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Many people in Uganda feel worried because the United States stopped sending money to help with health care. Over 1.2 million Ugandans need this money for HIV/AIDS medicine. Some clinics that give out HIV medicine had to close suddenly. Patients did not have time to get their medicine refills...

Uganda's economy is doing really well. It grew by 6.1 percent in 2023/24. The World Bank, a big organization that helps countries with money, wrote a report about this. They said that businesses, factories, and farms all did a great job. Uganda also sold more things to other countries. The...

Molly Katanga will have to stay in Luzira Prison for longer. She has been there for more than a year already. The High Court said she cannot leave yet. Molly is accused of killing her husband, Henry Katanga, in their house in Mbuya on November 2, 2023. The people who make the rules think Molly...

A journalist named Blessed Mhlanga will have to stay in jail for two more nights. He works for Alpha Media Holdings. The police think he did something wrong. They say he shared information that might make people want to hurt others or break things. Mr. Mhlanga went to the police station on...

The people in charge of money in Zimbabwe want companies to use a new type of money called ZiG. ZiG is backed by gold. Companies that sell their shares on the stock market have to tell everyone how much money they make using ZiG now. Some people are not sure if this is a good idea. They are...

GEO Pomona is a private company the government chose to collect trash in Harare. But they have not started working yet. Trash is piling up in many neighborhoods. Some places have not had their garbage picked up for weeks. This has caused people to dump their trash in places they should not...

In Zimbabwe, the police took a well-known journalist named Mr. Blessed Mhlanga away by force. They did not follow the proper rules. This action by the police can be called an unlawful arrest or even an abduction arranged by the government. Abduction means taking someone away by using force or...

OK Zimbabwe, a big company that sells things in stores, made some important changes. They asked three of their top bosses to leave their jobs right away. This happened because the stores were having a hard time. Many of the shelves were empty, and people couldn't find the things they wanted to...

A company called Afroludo Limited won a big court case. The judge said they are the real owners of the name "Nyege Nyege International Music Festival." The judge also told another government office to cancel a similar name that someone else got dishonestly. Back in 2019, Afroludo tried to...

Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi wants to be the new Member of Parliament for Kawempe North. He is from the National Unity Platform, or NUP, which is a group that doesn't like the government. On Wednesday, something very bad happened to him. Right after he signed up to run for the job, a bunch of...

The police took Elias Nalukoola to the Kawempe Police Station today. They arrested him right after he signed up to try and become the new Member of Parliament for Kawempe North. Elias is the person the National Unity Platform (NUP) party wants to win. No one knows yet why the police arrested...

The Electoral Commission started taking names of people who want to be the Member of Parliament for Kawempe North today. The job is open because the old MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya, died. Two people from the big political parties, NUP and NRM, didn't listen to their parties. They signed up to run...

The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Program (GKMA-UDP) has made a big step forward. Officials signed contracts for road works under the program's first part in Kampala. In the first phase, workers will build 19.85 kilometers of roads. The whole program plans to fix up 74.5...

The Uganda Revenue Authority is asking clearing and forwarding agents to help fight corruption by finding and punishing dishonest people in their profession. Commissioner General John R. Musinguzi told over 650 clearing agents that they must be honest when they work with customs. He wants...

A man named Benjamin Agaba set himself on fire today outside Parliament. He felt very sad and angry. He poured burning liquid all over himself and lit it with fire. People nearby saw him and ran to help. The guards put out the fire fast. Mr. Agaba did not die, but he went to the hospital. The...

People say David Greenhalgh helped catch Dr. Kizza Besigye in Nairobi on November 16, 2024. Friends tell us that Greenhalgh, who sells guns, made Besigye think they would meet about weapons. Then he gave Besigye to Uganda's security people. "Greenhalgh might tell stories against Besigye," a...

Rwanda says the UK's decision to stop giving money and working with them is "sad." "The punishment actions the UK announced today because of fighting in eastern DRC are sad. The UK has picked a side," the Rwanda leaders said Tuesday night. Rwanda believes they must protect their country and...

Rwanda feels sad about the UK stopping money help. "The punishment actions announced today by the UK government because of fighting in eastern DRC are sad," Rwanda said Tuesday night. Rwanda added that they need to protect their country and keep Rwandan people safe. The UK government said...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today visited Mrs. Harriet Ahimbisibwe who raises pigs in Kyarukobwa village. He came to see how she used money from the Parish Development Model program. The President said he wants to help people who have little money instead of rich people. Mrs. Ahimbisibwe...

Some lawyers are trying to help Mr. Eron Kiiza leave jail. Mr. Kiiza must stay in jail for nine months because a military court said he broke the rules. His friends went to a different court on Tuesday morning to ask for help. Mr. Peter Walubiri and Mr. George Musisi told Judge Douglas Singiza...