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Kampala is almost being tainted with a brand of buying counterfeit goods with some even going so far as to sell "fake water" to unknowing residents and organizations. Against this background, Central Kampala Police have arrested a man on suspicion of selling untreated water as portable drinking water. According to

Uganda joins the rest of the countries to mark the human rights day. The Human Rights Day observed across the world on 10 December is under the theme "Let's Stand up for Equality, justice and human dignity" The celebrations this year will mark the beginning of a year-long campaign under

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hosted the Uganda Indian Community to a "Diwali" dinner celebration last evening at State House, Entebbe. Diwali is an annual ceremony that marks the ‘start of a new year’ and is symbolised by candle-lighting where priests pray for peace and harmony. THE PRESIDENT`S REMARKS Indian

Uganda's opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) newly elected President, Patrick Amuriat Oboi has failed to iron out differences with his predecessor, General Mugisha Muntu. Oboi and Muntu met on Friday afternoon in Kampala in an attempt to finding a working relationship following media reports that the latter

Pope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed. The current wording that says "lead us not into temptation" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says. His suggestion is to use "do

At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN's Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province. Five soldiers with the DR

There are reports that talks to resolve the ongoing crisis in Burundi have ended inconclusively. They say that the negotiation parties have failed to agree on the key issues that sparked the crisis. Burundi media reports that some of the issues under consideration included the release of political prisoners and

City businessman Tom Kaaya is in trouble for alleged illegal possession of firearms. Kaya was picked on Thursday morning by a team of operatives from the Chieftancy of Military Intelligence backed by officers from Old Kampala Police Station. The operatives stormed Kaaya's Mengo based home on a tip off that

The sale of migrants into slavery in Libya may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations Security Council said Thursday, voicing "grave concern" after footage appearing to show Africans being auctioned there sparked global outrage. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a formal statement calling on Libyan authorities to investigate