Uganda

The Nyege Nyege electronic music festival, supposed to start today, has been banned, claiming that it would affect the morality of children country because of its contents with regards to sex, drugs and LGBTQ+ issues

European Commission has allocated €150.000 in humanitarian funds to help families most affected by the recent heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in several districts of eastern Uganda near Mount Elgon

The Ugandan government has suspended the country's leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of not being registered with the authorities

At least 24 people were killed in the floods that hit eastern Uganda last weekend, according to a recent assessment by the Ugandan Red Cross and the government

The country is hosting the 2022 Africa Zone IV Golf Championship at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa, with title holders Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi participating

In Karamoja, located between South Sudan and Kenya, one of Uganda's most unstable and long-suffering regions, over half a million people - 40% of the population - suffer from hunger; the figures contrast sharply with those of the rest of the country

Amid growing discontent over economic situation and rising cost of living, President Museveni declared that his government won't intervene to ease the burden on the nation, as government subsidies or removing taxes on imports would crash the economy

Since 9 May, teachers from 6 secondary schools and 46 primary schools in Lira have been on strike over the government's non-payment of their March and April salaries, and have now refused to return to class until all outstanding salaries are cleared

More than 1.000 elderly women will benefit from an empowerment programme in the Rubanda district in the south-west: they are given microfinance loans and housing