Health
A twice-yearly HIV jab offers hope in Uganda, if the doses come
Lenacapavir nearly eliminated new infections in trials. Mbarara wants more of it.
East Africa
Uganda
The latest news from Uganda: politics, business, technology, culture, sport and more.
Technology
MTN Uganda brings Starlink internet to remote businesses
The operator is now an authorised Starlink reseller for companies and institutions. Its foundation also opened a teachers' resource centre and certified 102 teachers in digital literacy.
Technology
Gedeon Baleke to speak at the IEEE Africa Innovation Summit 2026 in Kampala
The Secretary General and Vice-President II of the African Coalition for Development (ACD) joins the IEEE Africa Innovation Summit (AIS) 2026 as a speaker, on 6 November (virtual) and 7 November (in person) in Kampala, Uganda.
Sport
Refugee athletes will run at the Youth Olympics for the first time
Two teenage sprinters raised in Uganda after fleeing eastern Congo are among six refugees going to Dakar 2026.
Health
Uganda begins testing a vaccine against the Ebola strain that has none
Scientists in Masaka have started a first human trial of a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain behind Congo's outbreak. Congo itself starts a larger trial this month.
Culture
Six in ten Ugandan children never see a pre-school
Primary and secondary school are free. The years before are left to private providers. A UN committee says that should end.
Climate
The Ugandan lab turning seized ivory into convictions
Poachers now strip carcasses of anything that identifies them. In Entebbe, scientists use DNA to tell a court exactly which animal a piece of meat or tusk came from.
Health
Ugandan schools take on the taboo around periods
More than 20 schools in the Rwenzori region used drama and essays to talk openly about menstruation. A head teacher says silence leaves schools unprepared.
Diaspora
Ugandan in US court over cocaine and cartel arms plot
Michael Katungi Mpweire, extradited from Uganda, is accused with three others of offering weapons worth $58 million to a Mexican cartel. Two co-accused have pleaded guilty.
Business
Uganda joins Kenya in opening the Dangote refinery share sale to its investors
The Nigerian refinery is trying to raise $1.6bn in what could be Africa's largest stock market listing. The offer closes on 13 October.
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