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The authorities in Uganda should urgently investigate reports that military officers tortured the exiled satirical writer and government critic Kakwenza Rukirabashaija while he was forcibly disappeared for 14 days, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has fired his military spy chief Maj.Gen Abel Kandiho and sent him to neighboring South Sudan as envoy, reports say quoting authoritative sources in Kampala.

Could girls and women in Uganda receive the right services and support right when they need them while at risk of survived female genital circumcision (FGM)? This challenge led to a Ugandan team creating a mobile app to link FGM survivors and at-risk girls with services in real time.

Carnage in the streets, parliament suspended and increasing insecurity fears are the issues on the lips of ordinary Ugandans as their capital Kampala was rocked by twin blasts on Tuesday morning.