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Terror: Kampala on high alert2 hours ago

Police has issued a fresh terror alert on a possible attack for people in Kampala and has called upon everyone to be extra vigilant today.....

World leaders for global farewell to Mandela6 hours ago

Presidents past and present, global figures and A-list celebrities made their way to South Africa on Monday to pay the world's respects for freedom icon Nelson Mandela.....

Load-shedding back as Bujagali is shut down4 hours ago

The newly-built 250 megawatts Bujagali Hydropower station is not supplying adequate electricity to the national grid, causing serious blackouts.....

Business

NFA to cancel all titles on forest reserves6 hours ago

National Forestry Authority (NFA) is finalising its move to cancel all land titles and lease offers issued in central forest reserves, the NFA executive director Michael Mugisa has said. The move is ...

Coffee policy to improve fortunes6 hours ago

Coffee farmers in Uganda should expect to up their productivity and better their incomes with increased access to reliable inputs, improved technologies, extension services and more participation in ...

Sport

Netball: She Cranes win Six Nations Cup final 3 hours ago

Despite their late arrival, the national netball team, She Cranes, worked their way through six games to emerge champions of the Six Nations Cup that ended at Toa Payoh Sports Hall in Singapore.....

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Kobs edge rugby league champions Heathens 22 hours ago

The Kicking inability continues to haunt Uganda clubs and it was the major cause to Heathens 19-11 defeat by traditional rivals DMark Kobs at Legends Rugby Club on Saturday in the 2013/2014 Nile Spec... ..

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Entertainment

Daisy misses sh150m Tusker cash 5 hours ago

Ugandan songbird Daisy Ejang has missed the sh150m Tusker Project Fame award, which was won by Hope Irakoze from Burundi.....

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Busy Signal performs to massive crowds in Kampala 1 day ago

Jamaican dancehall star, Busy Signal, was overwhelmed by the thousands of crowds that stormed Lugogo Cricket Oval when he took to stage Friday evening.... ..

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Health

Are you a victim of hidden depression? 5 hours ago

New research published in the journal PLOS Medicine has revealed that depression is the second leading cause of disability worldwide.

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Education

MUST signs deal with Limpopo University 5 hours ago

Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Uganda Technology and Management University have signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Limpopo and the Human Sciences Research C

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Lifestyle

‘Greener pastures’: A mirage for most Ugandans in America5 hours ago

Five years ago, a Ugandan woman travelled to the US for a conference, but did not come back. She had seen glamourous photos of Hollywood and Ugandans working in the US.....

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How Bishop Bukenya fell for Christine, a mother of four 1 day ago

Bishop Bukenya’s early years were spent in Mbale, where he was born. In the later years, he was always on the move with his father who was a manager with British American Tobacco.....

Managing foul water, sewage at home 1 day ago

Handling foul water and sewerage on sites is a big challenge. Many developers struggle to get it right. With limited piped water and more people buying land in swamps and wetlands, management of sewa....

Kayenje’s seedlings gave him a house 2 days ago

After graduating with a degree in education from Makerere University in 1998, Kayenje taught in different schools. He says he found his salary of sh200,000 per month too little to cater for his famil....

Opinion / Columnists

Uganda’s role in liberating South Africa

In 1990, Africa handed Mandela over to the world. But as the world turned him into an icon, what was quickly forgotten is the sacrifice of those who made it possible.

Ugandans should consider national reconciliation

Ugandans in some parts of the country, especially Kampala, where the Police are frequently in running battles with opposition and some civil society groups over disobedience.

The colonial hegemony and the context of terrorism

In the late 18th and early 19th Century, the production of cheap raw materials was a central requirement of the new states in Europe.

Fast-track approval of gender-based violence policy

Every day, everywhere, Uganda is overwhelmed with widespread gender-based violence (GBV)

Special Features

Human rights are the greatest asset-Hilderman 1 hour ago

As the readers nominate, one gets to clearly understand the power music has got to change society because even with the so many songs playing out there, they are able to pick out those packed with po

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World

Thai PM calls elections as 100,000 join protests 2 hours ago

Thailand's premier called a snap election Monday to try to defuse the kingdom's political crisis but protesters kept up their fight to topple her government with an estimated 100,000 demonstrators fl

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Sites and Sounds of Uganda

Sir Samuel Baker: keeping us in the world’s mind 4 hours ago

I plunged into the egodwarfing Murchison Falls some months ago with two purposes. First, there was that desire to feel the pulse of the wilderness and meet Baker’s great grandchildren.

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Science & technology

Beware of terrorists on social media 6 days ago

How well do I know my Facebook Friends? Is the Facebook group I am part of used to spread Terrorism propaganda? Who is posting strange videos on my wall? These are some of the questions every socia....

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Mice can 'warn' sons, grandsons of dangers via sperm 7 days ago

Lab mice trained to fear a particular smell can transfer the impulse to their unborn sons and grandsons through a mechanism in their sperm.... ..

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