Itching Manangoi can’t wait to go as X-Country D-Day nears

By Philip Muchiri,

It will be a different ball game for World 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi as he aims to represent Kenya for the first time in the World Cross Country...

Eldoret Sports Club , Elijah Manangoi , National Cross Country Championship , World Cross Country Championship

Uganda tourism minister speaks out over curvy women contest

By VOA,

Uganda’s junior minister for tourism this month sparked controversy by suggesting that curvy women could be promoted as a tourist attraction. Uga...

Miss Curvy Uganda , Uganda Tourism , Uganda Women

Uganda frees Kenyan BBC journalist detained over drugs probe

By Agencies,

Ugandan police have released a Kenyan BBC journalist after detaining him overnight on suspicion of illegally possessing government prescription drugs....

BBC journalist Uganda , Kasim Muhammad , Serwanjja

Uganda accused of promoting sex tourism with ‘curvy women’ beauty contest

By Reuters,

Uganda must cancel a beauty contest that seeks to attract more visitors by showcasing “curvy women” because it objectifies women and promotes sex ...

Uganda beauty contest , Uganda curvy women

Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated Ksh.800M

By Reuters,

Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value estimated at ...

Contraband shipment , Democratic Republic of Congo. , Elephant Tusks , uganda

Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated Ksh.803M

By Reuters,

Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value estimated at ...

Ivory , pangolin scales , Seruma

Uganda seizes ivory smuggled in timbers

By VOA,

Ugandan authorities have confiscated roughly 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales trucked into the East African country from northern ...

Ivory smuggled in timbers , uganda

Should private security guards have guns? Sobering lessons from Uganda

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Debate is growing over whether Kenya should arm its security guards in the wake of the terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive. But across the borde...

armed security guards , Kampala , Uganda security

Uganda deports MTN executives, cites national security: police

By Reuters,

Uganda has deported a French and a Rwandan executive from telecoms group MTN, accusing them of planning to compromise national security, while other e...

Annie Bilenge Tabura , Entebbe airport , MTN Group , Ugandan authorities

Uganda not worried China will seize assets over rising debt

By VOA,

Uganda's growing debt is sustainable, and the country is not at risk of losing state assets to China, the country's finance minister, Matia Kasaija, s...

China debt , Museveni , uganda

Veteran Komon set for marathon bow

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 10km record-holder Leonard Patrick Komon is set to make his marathon debut in April after a glittering career in road races. The 31-year-old ...

Leonard Patrick Komon , marathon debut , Road races , World 10km record-holder , World Cross Country Championships

Year in Review: Barrier breaker Chespol

By IAAF,

Celliphine Chespol made a splash – both figuratively and literally – when she made her international debut in 2015. Little was known of the Ken...

Celliphine Chespol

Cambodia investigates 3 tons of African ivory abandoned at port

By VOA,

Some three tons of African ivory sat in an unmarked crate in a Cambodian port for more than a year, until a tip from the U.S. embassy led authorities ...

Emily Zeeberg , Meas Nee , Sun Chhay

Uganda’s Museveni says capsized cruise boat was overloaded, 29 dead

By Reuters,

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday that a cruise boat which capsized on Lake Victoria a day earlier, killing at least 29 people, was ...

lake victoria , President Yoweri Museveni , Prince Daudi Kintu Wasajja

‘Missing’ South Sudanese tycoon Lual Malong’ Jr detained by spy agency

By Ian Omondi,

Controversial South Sudan tycoon Lawrence Lual Malong' Yor Jnr is in the custody of Ugandan spy agency the Internal Security Organization (ISO.) Th...

Internal Security Organization , ISO Director General Kaka Bagyenda , Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jnr

Now back to full health, Cheptegei excited to see what 2019 brings

By IAAF,

If 2018 has revealed anything about Joshua Cheptegei – besides an unerring ability to deliver his primary goals – it is his unshakeable belief and...

10000m , 5000m , Commonwealth Games , Joshua Cheptege , Ugandan

South Sudanese tycoon Lual Malong Jr reported missing in Uganda

By Ian Omondi,

Controversial South Sudanese self proclaimed tycoon Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jnr has reportedly gone missing from his hotel room in Kampala, Uganda. ...

Brigadier Richard Karemire , Kabalagala Police Station , Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jnr , uganda

uberBODA: Uber unveils boda boda service in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

Digital ride-hailing firm Uber on Thursday announced the launch of its latest product, uberBODA, that will allow commuters to secure a boda-boda using...

uber , uberBoda

Meru Angels report to camp ahead of East Africa Championship

By Aphoind Murangiri,

Meru Angels baseball team reports to residential camp tomorrow  at the Meru University ahead of the East Africa Club Championship that will take plac...

World Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation Crisis

By VOA,

Poor countries around the world are facing a dangerous shortage of toilets that puts millions of lives at risk, according to campaigners marking World...

Cheryl Hicks , Toilet Board Coalition , WaterAid , World Toilet Day