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Ashai Odamtten gave construction materials and lighting equipment to the Tema Technical Institute to help expand school facilities. The Tema East lawmaker delivered 100 cement bags, 100 energy-saving bulbs and 10 streetlights to administrators on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. The donation arrived as...

An activist wants Ghana's government to create a national holiday celebrating traditional clothing in memory of former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Amos Amanu told Swiss FM on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, that Ghana Kaba Day would honor the late leader's commitment to local dress customs...

Alumni from Mawuli Senior High School's class of 2000 brought food, toiletries and household goods to women held at Ho Central Female Prisons as their graduating class marked 25 years since leaving school. The group delivered yams, cassava, rice, soap and water while spending time with prisoners...

A vehicle owned by Hassan Ayariga collided with a commercial bus near the Ashaiman Overhead on Friday afternoon after an ambulance with police escort tried to pass through traffic. The Toyota V8 carrying registration GN 76-16 hit the commercial vehicle marked GS 3642-12 before sliding into a...

Martin Kpebu said committee members who prepared the Operation Recover All Loot program received no government money for their work. The lawyer told TV3 that the five-person team created by President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, gathered information without accepting state...

A University of Ghana professor claims the attorney general applies corruption laws unevenly through the Operation Recover All Loots program. Joshua Zaato said prosecutors dropped cases against former National Democratic Congress members while pursuing ex-officials from the New Patriotic Party...

Ghana's parliament plans to create legislation allowing officials to investigate people whose spending exceeds their known income sources. Kennedy Osei Nyarko, who represents Akim Swedru, said the proposed law would help reduce corruption and hold citizens accountable for suspicious wealth...

The National Resistance Movement nominated Jane Frances to run for the Oyam District woman member of parliament position in the next election. The party wants to take back the seat from the Uganda People's Congress, which has controlled it for 15 years. Frances thanked supporters after her...

Caritas Uganda needs 600 million shillings to help 380 poor children after international donations decreased. Bishop Serverus Jjumba of Masaka Diocese announced the target at the launch of a fundraising campaign ahead of a charity dinner scheduled for Friday, November 28, at Hotel Africana. The...

Glovo Uganda and Haba Na Haba food bank have provided more than 2.7 million meals to vulnerable families since March 2024 through a program that rescues surplus food from markets. The delivery company uses its courier network to deliver rescued food to households the same day, preventing waste...

Rebecca Kadaga called for action to prevent maternal deaths after singer Olivia Mildred Namubiru died in childbirth on Friday. The East African Community Affairs minister said the country must tackle the problem urgently and stop mothers from dying while giving birth. She wrote on social media...

Canon Mathew Rukikaire will lead Kabale University as chancellor after President Yoweri Museveni approved his appointment for a four-year term. The former privatization minister becomes the second person to hold the post at the southwestern institution since it gained public university status...

City Oilers defeated Namuwongo Blazers 76-70 in the opening game of the National Basketball League Finals on Friday night at Lugogo Indoor Arena. Chad Bowie scored 29 points to lead the defending champions to victory in the best-of-seven series opener. Namuwongo Blazers jumped out to a 7-0 lead...

Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi visited the grave of former President Apollo Milton Obote in northern Uganda on Friday while campaigning for the 2026 presidential election. Kyagulanyi, who leads the National Unity Platform, stopped at the home of Jimmy Akena, Obote's son and president of the...

Uganda will spend 25 billion shillings to build a College of Health Sciences at Mbarara University of Science and Technology to train more medical specialists. Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze announced the plan on behalf of Education Minister Janet Museveni, saying the project aims to...

Uganda's government has transferred 1.8 trillion shillings to the Bank of Uganda as part of efforts to reduce domestic debt obligations amid growing fiscal strain. Public debt has climbed to 96 trillion shillings from 88 trillion shillings one year earlier, driven by infrastructure spending and...

The Uganda shilling gained 4.3 percent against the dollar through August 2025, marking its strongest annual performance among regional currencies, as commodity exports and investor purchases supported the exchange rate. The Bank of Uganda reported net foreign currency inflows climbed to 73.3...

A United States tax on overseas money transfers threatens to reduce cash flows from Ugandans living abroad when the measure starts next year. The Bank of Uganda said the one percent levy under the One Big Beautiful Act will increase costs for people sending funds home from America, which...

Uganda's coffee and cocoa sales jumped 37 percent to $11.1 billion in the year ending July 2025, cutting the trade gap and generating a $1.25 billion payments surplus after a $805 million shortfall the previous year. The Bank of Uganda attributed the gains to stronger commodity prices and to...

President Yoweri Museveni began his Karamoja campaign at Abim Primary School grounds on Monday, crediting disarmament efforts for regional stability after security forces confiscated 41,000 weapons from civilians. The National Resistance Movement candidate told supporters that Karamoja's...