Uganda Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Uganda with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 42378,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "028909bdbbcc11fafcc58f8b27da634b",
            "title": "Uganda: MPs Question Government Over Failure to Accord Four Ex-Colleagues Official Burials",
            "description": "Members of Parliament have questioned the government's failure to accord official burials to four former legislators who died within one week, demanding clarity on the criteria used to determine those entitled to the state recognition.",
            "content": "Members of Parliament have questioned the government's failure to accord official burials to four former legislators who died within one week, demanding clarity on the criteria used to determine those entitled to the state recognition.\nThe legislator... [2696 chars]",
            "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611040123.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:24:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b2a8a9bf339fa827c13a5a389d64b625",
                "name": "allAfrica.com",
                "url": "https://allafrica.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1596686ff6adb534c0bbf7e17e307c1f",
            "title": "VisionFund Uganda Marks 30 Years of Advancing Financial Inclusion",
            "description": "The organisation, which began operations in 1996, says it will continue expanding access to financial services for vulnerable families, helping parents and guardians grow businesses, improve household incomes and invest...",
            "content": "VisionFund Uganda has marked 30 years of supporting communities across the country through financial inclusion programmes aimed at improving household livelihoods and creating better opportunities for children.\nThe anniversary celebrations, held at S... [2011 chars]",
            "url": "https://nilepost.co.ug/news/384114/visionfund-uganda-marks-30-years-of-advancing-financial-inclusion",
            "image": "https://nilepost.co.ug/new_cms/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/WhatsApp-Image-2026-11-04-at-7.00.18-AM.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T04:11:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "97c17edbb51d71204348d86fb9cf5453",
                "name": "Nilepost",
                "url": "https://nilepost.co.ug"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "606d790884f3d202c469a6a1f3820d64",
            "title": "What awaits former Deputy CDF Elwelu?",
            "description": "Col Chris Magezi, said Lt Gen Elwelu was allegedly involved in subversive activities and plans to destabilise Teso",
            "content": "Former Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen (rtd) Peter Elwelu has embarked on a potentially perilous journey, one that has brought him face-to-face with the State, which accuses him of treachery, an offence punishable by death upon conviction.\nAlth... [341 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/what-awaits-former-deputy-cdf-elwelu--5657730",
            "image": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/resource/image/5655602/landscape_ratio3x2/1200/800/ecb32037ecded443433a56b0b0171910/Eu/cm01pix.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:57:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e6cccf012d9e21f5ea04d154b2ee392d",
                "name": "Daily Monitor",
                "url": "https://www.monitor.co.ug"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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