Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has issued a press release indicating that it has closed the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary due to the ongoing wrangles between Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch (ZRWR) and Rhino Fund Uganda(RFU). In the press release posted on April 20, 2021 by UWA communications Manager Bashir Hangi says that with UWA’s mandate to protect all the wildlife resources...

Uganda Tourism Board(UTB) is to embark on a countrywide grading and categorising exercise of hotel and accommodation facilities. This came to public notice through the different social media platforms of Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) a few days ago. The public notice made by UTB says, “the grading and classification exercise will be crowned by the awarding of star ratings to...

Covid-19 has ripped our lives into shreds. Nothing seems to be moving as usual. A lot of things have been at standstill due to the contagious nature of this viral bug (covid-19). Countries went into total lockdown but some have lifted apparently. Life is looking like getting back to normal.  The movement and traveling has started taking course due to...

The Uganda wildlife Authority has taken over security  of Rhinos at the Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district. This is  with an intent of ensuring safety of the Rhino at the ranch that have been threatened by two managing partners of the Sanctuary. The move was announced in the press release written by Bashir Hangi ,The Communications Manager at the...

The development of tourism has been regarded as a panacea for the economic malaise of many of the less developed countries with a narrow resource base, and serious balance of payment problem. It is not surprising that tourism seems to be an attractive proposition in attracting much needed foreign exchange. True tourism has stimulated employment and investment, modified land...

In the recently report released out on 25th March 2021 by International Union for Conservation of Nature has revealed that the two species of elephants found in Africa have been put under the IUCN RedList of threatened species. The African forest elephants have been categorized as critically endangered whereas Savanna elephants as endangered. This was due to the rampant poaching...

Uganda airlines has finally secured a morning slot at Heathrow International Airport London.  The Uganda air carrier will be operating at the most popular United Kingdom airport in the early morning hours. It will be landing at 6:00am and leave at 9:00 am. The morning slot is one of the most battled out flight operation time at Heathrow. It is...

The killers of the 6 lions that were found dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda were caught on the 24th March 2021.  This was announced through press release by Uganda wildlife Authority. Six carcasses of lions were found lying in Queen Elizabeth National park-Ishasha Sector last week on Friday 19th March 2021. The scenes and news were very heart...

Rwanda Air has started out the campaign to vaccinate all its staff against covid-19. It has announced the vaccination exercise on its twitter handle where it wrote, “Rwanda Air is the first African airline to vaccinate all staff against covid-19, which will position the carrier as one of the safest on the continent. With hashtags #FlyTheDreamofAfrica, #FlySafewithUS. This is a...

On the 20th march 2021, we woke up on devastating news that six lions were found dead in Queen Elizabeth national park. This sad news was revealed through an immediate press release from the Uganda Wildlife Authority, an organization responsible for management and protection of all natural gazetted areas in Uganda. In recap, the release read, “Uganda wildlife authority is...