Uganda Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Uganda with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Uganda. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ug&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ug" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "ug", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "ug",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "ug",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ug&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 43016,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f18a716e3fca7755e9b03e94f0dc8a0c",
            "title": "PACEID Secretariat Head Bagonza Granted Bail",
            "description": "The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has granted bail to Matthew Bagonza, the head of the Secretariat at the Presidential Advisory Committee on Export and Industrial Development (PACEID). Bagonza is facing charges of abuse of office and money laundering involving more than Shs1 billion. Justice Jane Kajuga on Wednesday granted Bagonza cash bail of …",
            "content": "The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has granted bail to Matthew Bagonza, the head of the Secretariat at the Presidential Advisory Committee on Export and Industrial Development (PACEID).\nBagonza is facing charges of abuse of office and mon... [1951 chars]",
            "url": "https://chimpreports.com/paceid-secretariat-head-bagonza-granted-bail/",
            "image": "https://cdn-network.chimpreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/HUmsQ4RX0AAP9Sc.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:30:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6077d7413b7a513d90b4aa7f6cc5efa5",
                "name": "ChimpReports",
                "url": "https://chimpreports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b6af4ee80b14250c4b4a0f340f55538",
            "title": "Centenary Bank Partners with Uganda Premier League for 2026/27 Season",
            "description": "Centenary Bank has partnered with the Uganda Premier League (UPL) in a commitment to become the league’s official banking partner for the 2026/2027 season, with support for league operations, media promotion, player awards and digital ticketing. Centenary Bank is bringing on board a total of UGX 204 million to support the partnership. This comprises UGX …",
            "content": "Centenary Bank has partnered with the Uganda Premier League (UPL) in a commitment to become the league’s official banking partner for the 2026/2027 season, with support for league operations, media promotion, player awards and digital ticketing.\nCent... [5022 chars]",
            "url": "https://chimpreports.com/centenary-bank-partners-with-uganda-premier-league-for-2026-27-season/",
            "image": "https://cdn-network.chimpreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cente.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:26:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6077d7413b7a513d90b4aa7f6cc5efa5",
                "name": "ChimpReports",
                "url": "https://chimpreports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2e028535da232fcfc994c77611baf57d",
            "title": "Charcoal traders say Shs2.4b stock stranded at South Sudan border as parliament suspends ban",
            "description": "The traders claim there's Shs2.4b charcoal stock stranded along the South Sudan border",
            "content": "Charcoal traders operating along Uganda’s borders with South Sudan have asked President Museveni for a three-month grace period to sell their existing stocks, saying enforcement of the 2023 charcoal ban has left more than 172 dealers with over 90,000... [299 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/charcoal-traders-say-shs2-4b-stock-stranded-at-south-sudan-border-as-parliament-suspends-ban-5632532",
            "image": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/resource/blob/5632534/38a02c2728ea67eba380ab3aab538718/latest28pix-data.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:50:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e6cccf012d9e21f5ea04d154b2ee392d",
                "name": "Daily Monitor",
                "url": "https://www.monitor.co.ug"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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