LONDON - UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Friday that it was abandoning plans to build a £450 million ($560 million) vaccine plant, delivering a major blow to the Labour government's ...

President Yoweri Museveni has expressed displeasure on the Supreme Court ruling blocking the trial of civilians in military courts. In his pronouncement, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo also ...

KAMPALA - The Uganda army, says it is adopting a 'Forward Defensive Posture' on the country's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda People's Defence Forces says the move ...

The Ugandan shilling ended January on a stronger note against the U.S. dollar, as month-end inflows surpassed demand from corporates. The local currency closed at 3,675/3,685 per dollar, compared ...

The party plans to have its primaries by July, a reconciliation of the party members by August and nominate contenders for president, Parliament and local government positions by September ...

President Yoweri Museveni has asked Ugandans to continue backing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) so as to consolidate peace and enable the development and wealth creation path that the ...

Cotton prices in Kasese have plummeted from shillings 3,000 to 2,000, leaving farmers devastated. The development is on account of the bumper cotton harvest of about 17,000 bales compared to the ...

KAMPALA - The Supreme Court has ordered that all pending criminal cases before the General Court Martial (GCM) should be stopped. “Pending trial before the GCM involving civilians must ...

Lawmakers are calling for an extension of the ongoing national voter register update, citing legal discrepancies and technical glitches that they contend might undermine the credibility of the ...

The Uganda shilling opened Thursday’s session at 3685/3695 against the dollar. Demand remained subdued during the day though "pockets did come through from the energy sector" according to Rahmah ...

WAKISO - As the country mourns Internal Security Organisation director general Brig. Charles Oluka, line minister Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi says they are still waiting for the postmortem report.

All is set for the long-awaited ruling on whether military courts can try civilians, despite a technical glitch at the Supreme Court in Kampala city. The justices have had to leave the chambers ...