VIDEO: Kabale University in Western Uganda has been closed following the ongoing strike by students over lack of lectures. University Vice Chancellor Professor Joy Kwesiga confirmed to NBS that the university will remain closed until further notice, saying that the strike puts the university at risk. Police meanwhile remains heavily deployed …

VIDEO: The story of a 60 year old teacher who has no regret quitting her job as a trained teacher to engage in farming as an alternative source of livelihood. Peace Bampata says that after teaching for 15 years in various schools in Bushenyi district, in Western Uganda, she decided to call …

VIDEO:  There were sad scenes of tears and despair as fire gutted Jinja’s Napier Market. The fire that happened at around 10pm on Friday, consumed items worth millions, leaving traders in ruins. The traders blame the police fire rescue team for not responding in time. The cause of fire is yet to …

VIDEO: As the country aspires to increase its tourism potential, Majestic Tours and Travels has launched Tororo Rock climbing for both foreign and internal tourism. The rock is said to provide a good scenery for tourism that can fetch government foreign currency. Share on: WhatsApp

VIDEO: UMEME continued their nationwide operation to halt illegal connections and power theft by raiding Bwaise this week. The operation  in Bwaise, left many areas in the Kampala suburb in darkness following several shut downs by power distribution company UMEME, as they intensified their operation to crackdown on power theft and illegal connections. These vices according …

VIDEO: Kampala city traders association KACITA has vowed to take industrial action against street vendors and hawkers. The action due Monday Oct 17 is intended to disperse the operations of vendors. KACITA accuses the vendors of ruining their business with backing from KCCA. The city authority though points to defiant vendors that keep coming …

VIDEO: Zoka Central Forest Reserve in the northern Ugandan district of Adjumani has made headlines in the press over the past two weeks after a government minister revealed plans to allocate a chunk of the reserve to a private sugarcane grower.  NBS visited the forest to witness the destruction already meted out …

Beijing, China | AFP | China will launch a manned space mission on Monday, official media said, as the Asian giant works towards setting up its own space station. Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong will be on board the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft as it blasts off from the Jiuquan …

Portsmouth, United States | AFP | Donald Trump on Saturday challenged his rival Hillary Clinton to a drug test before their next debate, suggesting the Democrat was “pumped up” on performance-enhancing drugs in a stunning new twist to the brutal White House race. The unsubstantiated attack from the Republican nominee …

Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa moved closer to a fairy-tale CAF Champions League title with a 3-0 home victory over Zamalek of Egypt Saturday in the first leg of the final. Liberian Anthony Laffor and Tebogo Langerman scored in the first half of a …