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How Sanctioned African Gold Refinery, Alain Goetz & his Gold Trade Network Continue to Thrive

Additional Investigations  - Bloomberg;  By Simon Marks, Jinshan Hong, Michael J Kavanagh, Hayley Warren and William Clowes.  Down the road from Uganda’s main international airport Entebbe, the gold refinery...

Overall prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 & older is 5.9% – Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2025

Opinion by CAROLYNE MUYAMA, Uganda Media Centre. At a recent coronation event for the Omukama of Tooro, His...

Inside the piercing lines that caused Activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje’s abduction

Mixed concerns have been raised regarding the safety and whereabouts of 25-year-old law student and human rights activist...

Sidelining Africa is Unacceptable,Unfair & Grossly Unjust – Kenyan President William Ruto to UN 

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday September 23,2026 called for reform of the United Nations Security Council, urging...

How Civilians Are Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign

WARNING: This report contains links to graphic images and footage. Sharing authorized by Rise News Uganda Network. Credit -...

Sidelining Africa is Unacceptable,Unfair & Grossly Unjust – Kenyan President William Ruto to UN 

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday September 23,2026 called for reform of the United Nations Security Council, urging permanent African representation on the body. Watch...

Are M23 Rebels recruiting refugees inside Nakivale settlement in Isingiro district?

Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro district western Uganda. Rwanda-backed armed groups reportedly recruiting young refugees including minors and transferring them to DR Congo and Rwanda. A...

EU Keeps Escalating Against Russia as NATO Crumbles – How Africa Will Pay the Price

Aaron Ainomugisha.  Imagine you are a farmer in Senegal or a truck driver in Kenya. You have never been to Donbas. You do not...

IS M23 RECRUITING REFUGEES IN UGANDA? AFC/M23 Rebel Leader David Baraka Elonga Arrested in Kyangwali Settlement

A high ranking official of the armed M23 rebel movement has been arrested by police for recruiting Congolese refugees in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in...

UPDF BRUTALITY CITED IN DR CONGO-UGANDA BORDER CLOSURE

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC have temporarily closed the border with Uganda in Nkuringo town council Bukimbiri constituency in western Uganda,...

AL-SHABAAB BUULO MAREER SOMALIA ATTACK: 2 UPDF COMMANDERS SACKED FOR COWARDICE

The General Court Martial has sentenced two Uganda People’s Defence Force-UPDF commanders to dismissal with disgrace from the army for cowardice and running away...