Hundreds of supporters of detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye held a defiant prayer service inside a Catholic ...

Defeated at the polls and facing the pressures of unpaid loans and stalled investments, Yusuf Nsibambi’s journey from ...

In another initiative aimed at transforming Uganda’s transport sector by promoting accessible and sustainable electric ...

Sixteen years ago, the Constitutional Court advised public officials including the President, to wear thick skin in light of ...

What you need to know: Education reveals perhaps the starkest failure. Uganda has just 24 primary and secondary special schools nationwide. Uganda prides itself on being a continental leader in ...

Reporter Sophie Neiman describes the experience of covering Uganda’s presidential election in the midst of a country-wide internet shutdown.

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s economic future is poised between opportunity and caution, according to top officials from the Bank of Uganda and the National Planning Authority (NPA). In ...

There is a lot of impunity in the land market, which partly explains the problem of illegal land sales and leases within ...

On 2, 2026, The Observer paid a courtesy visit to the Russian ambassador to Uganda, H.E Vladlen Semivolos, to discuss media ...

President Museveni has strongly defended the use of Biometric Voter Verification (BVV) machines in the recently concluded elections, arguing that the technology curtailed electoral fraud and ...

Radio broadcasting in Uganda began in 1954 during the colonial era with the establishment of Radio Uganda as the country’s only station. At the time, it was the sole source of official information, ...

President and Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has called on the Commonwealth to conduct an independent audit of Uganda's recent elections, rejecting the declared results and alleging widespread ...