Faced with the need to expand the transport sector in tandem with regional infrastructural development, Uganda launched an aggressive and ambitious 20-year civil aviation masterplan which included the upgrade of its only international airport in Entebbe along the shores of Lake Victoria, 43km south of the capital Kampala. The refurbished airport would handle about 150,000 […]
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The government has said Ugandans are crossing to Kenya to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) as a way to escape tough penalties against the practice in Uganda. FMG, where the genitalia of a woman is cut for non-medical reasons, is prevalent among the Sabiny and the Pokot in Uganda despite having been outlawed in Uganda […]
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A report of an internal government investigations into the 2020 November riot killings has revealed that 39 out of the 54, or 72 percent, of people shot dead were hit by “stray bullets”. Police Criminal Investigations Director, AIGP Grace Akullo, prepared the report and transmitted it to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Martins Okoth-Ochola, […]
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Somalia has expelled Ugandan diplomat Simon Mulongo, the Deputy Head of the African Mission in Somalia (Amisom), for allegedly engaging in “incompatible” behaviour. The Horn country’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in a letter copied to Amisom and the African Union Commission (AUC), declared the envoy persona non grata. Somalia has now ordered Mulongo to leave […]
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The largest heated crude oil pipeline in the world, set for East Africa, is facing stiff resistance from religious groups. This opposition to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop), a project with major backing from the French government and Total Energies, amplifies calls for the abandonment of fossil fuels in place of renewable energy […]
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