Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has granted a request by lawyer Eron Kiiza to retrieve his passport to enable him to travel abroad for medical treatment. Criminal ...

Kenya has been listed among the countries with a low Peace Index in the Global Peace Index 2025, published by the Institute ...

International law expert, Associate Professor (Law) Shannon Bosch of Edith Cowan University, explains Israel’s major military ...

For Ukraine, the Iskander represents a multifaceted threat: it degrades military capabilities, disrupts civilian life, and ...

Regional leaders have added their voices to international efforts to end the conflict between Israel and Iran, which began on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not ...

UPDF teams also recovered a cache of weapons and dismantled numerous Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the ...

President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, which grants military courts the power to try civilians. In May this year, Members of ...

Roads in parts of rural Uganda can be rough in dry weather and a churn of mud in wet. That's a challenge for local health ...

Many African countries back Tehran’s right to develop a civilian nuclear programme. Some have even formed military ties with ...

Jihadist insurgencies there continue to spread as fighters have been quick to adapt to the new threat. They now use ...

Maj Gen David Mugisha has hailed the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba for efforts towards the modernization of the UPDF.