The ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that eight individuals have been transferred to Uganda from the United States under a bilateral migration arrangement signed last year. In a statement, the ministry said the transfer follows an agreement concluded between Uganda and the US in July 2025. The arrangement allows Uganda to receive and process…
Questions are mounting globally after a deadly strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran killed more than 160 people, most of them children, in one of the deadliest incidents since the start of the US-Israel conflict with Iran. The attack, which hit a primary school in Minab on February 28, has triggered international concern,…
The Miracle Centre Cathedral in Lubaga will hold a special prayer service for families affected by ongoing conflicts in different parts of the world. The service will take place on March 7, 2026, as the world prepares to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8. Miracle Centre leaders said the prayers would focus on mothers,…
In July, Uganda agreed to take on an unspecified number of third-country nationals who have a pending asylum claim in the US but cannot return home due to safety concerns. In other words, these are people who should likely be protected as refugees, but are no longer wanted in Donald Trump’s America. According to the…
Uganda remains committed to an agreement it signed with the United States to receive deportees, despite criticism at home and abroad, a senior government official said on Monday. Charles Ouma, deputy solicitor general, told reporters that it is common practice for countries to enter into agreements on matters of mutual interest. “I know it may…
Edith Ssempala, Uganda’s former ambassador to the United States, has criticized government’s decision to close some of the country’s missions abroad. Parliament was recently told that government plans to reduce Uganda’s foreign missions from 38 to 15 as a cost cutting measure. Government to reduce Uganda’s foreign missions from 38 to 15 Ssempala told Bbeg…
