In 1975, Uganda’s then-president Idi Amin Dada, an unapologetic military ruler, and devout Muslim, declared June 3 a national ...

From local shrines in Kampala to churches in the United States and seminaries in West Africa, the names of the martyrs are ...

Hundreds of Rwandan pilgrims, including eight Catholic bishops, are in Uganda for the annual Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations ...

The Namugongo shrine is where St. Charles Lwanga, a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church, and his companions were burned to ...

President Museveni has instructed that Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations be formally included in the government's annual budget, ensuring consistent financial backing for one of the country's most ...

As millions of pilgrims flocked to the famed Ugandan shrine in Namugongo in the days leading to commemoration of the ...

On June 3, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attempted an unsuccessful suicide bombing targeting Christian ...

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St. Karoli Lwanga, Mbiko Parish, has over the past 10 years positioned itself as a ...

The Uganda Martyrs' Day celebrations at Namugongo are renowned as a spiritual center, drawing thousands of pilgrims each year ...

A bus carrying 30 Kenyan pilgrims to Uganda’s Martyrs Day celebrations crashed on June 14, injuring passengers. The driver ...

Uganda military authorities say two people died before executing a suspected explosive attack near a Catholic shrine in the ...

Over 30 Kenyans are currently hospitalised in neighbouring Uganda following a road accident involving the bus they were ...