Parliament has approved a new loan worth US$ 121,961,000 from the African Development Fund to finance Uganda’s electricity export project to South Sudan, despite sharp divisions among Members. While some legislators welcomed the project as a strategic regional investment that could generate foreign income, others...

Tension and emotion filled the courtroom in Lira on Thursday as ten supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) were remanded to Lira Government Prison over allegations of attacking a police vehicle earlier in the week. The ten, mostly young men and women, appeared before...