Uganda plans to build a rail line linking a town in the east to a proposed port on Lake Victoria for a combined $600 million, which will provide better logistics links through Tanzania to the Indian Ocean.

After nine years of striving, the government of Uganda yesterday signed a contract with Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi to build the first section of the country’s standard gauge railway, New Vision website reports.

Uganda has signed a contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build the first part of its proposed Standard Gauge Railway, aimed at boosting regional trade. Under the terms of the deal,

Pankaj Oswal seeks UN intervention for the release of his daughter Vasundhara, detained in Uganda since 1 October. She faces allegations of kidnapping and attempted murder. The family claims the charges are fabricated.

Mumbai: An Indian-origin Cypriot industrialist has filed an appeal with the United Nations seeking international intervention into the alleged illegal detention of his daughter in Uganda. The chairman of Oswal Group Pankaj Oswal has alleged that his daughter Vasundhara Oswal (26) has been illegally detained in the African nation and has been