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KAMPALA, Uganda — In a move that places environmental sanitation at the centre of national development, Uganda has introduced a nationwide monthly cleaning programme that will require citizens, institutions and...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso's military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has sharpened his opposition to any push for Sharia law, declaring that the country's secular legal order will not...

At least 20 people were killed after heavily armed assailants attacked several villages in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State, local officials said on Wednesday, underscoring the persistent insecurity gripping parts of...

Ugandan security forces have recovered dozens of stolen livestock following an armed cattle raid in the country's northeastern Karamoja sub-region, underscoring the persistent challenge of livestock theft and inter-community insecurity...

Uganda has strengthened its capacity to police its vast inland waterways after Inspector General of Police Abas Byakagaba commissioned a fleet of newly acquired state-of-the-art marine patrol vessels, a move...

As darkness settled over north-western Uganda, a routine night on the road turned into a high-stakes pursuit that would end with a haul of illegal cigarettes off the streets and...

Ugandan police have recovered more 120 suspected stolen iPhones and arrested four people as part of an investigation into what authorities believe is an organized network trafficking stolen Apple devices...

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, today hosted a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at...

FORMER Second Deputy Prime Minister and decorated Veteran Gen. (Rtd) Moses Ali has on Wednesday been laid to rest at his ancestral home in Abirichaku Village, Adjumani District. He died...

Uganda will hold elections for Village Women Committees on Thursday (July 23, 2026) in more than 71,000 villages, with the Electoral Commission saying preparations have been completed for a vote...