Uganda News » Eastern Region News Uganda » Eastern Region: Uganda’s hottest districts revealed as heatwave bites
Mr George William Omony, the ministry’s principal meteorologist, said the extreme temperatures are being driven by the prolonged dry spell.
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Uganda: Direct Sales Give Eastern Uganda's Cotton Farmers a Stronger Hand
Cotton farmers in eastern Uganda are bypassing village middlemen and selling collectively or directly to ginneries. The emerging model is giving growers greater control over weighing, payment and ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: East Africa’s Oil Rivalry Spurs Multi-Billion-Dollar Projects Across The Region
Dangote plans a $17 billion, 700,000-bpd refinery in Kenya’s Lamu, potentially making the country a major refined-fuel hub for East Africa.
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Refinery rivalry: billion‑dollar oil projects expose East Africa’s long‑running regional tensions
East Africa, a region that has been working to deepen economic integration for more than 25 years, has a history of disagreements about the location of energy infrastructure. Uganda discovered oil in ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Uganda in the DRC’s M23 Conflict—Friend to All, Enemy to None
The Critical Threats Project’s Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Eastern Uganda moves to revive cotton farming
Cotton was once eastern Uganda’s “white gold”, providing a dependable source of income for thousands of households and driving commerce across the region. Today, however, the once-familiar sight of ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Uganda’s journey from sugar shortage to regional supplier
At 74, Mr Muhmad Ofwono still remembers the day he and other Busia residents were caned after begging former Kenya president Mr Daniel Arap Moi for sugar.In 1988, Mr Ofwono, a resident of Arubaine in ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Uganda: the quiet power in the eastern DRC conflict
Uganda has deployed troops in the DR Congo with its consent since 2021 to counter an Islamist miiltia – Copyright AFP/File Yasin AKGUL Uganda’s role in eastern DR ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Tanzania and Uganda join forces to build East Africa’s next energy hub in a move that could reshape regional fuel trade
Tanzania and Uganda have signed a deal with Vitol Bahrain to develop Tanga into a regional energy hub, strengthening East Africa’s oil infrastructure, fuel trade and cross-border investment ...
News Uganda » Eastern Region: Refinery rivalry exposes East Africa’s regional tensions
Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are each backing rival refinery and energy projects worth billions of dollars – proof that old regional tensions haven't gone away.