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By Simon Peter Emwamu                                           Although the odds had placed Opposition ...

By Patience Ahimbisibwe At least seven district chairpersons have gone through unopposed today as the Electoral Commission (EC) conducts elections.The candidates are all National Resistance Movement-leaning. They include Adrian Ddungu ...

By Bill Oketch Dozens of LC5 candidates are eying nine slots in Lango Sub-region as the country elects district leaders today.   In Apac, Asante Odongo of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), ...

By Patience Ahimbisibwe PATIENCE AHIMBISIBWE KAMPALA- The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday  said it is ready to conduct elections for district chairpersons, councillors and mayors today. The polling materials, according to EC ...

By AFP President Donald Trump spent his last full day in the White House mulling pardons Tuesday and President-elect Joe Biden was set to arrive in Washington ahead of an ...

By AFP Uganda's government spokesman on Tuesday accused the US ambassador of breaching diplomatic norms and engaging in "mischief" over her attempt to visit opposition leader Bobi Wine, who is ...

By Micheal Woniala By Fred Wambede The race for Mbale City mayoral race has attracted nine candidates, including the incumbent, Mr Zandya Mutwalibi Mafabi, who is contesting as an Independent.Mr ...

By Isaac Otwii By Bill Oketch Nine suspected Karimojong cattle rustlers have been shot dead in a span of three weeks in Otuke District,  authorities have said.Mr Robert Abak, the ...

By Monitor Team Last Thursday’s polls revealed how the votes were rigged in some parts of Kayunga and Sembabule districts. In Sembabule for instance, during vote tallying at the district headquarters, ...

By AFP Rwanda's capital Kigali was back under total lockdown on Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases in a country that has adopted some of Africa's toughest anti-Covid measures.President ...