The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) says that during the period from mid-September to the beginning of October, elements from the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have conducted attacks on 16 localities in the DRC's eastern territory of Dungu, Province Oriental, killing a least 52 people, and abducting and then executing another 159 children and 10 adults.

The highway to Nsambya, a Kampala surbub is famed for its road side furniture outlets but makers of rustic furniture say lack of capital has hampered the growth of their business.

Thursday was Independence Day. And, as always, it was time to take stock of where the country stands 46 years on. President Museveni spoke of the lost years under Obote and Amin. And then the recovery under his leadership starting in 1986. That was self-serving but not entirely incorrect.

The world's most famous sport has not been very friendly to the people of Uganda despite endless claims that we love the game of football.

Unlike in the past, communities affected by the latest cholera outbreak in Kampala are now responding fast to public health guidelines aimed at containing the infection.

World football governing body Fifa have appointed Egyptian referee Essam Abd El Fatah to officiate the crucial 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier between Uganda Cranes and Benin.

There are things that cannot be changed, regardless of whether you are Barack Obama or the beggar at the T-junction between Entebbe and Kampala road.

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The Uganda Human Rights Commission on October 3 commemorated "a Decade of Human Rights Work; Making Human Rights a Reality for All" at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel's Rwenzori Ballroom. Saturday Monitor's Solomon Muyita caught up with the rights body's Chairperson, Ms Margaret Sekaggya, and below, she talks about how she has managed the institution:-

There was a time when thousands would await the national team's return and jubilantly escort the motorcade all the way to a State dinner, yet on Wednesday evening a policeman wouldn't let their bus through an access road back to their hotel.

Despite possessing vast skills, the likes of Ibrahim Sekagya, David Obua, Nestroy Kizito and Eugene Sseppuuya, to mention but a few, may call time on their careers without playing in the much-cherished Africa Cup of Nations.

Busoga Kingdom has issued strict draft guidelines for the October 31 election of the new Kyabazinga of Busoga. Saturday Monitor has learnt that the guidelines have been designed to automatically eliminate fake or multiple candidacy from one chiefdom.

The emcee of the night, Elizabeth Pamela Acaye went through the night's star performer's achievements. "She performed at Nelson Mandela birthdays twice and she was the only female African performer at the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize concert.

President Museveni has summoned the National Resistance Movement/Army bush war Political High Command to discuss the fate of Security Minister Amama Mbabazi.

Lack of sex education in various schools across the country has resulted into increased levels of HIV/Aids infections among school girls, a new survey has shown.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mr Richard Butera, has declined to sanction armed robbery charges against former Health minister Gen Jim Muhwezi.

Kampala If you are an investor on the Uganda Securities Exchange you watched the news on Tuesday night with a little more anxiety.

Motorists in Uganda are reaping dividends of the rapid fall in world oil prices but oil companies in the country warn the honeymoon could be short-lived as fluctuation in exchange rates could once again push up the pump rates.

Since I began television talk show hosting seven years ago, I can identify three shows as my most difficult- all of them in my good old days on Issues at Hand, WBS Television, now hosted by my good friend Peter Kibazo.

Tororo District Council has repealed the 1950 Bukedi Bride Price Law and changed it to Tororo District Bridal Gift Ordinance.