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This year is crunch time for Tullow Oil's East African projects

Tullow Oil cuts its output guidance

Tullow Oil has downgraded its 2019 output guidance to 90,000-98,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) due to problems at its Ghana fields.

Business • 25 Apr 19

Kimberley Endecott entered Uganda on 29 March and flew the next day to the park in the country's southwest

Uganda: Abducted US tourist did not have armed guard

A US woman who was kidnapped with her driver at Uganda's most popular wildlife park failed to take an armed ranger as required by the park's regulations, according to the country's wildlife authority.

World • 05 Apr 19

Tullow Oil said its net debt at the end of last year stood at $3.1 billion

Tullow's output to rise as Ghana production ramps up

Tullow Oil's production is set to grow to between 94,000 and 102,000 barrel of oil equivalent per day (boed) this year, from 90,000 boed last year as it increases output in Ghana.

Business • 16 Jan 19

Rescue boats search the waters of Lake Victoria following the accident yesterday

At least 29 dead after cruise boat capsizes in Uganda

At least 29 people died when a cruise boat capsized in poor weather in Lake Victoria, Uganda yesterday, the local deputy police spokesman has said.

World • 25 Nov 18

The accident happened last night in Kiryandongo (Pic: Google Maps)

At least 48 killed as bus hits tractor, truck in Uganda

At least 48 people including 16 children have died in northern Uganda after a bus hit a tractor driving with no lights at night and then a truck, the Red Cross has said.

World • 26 May 18

Mulago Referral hospital housed the nation's only radiotherapy machine

Uganda's only radiotherapy machine breaks down

Thousands of cancer patients in Uganda will be left untreated for months after the nation's only radiotherapy machine broke down.

News • 19 Apr 16

Pope Francis calls for 'new chapter' on CAR visit

Pope Francis has said he hoped upcoming elections in the conflict-hit Central African Republic would enable the country to peacefully begin a "new chapter" as he arrived in the capital Bangui.

News • 30 Nov 15

Pope Francis is welcomed by Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni at his arrival in Entebbe, Uganda

Pope hails Uganda's treatment of refugees

Pope Francis has hailed Uganda for its "outstanding" response in welcoming refugees as he began a two-day visit to the east African nation.

News • 27 Nov 15

Tullow says legal proceedings have now been dropped in Uganda case

Tullow pays $250m to settle Uganda tax dispute

Tullow Oil has agreed to pay $250m to settle a tax dispute with the Ugandan government out of court.

Business • 22 Jun 15

President Museveni is calling for a law which will penalise the promotion of homosexuality

Plans for a new anti-gay law in Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni wants to issue a more lenient anti-gay law after a strict legal ban on homosexuality in Uganda was overturned in court earlier this month.

News • 12 Aug 14

The bill was passed in December and obliged Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities

Ugandan court overturns strict anti-gay law

A Ugandan court has overturned a strict anti-gay law, which stated that repeat homosexuals should be jailed for life, as it had not been through the necessary legal proceedings.

News • 01 Aug 14

Activists in Kenya who oppose the bill protested over the issue earlier this year

Uganda hit by US sanctions over anti-gay law

The United States has cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and cancelled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality.

News • 20 Jun 14

A lab technician draws blood from a patient for HIV testing at the Aids Information Centre in Kampala

Uganda's HIV bill 'nonsensical', says health body

Uganda's AIDS commission has called an HIV bill passed by parliament "nonsensical", and urged the country's president not to sign it into law.

News • 07 Jun 14

The passing of the bill was largely a popular move in Uganda

Uganda shrugs off aid cuts over anti-gay law

Uganda has shrugged off foreign aid cuts and international criticism of its tough new anti-gay law, saying it could do without Western aid.

News • 27 Feb 14

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni introduced the controversial law that will see homosexuals jailed for life

UN calls on Uganda to repeal new homosexuality law

The UN chief Ban ki-moon has called on Uganda to repeal a tough new law imposing life terms on homosexuals, warning it could fan violence and impede responses to HIV and AIDS.

News • 25 Feb 14

A Kenyan LGBT supporter protests against Uganda's anti-gay bill

Laws on homosexuality in African nations

Many African countries, with the notable exception of South Africa, have laws that ban or repress homosexuality.

Special Reports • 24 Feb 14

Yoweri Museveni signed the bill during a press conference in Entebbe, close to the capital

Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill into law

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a controversial anti-homosexuality bill, despite criticism from Western countries.

News • 24 Feb 14

Yoweri Museveni has not said when he plans to sign the law

Uganda dismisses US call on anti-homosexuality law

Uganda has dismissed US president Barack Obama's call to its leader Yoweri Museveni not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying the US was trying to blackmail the east African country.

News • 18 Feb 14

Yoweri Museveni had decided to support the bill after seeking advice from a team of scientists (Pic: EPA)

Ugandan president to sign anti-gay bill

Uganda's president is set to sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure.

News • 17 Feb 14

The report comes a year after €4m of Irish aid money went missing

Rights group concerned over Uganda corruption

Failure to operate an appropriate anti-corruption system in Uganda is among concerns raised by rights group Human Rights Watch.

News • 21 Oct 13

Latest drilling success at Tullow's Etuko-1 well in Kenya confirms commerciality of fields there

Tullow eyes success from African fields

Tullow Oil said today that its latest drilling success at the Etuko-1 well in Kenya confirmed the commerciality of fields there.

Business • 31 Jul 13

Tullow reports major progress from Kenya, Ghana and Uganda

Tullow Oil 'well placed' for the rest of 2013

Tullow Oil increased its estimate of resources in Kenya and announced a new discovery, moving closer to commercial production of oil there.

Business • 03 Jul 13

Tullow Oil reiterates production guidance for the full year

Tullow Oil predicts 'exciting' year for 2013

Tullow Oil has said that continued strong production from the Jubilee field in Ghana continues to underpin its financial performance.

Business • 08 May 13

John McGuinness said there were questions to be asked on funding given to Mozambique

Concerns raised over Irish Aid programme

The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee has called for a meeting with the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs to discuss funding under the Irish Aid programme.

News • 01 Dec 12

Heads of state from Africa's Great Lakes region met in Uganda

African nations call on rebels to leave DRC's Goma

Heads of state from Africa's Great Lakes region have urged rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east to stop expanding their war and leave the town of Goma which they captured this week.

News • 26 Nov 12