World
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Africa
3/11/2025 2:58:15 PM
Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions that have threatened a fragile peace agreement.
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Sports
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Omni sports
3/2/2025 11:06:17 AM
Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth.
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World
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Africa
2/19/2025 9:00:19 PM
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/4/2025 1:32:16 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni stressed Friday the new African Union (AU) Mission’s pivotal role in supporting the government in Somalia, according to an Egyptian presidential statement.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/4/2024 11:04:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty announced Wednesday the launching of a Business Council between Egypt and Uganda to boost investment during a press conference in Cairo with his Ugandan counterpart Henry Oryem Okello.
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Sports
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Africa
11/14/2024 9:21:54 PM
Tunisia secured their place in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Madagascar in Group A at Loftus Versfeld on Thursday.
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Sports
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Omni sports
11/5/2024 4:30:31 PM
A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for murdering Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat last year.
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Sports
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Omni sports
11/2/2024 2:02:27 PM
The inaugural African Darts Cup, held in Sharm El Sheikh, concluded with Egypt achieving joint third place in the Women’s Doubles category.
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World
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War in Sudan
9/23/2024 10:17:12 AM
The UN's refugee chief questioned Sunday what future awaited the Sudanese people as the country's civil war rages, pushing its people ever further afield including to Uganda and Europe's maritime borders.
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World
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Africa
9/21/2024 6:33:31 PM
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, who had earlier said he would run in the 2026 presidential election, announced on Saturday he would not stand and would back his father instead.
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Sports
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Africa
9/6/2024 9:34:07 PM
A goal deep in injury time from Thalente Mbatha rescued a point for South Africa against Uganda, 2-2, at home in the beginning of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/3/2024 4:46:00 PM
A Ugandan Olympian is in intensive care in a Kenyan hospital after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, officials said Tuesday, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country.
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World
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Africa
9/2/2024 2:08:17 PM
A massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC is mired in reports of sexual violence, forced evictions and environmental damage, climate activists said Monday.
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World
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Africa
8/14/2024 7:54:03 PM
At least 39 people are still missing following a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala at the weekend that has so far claimed 26 lives, police said Wednesday.
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World
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Africa
8/13/2024 12:21:02 PM
The death toll from a mountain of garbage that collapsed in Kampala has risen to 25 with no hope of finding survivors, a minister said Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
8/12/2024 4:46:27 PM
Esther Nalukwago, a 42-year-old mother of twins, fled half-dressed in panic when a torrent of rotting garbage engulfed her home in the Ugandan capital Kampala, in a disaster that has claimed the lives of at least 23 people including children.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/2/2024 11:58:13 PM
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei withstood Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men's Olympic 10,000m at the Stade de France on Friday.
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World
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Africa
7/23/2024 12:52:15 PM
Ugandan police detained several demonstrators in the capital Kampala on Tuesday, according to an AFP journalist, as scattered anti-corruption rallies began despite being banned by authorities.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Sports
6/25/2024 6:51:31 PM
The 2024 Pentathlon Junior World Championships is currently taking place in Alexandria, reports Inas Mazhar
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Sports
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Africa
6/10/2024 10:10:35 PM
Algeria bounced back from their shocking home defeat against Guinea by claiming a 2-1 away win over Uganda in the World Cup qualifiers on Monday.
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