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Robusta shortfall drags down Uganda’s July coffee exports

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East Africa’s pipeline politics repeat themselves in the refinery race

Workers at the Kingfisher Oil Field in Kikuube, Uganda, on 24 January, 2023. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni launched the drilling process at the Kingfisher Oil Field, operated by the Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation Cnooc.

Uganda and Tanzania’s new Tanga energy hub follows Kenya’s win of the Dangote refinery, extending east Africa’s rivalry

Why shutting the border sends the wrong signal on Ebola

People crossing the border from the Democratic Republic of the Congo into Bunagana, in the south-west of Uganda.

As Ebola spreads in Congo and reaches Uganda, experts warn that border closures weaken surveillance and drive movement to unmonitored crossings

Fuel prices push inflation higher in May

Several white fuel tankers bearing "Danger Petrol" signs parked on a dirt lot at a storage depot in Jinja, Uganda, under a blue sky.

Headline inflation edged up in May as energy and transport costs climbed sharply amid higher global oil prices

Museveni’s new foreign funding law deepens fears over shrinking political space

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New foreign funding law has drawn criticism from opposition figures, rights groups, and development partners

Africa’s AI ambitions face structural tests, Nairobi summit concludes

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AI Everything Kenya concluded with warnings on patent gaps, declining public trust, and the challenge of scaling African startups

Third-country deportations expose democratic costs of Africa’s deals with the US

US migration deals with African governments are prompting legal, political and human rights concerns across the continent

Nairobi hosts East Africa AI policy gathering as region eyes digital sovereignty

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Bank of Uganda’s Monetary Policy Statement for May 2026 — Full text

The oil and chemical tanker Petrel Pacific moored at a terminal during twilight, discharging ballast water.

Monetary Policy Committee keeps rates on hold for a seventh consecutive meeting but raises its inflation outlook as fuel costs begin feeding through

Xenophobic sentiment in South Africa reaches highest level in two decades

Anti-immigration demonstrators, wearing traditional Zulu attire, gather to stage a protest in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29 April, 2026. Participants voiced opposition to irregular migration during the demonstration.

Economic frustration and electoral politics are driving a sharp rise in hostility towards migrants in South Africa