Every year on June 3, millions of Christians in Uganda and across the world gather to commemorate Uganda Martyrs Day, one of the most important religious events on the African continent. The annual celebration attracts pilgrims...
The government is planning to establish new border entry points along Uganda's frontiers with Kenya and Rwanda as part of efforts to improve cross-border trade, facilitate movement and strengthen regional integration.
The announcement was made by the...
Access Bank, a leading subsidiary of Access Holdings, last week announced the successful acquisition of Standard Chartered's operations in Angola and Sierra Leone, with ongoing transactions to acquire subsidiaries in Cameroon and the Gambia and consumer, private, and business banking in Tanzania.
The increased mining activities due to increased demand pose threats in the region, including insecurity posed by different militias who are involved in the illegal mining and human rights abuse such as forced evictions as companies seek to expand their industrial scale copper and cobalt mining projects in the mineral-rich areas.