Uganda

A proposal for a new anti-gay law is expected, according to an audio recording of the speaker of the country's parliament

Dairy Development Authority officials have assured farmers and all dairy industry partners that Uganda will soon enter Algeria with the country's milk powder as the nation seeks to expand its market

The country lost €18 million that the European Union had made available to facilitate the rehabilitation and repair of the 375 km long Tororo-Gulu metre gauge railway

The country scored 90% in legal enforceability, according to Absa Index, a score that reflects a high level of market transparency by financial market participants and a high degree of enforceability of standards

The country has issued a final tender to a TotalEnergies subsidiary for the construction of a $3,5 billion pipeline to Tanzania

Uganda has declared an end to the Ebola virus outbreak, which emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people in the country

It hasn't been possible yet to start testing the three experimental Ebola vaccines due to the fact that 'there is a lack of new cases' of infection according to Health experts at the Ugandan Ministry of Health

MTN Uganda has announced its sponsorship of the Tooro Kingdom's end of year party to be held today at Fort Portal; the King of Tooro, His Royal Highness King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, will be the chief guest of the party

International Criminal Court upheld the sentencing of Ugandan Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, former child soldier and one of the leaders of the armed movement Lord's Resistance Army

Many farmers, with government assurance, have switched their sugarcane crops to Hass avocados; the soil and climate favour avocado cultivation and they are considered among the best even compared to the world's top ten exporters, like neighbouring Kenya

WHO authorised clinical trials of three vaccines against the Ebola virus in Uganda, where an outbreak of the Sudanese strain of the virus was declared on 20 September and has already claimed more than 50 lives

Ugandan climate activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Vanessa Nakate warned against new fossil fuel projects on the African continent at the UN climate summit on Wednesday, arguing that oil and gas are "a dangerous distraction"

Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng visited the new Ebola treatment centre, built by the charity Doctors Without Borders, along with US Ambassador to Uganda Natali Brown and other health agency officials