Uganda

Jaishankar congratulates Uganda on assuming NAM chairship

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfrica NewsIndia News11 April 202311 April 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Uganda was endorsed to chair the Non-Aligned Movement on behalf of Africa for the period from 2022 to 2025…reports Asian Lite News External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is on…

Jaishankar due in Uganda, Mozambique

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfrica News10 April 202310 April 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes During the visit, he will meet Mozambique’s top leadership and co-chair the 5th Session of the Joint Commission Meeting with Mozambican Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo…reports Asian Lite News External Affairs…

Uganda heightens security in national parks after fatal incident

by NewsdeskAfrica News11 December 202211 December 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute This move came after a ranger and a poacher were on December 5 killed in a gunfire exchange in the Kidepo Valley National Park, in the northeastern part of Uganda,…

Ugandan Prez Iauds Indian community on making 100 years in Uganda

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfrica NewsIndia News23 November 202223 November 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Indians are estimated to have invested over US$ one billion in Uganda in the last two decades, according to the Indian High Commission in Kampala…reports Asian Lite News Congratulating the…

Ugandan President rules out Ebola lock down

by NewsdeskAfrica News6 November 20226 November 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Some health experts were calling for a lockdown of the Ugandan capital of Kampala to contain the spread of the disease…reports Asian Lite News Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ruled…

7 confirmed cases amid Uganda’s rare strain of Ebola virus

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfrica News25 September 202225 September 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ebola is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates. It has six different strains, three of which, Bundibugyo, Sudan and Zaire, have previously caused large outbreaks…reports Asian…

UTA call for repatriation of Uganda’s artefacts

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsTravelTravel & Tourism31 August 20224 September 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes He is also against the proposal to have the tangible and intangible heritage managed by different ministries and departments…reports Asian Lite News The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) has called for…

Uganda adopts Kiswahili as official language

by NewsdeskAfrica News8 July 20228 July 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Uganda has adopted Kiswahili as an official language, a top government official has said…reports Asian Lite News Chris Baryomunsi, Minister of Information Communication Technology and National Guidance told reporters that…

Kenya, Uganda to woos foreign tourists

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab News24 May 202224 May 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two east African nations are already leading source markets for each other’s tourism sectors Kenya and Uganda will begin to conduct joint marketing efforts to attract foreign tourists, officials said….

Catherine Kitandwe: Breaking the barriers

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsWoman22 April 202222 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ugandan flight instructor Catherine Kitandwe inspires girls into male-dominated field  Like many children, Catherine Kitandwe’s dream was to become a pilot. Along the way she digressed but later in her…