Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 10:00 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the UN agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0952 EAT on Tuesday 28th February. The director of public prosecutions (DPP) is seeking a constitutional amendment that will provide a window for the extension of the 48-hour rule before which a suspect can be produced before court. DPP Jane Frances Abodo says that the proposed amendment is for…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0940 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. A team of Ugandan experts has concluded a due diligence tour of the Turkish firm, Yapı Merkezi Holding A.Ş that has been contacted by the government to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The tour was aimed at determining the financial strength and…

Updated at 2256 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Nigerians are still voting in a national election in a few parts of the country where technical and other glitches prevented voting from taking place as scheduled on Saturday. Vote counting was already under way in other places during the historically tight race between three frontrunners…

Updated at 2235 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Australia have won the Women’s T20 World Cup for the sixth time as they defeated South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Newlands, Cape Town. Helped by opening batter Beth Mooney’s innings of 74, the defending champions posted a total of 156 for six…

Updated at 2212 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Lawyer Male Mabirizi has been released from Luzira Upper prison after serving just a year of his 18-month jail term for contempt of court.  Uganda Prison Services spokesperson Frank Baine said that Mabirizi was released on Saturday after completing his sentence. He said Mabirizi’s sentence was…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1226 EAT on 25th February 2023. The leaders of Botswana and Namibia have signed an agreement that will allow their citizens to cross the two countries’ border without passports. Starting immediately, citizens of the two southern African countries will only be required to produce their identity cards at crossing…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1224 EAT on Saturday 25th February 2023. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday Thursday declined to append his signature on an endorsement poster endorsing him for the 2026 elections. Museveni who has been in power since 1986 was requested by the area leaders and a section of voters in Omoro…