Google Mail or Gmail has made it possible for its users to send free SMS to mobile phones in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Supported carriers in Uganda are Orange, MTN & Uganda Telecom. In Tanzania, Vodacom and Kenya: Safaricom, Airtel and Orange....

(Kampala) -­ Police in Uganda should urgently and impartially investigate the killing of the prominent human rights activist David Kato, Human Rights Watch said today. Kato had dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual,...

According to Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), by the end of this year, all television owners must have digitalized their sets. The acting Executive Director of UCC, Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi, said: “Importers who want to be in business should make...

The scam was meticulously planned and beautifully executed. In the rush by Kampala banks over the past decade to lend money to salaried workers for spending on “urgent needs” like secondhand cars and lavish weddings, some smart brains created a...

Although I travel to Uganda to study traditional Acholi culture and its interaction with Christianity (I am a theologian by training), on multiple occasions people have approached me to tell me about atrocities committed by the forces of the National...

Patrice Lumumba Deserves a good burial. Yet ever since his murder at the hands of agents of the United States and Belgium, there has been much trampling over his grave–the Congo. Lumumba was murdered through the instigation of Western powers...

In Response to \”Uganda: Clinton Cites Attacks Against Opposition and Lack of Election Commission Independence\” www.blackstarnews.com September 22, 2010. One of the clearest signs that you have a serious crisis is when everybody tries to...

ELDERS in Bukwo and Kapchorwa districts are preparing to circumcise over 200 girls next month despite a new law banning the practice. They swear that the whole tribe would rather go to prison than abolish a custom they inherited from their...

COMEDIAN Paddy Ssali Bitama and theatrics are inseparable, and when it came to his nomination yesterday, he did not disappoint.He provided light moments to the hitherto politically charged two-day exercise. Bitama of the Amarula Family and the head of...

On November 10 this year, I and The Observer Managing Editor, James Tumusiime, will make our 19th trip to Buganda Road Court to answer charges of promoting sectarianism. This case has been hanging around our necks since 2005 when The Observer published...