billion, in one of…
NAIROBI — Kenyan police on Monday arrested several activists, including human rights defenders Julius Kamau and…
KAMPALA — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed condolences to the family of former Kenyan politician…
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