The Ambassador of France to Uganda, Sophie Makame speaks to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about the relevancy today of the 227th anniversary of Bastille Day – the day when, on  July 14, 1789, an angry mob marched onto the Bastille prison and triggered the French Revolution. Why is the storming …

The imminent closure of Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp will stretch Uganda’s already meagre resources for refugees, Hilary Onek, the country’s minister of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees has said. “Uganda is experiencing an influx of refugees who have been living in neighbouring countries but have now been chased,” Onek said. …

One of the temporary inconveniences that are making branding Uganda more complicated Amos Wekesa, arguably the face of Uganda’s tourism industry and self-confessed ‘brand ambassador’ for the country, rarely, if ever, makes negative comments about his country in public. He travels around the world marketing the country in his ‘I’m …

Successful `Zero Food Loss’ programme run by WFP nears target of 240,000 smallholder farmers What do you do if you run a school in a poor rural area and have to feed 800 pupils? That is the challenge the parents and teachers of Lumuli Primary School in Butagaya sub-County, Jinja …

Achieving middle-income status in 5 years: Museveni’s latest politicking joke or a realistic national target? ANALYSIS: When President Yoweri Museveni took the oath of president for the sixth time on May 12 at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, he had one goal clearly on his mind: delivering Uganda to the …

Museveni’s latest politicking joke or a realistic national target? When President Yoweri Museveni takes the oath of president for the sixth time on May 12 at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, it appears he will have one goal clearly on his mind: delivering Uganda to the middle income bracket by …