The French prime minister has admitted that the Egyptian government gave his family free accommodation, transport in a private plane and a trip down the Nile during the Christmas holidays.

Donors plan to trim at least 10 percent of their $360 million contribution to Uganda’s budget in the year to June 2011 due to concerns that the country is not addressing corruption. “Total budget support disbursements will ... be at least...

Dr Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change president, was yesterday flogged by policemen and members of the Kiboko Squad vigilante group as he led a demonstration against the Electoral Commission in Kampala. The incident occurred at Clock Tower...

A young woman with a weary look sits at the doorstep of a crumbling manyatta in Lolochat. Her exhaustion typifies the misery faced by thousands of women in Karamoja sub-region where the tradition does not give them an opportunity to be heard. “Life...

Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in the turbulent Darfur region, a U.N. source told Reuters on Monday. A Sudan army spokesman denied any fighting was taking place in...

Mutinous troops led by an army colonel captured Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja after a gun battle on Thursday, and said they were suspending the constitution and dissolving all political institutions. Tensions had been high in the west African...

To many non-Ugandans, Uganda conjures up two sustaining images; One, a small, beautiful, landlocked east African nation, once called the “Pearl of Africa” by her British colonizers. The other, a country ruled by African strongman Idi Amin, recently...

Nearly two decades after he arrived in this country, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo is still bowled over by one subtle display of American wealth: the endless array of soaps available in stores. In his African homeland, the cost of soap is out of reach for...

Kenya is the most corrupt country in East Africa, an international watchdog said Thursday after surveying residents in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. According to the survey by Berlin-based Tranparency International, 45 percent of Kenyans pay bribes to...

Trash litters its cities. Electricity is sporadic at best. There is no clean water. Medical and educational services are limited. Basic infrastructure is severely lacking.