Abubakar Lawal |Published 10:00 AM ET, Tuesday February 25, 2025| Kampala: Ugandan police said Monday they were investigating the death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal, who fell from a shopping mall balcony in Kampala. The 29-year-old striker played for local premiership club Vipers. He fell from the third floor of ...

Published 1:40 PM ET, Thursday November 21, 2024 A Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya, brought to Uganda, and is currently detained in a military cell in the capital, according to his wife. Kizza Besigye has run against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in four elections, ...

Published 12:29 AM EST, Monday November 4, 2024 | Kampala: A lightning strike killed 14 people during a prayer service in a refugee camp in Uganda on Saturday, authorities in the east African country said. The strike in northern Uganda’s Lamwo district injured 34 others, police said in a Sunday statement. ...

Rebecca Cheptegei competing in a 10km (six miles) road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, last year (AP) Story by Reuters September 11, 2024 | 01:57 PM | The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal attack on the Ugandan ...

April 05, 2024 A 70-year-old woman gives birth to twins, the father flees. Uganda Safina Namukwaya, hailing from Masaka, located about 75 miles west of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has lived most of her life under the shadow of being labeled “cursed” due to her inability to conceive. But the narrative of her life ...