KAMPALA - The Supreme Court has ordered that all pending criminal cases before the General Court Martial (GCM) should be stopped. “Pending trial before the GCM involving civilians must ...

WAKISO - As the country mourns Internal Security Organisation director general Brig. Charles Oluka, line minister Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi says they are still waiting for the postmortem report.

The weeks-long march of the M23 armed group, which has captured vast swathes of eastern DRC including most of the key city of Goma, has prompted calls for crisis talks and warnings of a looming ...

KAMPALA - The Uganda army, says it is adopting a 'Forward Defensive Posture' on the country's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda People's Defence Forces says the move ...

All is set for the long-awaited ruling on whether military courts can try civilians, despite a technical glitch at the Supreme Court in Kampala city. The justices have had to leave the chambers ...

LONDON - UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Friday that it was abandoning plans to build a £450 million ($560 million) vaccine plant, delivering a major blow to the Labour government's ...

The Ugandan shilling ended January on a stronger note against the U.S. dollar, as month-end inflows surpassed demand from corporates. The local currency closed at 3,675/3,685 per dollar, compared ...

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic ...

President Yoweri Museveni has expressed displeasure on the Supreme Court ruling blocking the trial of civilians in military courts. In his pronouncement, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo also ...

KAMPALA - Uganda Airlines has suspended its flights to Kinshasa with immediate effect following the escalating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to a public ...

The party plans to have its primaries by July, a reconciliation of the party members by August and nominate contenders for president, Parliament and local government positions by September ...

The director general of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), Brig. Gen. Charles Oluka, has died in hospital, New Vision has learnt. Faruk Kirunda, the Special Presidential Assistant in charge ...