Uganda, Africa

Aid agencies are seeking US$43 million to help up to 300,000 people affected by flash floods in a remote region of east Uganda. The appeal will...

A semi-arid region where livestock and violence have long been central concerns for the million people that live there, Karamoja in northeastern...

The UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and the Congolese army should step up efforts to eliminate "negative forces" in order to...

Thousands of school children have been forced to stay at home as schools remain closed due to flooding in eastern Uganda. More than 150 educational...

Residents of a camp for internally displaced people in northern Ugandan sang and ululated at a ceremony to mark the formal closure of the settlement...

Efforts by the Ugandan government to prevent abuses, including torture and killing of civilians by the military during disarmament operations in the...

In most of Uganda, as in many parts of the world, it is acceptable for a man to be several years older than his partner or wife, so when Population...

Uganda and their first head of state, Milton Obote. On the eve of independence from the British in 1962, Uganda’s future looked bright....

KAMPALA The year-long talks between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) may not have reached a conclusion, but the...

KAMPALA Uganda will amend its penal code to enable alleged war crimes committed during more than two decades of conflict in the north to be...