… He noted, however, that about 77 per cent of the funds went to only ten countries, including Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. …
… ica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, has called on African countries and institutions to double their effort in mobilising funds to fight the deadly Ebola currently claiming several lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda …
… The more pressing question is whether we can convert that knowledge into institutions capable of attracting investment, enabling enterprise and ultimately creating shared prosperity.This conviction crystallised during a recent conversation with Uganda’s Head of State. …
… Other countries such as Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda have been also been organising flights or buses for their citizens to return home in recent weeks Anti-migrant groups set 30 June as the deadline for undocumented migrants to leave and many foreigners have decided to flee …
… But the authors said that the declines last year were steeper than this historical trend in five countries: Uganda, Haiti, Zambia, South Africa and Kenya. …
… Cases of Ebola, which spreads through close contact and infected bodily fluids, have so far been found in five DRC provinces and in neighbouring Uganda. …
… And in February 2026, S&P published a report on African credit in which Burundi was labelled as Uganda, and Sudan and South Sudan, separate countries since 2011 appeared as one. …
Uganda’s government has suspended all school trips in the wake of Thursday evening’s bus crash that killed at least 20 pupils and one adult who were taking part in an educational tour. …
Uganda’s government has suspended all school trips in the wake of Thursday evening’s bus crash that killed at least 20 pupils and one adult who were taking part in an educational tour. …
At least 20 schoolchildren and one adult have been killed after a bus carrying pupils on a study trip crashed in eastern Uganda, local officials say, in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents involving children in recent years. …
Uganda's parliament approved a defense minister motion to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international stabilization force proposed by U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace, following the Israel-Hamas war. Morocco has also pledged troops for the 20,000-strong force, though some opposition lawmakers questioned Uganda's motives given its membership in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Uganda's parliament approved a defense minister motion to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international stabilization force proposed by U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace, following the Israel-Hamas war. Morocco has also pledged troops for the 20,000-strong force, though some opposition lawmakers questioned Uganda's motives given its membership in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
David Owori, 27-year-old captain of SC Villa and player for Uganda's national team, was beaten to death by suspected robbers near his home in Kampala after resisting an attempt to steal his mobile phone and belongings. The attack has prompted public outrage over violent crime in Uganda.
Police Scotland is investigating reports that several athletes, including four Ugandan boxers and one Pakistani boxer, failed to return with their delegations from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. According to one of the Ugandan boxers, the group planned to seek asylum in Scotland to pursue boxing careers with access to better training facilities.
Several athletes have gone missing after competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with Police Scotland receiving reports of athletes "unaccounted for." Four members of the Ugandan boxing squad did not return home, with reports indicating they intended to seek asylum in Scotland.
President Mahama, addressing a joint sitting of the Jamaican Parliament during a state visit, declared that freedom is never a gift but must be earned through sacrifice and preserved through vigilance and unity. He drew parallels between the histories of Ghana and Jamaica, describing their relationship as rooted in shared historical experiences of emancipation and independence rather than conventional diplomacy alone.
A national study presented in Accra on 28 July 2026 found widespread sexual harassment and discrimination against young women in Ghana's creative sector. The Behind the Scenes project, led by researchers at the University of Cape Coast with support from the International Center for Research on Women and the Mastercard Foundation, called for safer workplaces and stronger gender equity measures.
Ghana's Under-18 women's hockey team will compete at the inaugural U18 Hockey5s Youth Africa Cup in Nairobi, Kenya, from August 6 to 8. The tournament serves as Africa's qualifier for the inaugural FIH Youth Hockey5s World Cup scheduled for December 2026, with Ghana competing against Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
Ghana is positioning itself as an African leader in channelling domestic pension savings into private equity, venture capital and SME financing, supported by initiatives including the GVCA's 5% Pension and Insurance Industry Compact launched in April 2025 and the US$70 million Ci Gaba Fund of Funds. Since Ghana revised its pension investment guidelines in 2021 to allow up to 25 per cent of pension assets in alternative instruments, pension schemes have invested in funds including Injaro Ghana Venture Capital Fund and Mirepa Capital SME Fund I.
The European Union Deforestation Regulation, covering seven commodities including coffee, cocoa, and palm oil, requires companies to demonstrate products are deforestation-free before EU market access; large and medium companies must comply by December 2026. For African exporters, the regulation presents both compliance challenges and an opportunity to invest in long-term competitiveness in global agricultural trade.
Women across Africa are calling for air quality policies that better address their specific exposure risks, arguing that gender differences in pollution exposure have been overlooked. Experts say women often face disproportionate air pollution due to caregiving roles, cooking with polluting fuels, and occupations that expose them to harmful emissions, yet these realities are rarely reflected in clean air policy design.
Kizza Besigye, a 70-year-old Ugandan opposition politician, collapsed unconscious during his treason trial in Kampala and was admitted to an intensive care unit. His wife reported he is unconscious and unresponsive; Besigye has been detained since November 2024 and faces capital charges of plotting to overthrow President Museveni.
