Uganda: Salaam Bank Launches First Islamic Bank
In Uganda, Salaam Bank Limited, a unit of the Djibouti-based Salaam Group, commenced operations on Wednesday as the nation’s inaugural Islamic banking-compliant financial institution, as […]
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Angola asks Gabon for explanations after incident involving ECCAS president
Angola has asked the President-in-Office of ECCAS and President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to intervene in the case of the invasion of […]
LGBTQ activist stabbed in Uganda
A prominent Ugandan LGBTQ activist was stabbed to death on Wednesday by unidentified motorcycle riders on his way to work, police and a human rights […]
Seventy-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman has given birth to twins, “an extraordinary feat”, according to Edward Tamale Sali, the doctor who supervised her pregnancy and delivery. […]
President Yoweri Museveni announced Ugandan police foil ADF plot to bomb churches
Bomb attacks on churches by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) jihadists were foiled on Sunday October 15 in Uganda, some 50 km west of the capital […]
Ebola: Ugandan president orders healers to stop their activities
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating the sick in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola, which has already […]
Six new Ebola cases in Uganda, says WHO
“So far, seven cases, including one death, have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola from Sudan,” WHO said in a statement, referring to a rare […]
Uganda: Museveni’s son retires from the army
Will President Museveni’s son succeed his father? Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced on Tuesday March 8 his departure from the army, of which he was one of […]
ICJ orders Uganda to pay $325 million to DRC
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s highest court, has ruled in the dispute between Uganda and the DRC. The DRC had claimed $11 […]
Kigali to reopen land border with Uganda closed since 2019
Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the main border crossing with Uganda, closed since February 2019, will reopen on Jan. 31, formalizing a thaw in […]