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Seven members of a Muslim family have been detained following accusations of assaulting an 18-year-old girl for attending a church service in eastern Uganda, according to reports. “The girl was subjected to 100 lashes with a cane by her uncle, while five other uncles restrained her during the ordeal,” reports …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has officially launched the country’s first-ever interest-free commercial Islamic bank. Salaam Bank Limited, a subsidiary of a Djibouti-based bank, is the first institution to offer Islamic financing in the country. Mr Museveni said the institution had a potential to significantly contribute to the development of the …

The Ugandan government has ordered ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to institute weekly physical exercise sessions for their staff to tame the rising burden of lifestyle diseases, local media reported. The directive was shared in a letter to government agencies from the head of public service, Lucy Nakyobe, who said …

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new head of the army, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said in a statement he replaces Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, who was removed and appointed as a junior minister. President Museveni removed his son as …

Ugandan authorities have reportedly halted the recent ban on meat sales in the capital, Kampala, amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Health officials had last week imposed the ban and ordered the closure of all slaughter places to curb the spread of the outbreak. But Minister for Kampala City and …

A 35-year-old woman in Bugweri District in Uganda has spent 15 years bedridden, battling a mysterious disease. Amat Naigaga, who can only speak, but can neither walk nor sit upright on her bed or feed herself, says her sickness started in 2005 when she was in Primary Five. “It started …

Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over 52 million euros ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the …

More than 5.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines bought on loan by the Ugandan government have expired, an audit report has said. The vaccines are valued at 28.1bn Ugandan shillings ($7.3m; £5.8m) and were purchased using a World Bank loan. Authorities say the expired vaccines will be withdrawn from health …

A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed on Wednesday and is in critical condition, his organisation said. Steven Kabuye was “stabbed to near death by unknown assailants a …

A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following in vitro fertilization (ivf) treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala. Ms Namukwaya, who is is one of the oldest women to give …