MTN Ghana has formally separated its Mobile Money operations from its core telecommunications business, creating Mobile Money Fintech Ltd. as a standalone unit effective March 31, 2026, to focus on digital financial services and comply with the Bank of Ghana's Payment Systems and Services Act. The restructuring allows the unit to raise capital, expand services, and attract external investors, while existing customer services and accounts remain unchanged.
Aziz Abdul, 25, a super-heavyweight boxer and grandson of former Ugandan military dictator Idi Amin, is competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Abdul fights for Uganda in the 90+kg quarter-finals, with a win guaranteeing at least bronze and positioning him as Uganda's first Commonwealth boxing medallist since 1990.
Ghana will host the 28th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa from August 24 to 27, 2026, bringing together more than 300 health regulators, policymakers and medical professionals from across Africa to discuss responsive regulation for safer communities and better health outcomes.
Scientists have announced a twice-yearly injectable medicine called lenacapavir that shows promise in preventing HIV infection. A trial involving women in South Africa and Uganda found that none of the participants who received the injections contracted HIV during the first year of follow-up, with over 95 per cent continuing use and 96 per cent receiving doses on schedule.
Ugandan dance group Ghetto Kids appeared at the football World Cup final half-time show alongside Burna Boy and Shakira, performing in the game between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The young dancers, who come from humble beginnings in Kampala, described the experience as life-changing.
Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, a former U.N. under-secretary-general and special representative for children and armed conflict, has been nominated by Uganda to become the next UN secretary-general, making him the seventh contender to succeed Antonio Guterres at the end of this year.
Fitch Solutions forecasts Ghana's construction Gross Value Added will grow 5.2% in 2026, then slow to 5.1% in 2027 and 4.5% in 2028. Ghana ranks 7th in Sub-Saharan Africa for construction GVA, behind Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Uganda.
Ghana's Energy and Green Transition Minister Dr John Abdulai Jinapor says financing is the biggest barrier to unlocking Africa's energy potential, noting that between 2012 and 2021, about 77 per cent of the US$345 billion mobilised by public and private financiers for African energy projects went to only ten countries including Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa.
A 37-year-old UK man became the first volunteer to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine developed using the same technology as the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The vaccine was developed in eight weeks, and the trial will recruit 50 healthy volunteers aged 18–55 to assess safety and immune response against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola.
Ghana's Energy and Green Transition Minister Dr John Abdulai Jinapor says financing is the biggest barrier to unlocking Africa's energy potential, noting that between 2012 and 2021, about 77 per cent of the US$345 billion mobilized for African energy projects went to only ten countries. He called for coordinated public and private investment and regional electricity trade to develop sustainable power systems.
The Director-General of Africa CDC called on African countries to mobilise more domestic funds to combat Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, noting that African countries have so far mobilised approximately US$110 million to support responses to Ebola and other disease outbreaks.
Africa's next economic frontier will be built by transforming accumulated knowledge into institutions that enable enterprise and create shared prosperity, rather than by discovering new resources. The challenge is no longer discovering what works, but converting that knowledge into institutions capable of attracting investment and enabling enterprise.
South Africa has rejected a petition filed by two Ghanaians at the International Criminal Court seeking an investigation into attacks on foreigners, calling it "opportunistic" and arguing its own legal system can handle such matters. Ghana has repatriated citizens following anti-migrant violence and claims one of its nationals was killed, though South African authorities deny this.
Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received U.S.-supported HIV treatment in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that attributed the decline to Trump administration cuts and changes to foreign aid. The analysis found U.S.-supported pediatric HIV treatment fell by around 14% year-on-year, though the U.S. State Department disputed the methodology and said the decline reflects the program's success in preventing new infections.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed at least 930 people with at least 2,344 confirmed cases as of Saturday, spreading faster than any previous outbreak in the country; the WHO noted the outbreak reached 2,000 confirmed cases in two months, compared to over 10 months for the 2018–2020 outbreak, and is now the third-largest on record.
A Chronicle essay traces one day in the life of Abena, a 34-year-old fabric seller in Madina who navigates multiple global systems—including money-transfer networks that charge sub-Saharan Africa an average of 8 percent, far above the global 3 percent target—each extracting value before day's end, illustrating how international financial infrastructure shapes the lives of ordinary Africans.
Uganda's government has suspended all school trips after a bus crash in eastern Uganda killed at least 20 pupils and one adult on Thursday. Preliminary investigations suggest the bus had a mechanical fault before the driver lost control on a road in Kapchorwa district known for serious crashes.
Uganda's government has suspended all school trips following a Thursday bus crash that killed at least 20 pupils and one adult in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda. Preliminary investigations suggest the bus had a mechanical fault and the driver lost control on a stretch of road known for serious crashes.
An Accra Circuit Court sentenced content creator Camilla Alhassan to one year in prison after she pleaded guilty to offensive conduct and publishing false news. Alhassan had posted videos falsely claiming President Mahama buried 32 cows as part of rituals to secure victory in the 2024 election.