Tag: Uganda

Uganda probes accusations of refugee aid fraud

KAMPALA: Uganda is investigating allegations that its officials defrauded donors by inflating refugee numbers and diverting food aid, the prime minister’s office said on...

Congo and Uganda kill over 100 militants

KINSHASA: A joint Ugandan and Congolese military operation killed more than 100 militants aligned with a rebel group believed to be responsible for the...

Ajmal refutes reports of Pakistani cricketers ‘stranded’ in Uganda

Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal on Thursday rejected a media report of Pakistani cricketers being stranded in Uganda, saying that “Pakistani cricketers are ‘safe and...

Fear, confusion as Uganda ‘serial killer’ murders pile up

ENTEBBE: "We keep finding bodies. It was once a month then once every two or three weeks then every week," said Rose Nakasinge, a...

Pakistan will be world’s sixth largest nation by 2050: Report

Pakistan is expected to become the sixth largest nation in the world by 2050, according to data published by Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The data...

After Bollywood and Nollywood, Uganda brings ‘Wakaliwood’

It’s a searing hot day, and a group of commandos are attempting a daring prison break. “Stop, get them!” General Placdo, a drunkard and an...

Uganda president blocks anti-gay bill

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to...

NAB gets KP IGP’s remand for five days

An accountability court on Friday extended the physical remand of the weapons scam case accused former Inspector General (IG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Malik Naveed...

NAB makes new arrests in weapon scam case

New arrests in the weapons scam case were made by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday, according to reports on local media. NAB officials...

KP’s ex-IGP remand extended

NAB remand of former Inspector General Police Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Malik Naveed in the weapons scam case was extended on Friday by an accountability court. Judge...

Rebels begin withdrawal in eastern DR Congo

Rebels in eastern DR Congo say they have started withdrawing from territory they have captured from government troops, days after a pullout deal was...

DRC rebel leader heads to Uganda for talks

Sultani Makenga, leader of the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has travelled to the to the Ugandan capital Kampala for...

Bill Clinton meets Bill Clinton

In 1998, then U.S. president Bill Clinton met a baby who was named after him in a village in Uganda. Now, fourteen years later,...

Uganda marathon winner gets $80,000 home for parents

Recently-crowned Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich returned home Wednesday to a rapturous welcome in Uganda, an $80,000 cheque and a pledge that his parents...

Kiprotich happy to move out of Kenyan shadow

Ugandan outsider Stephen Kiprotich said he was happy to become a "known athlete" after stunning a heavily fancied Kenyan team to claim victory in...

Kiprotich wins marathon, curtain falls on Games

Marathon man Stephen Kiprotich delivered only Uganda's second ever Olympics gold medal on Sunday, celebrating victory in the shadow of Buckingham Palace as the...

Clinton heads to Ebola-stricken Uganda, South Sudan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew out of Senegal Thursday and headed to Uganda before a visit the world's newest nation South Sudan,...