Uganda World News API

Get the live top world 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 world 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=world&country=ug&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --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": "world", "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: "world",
    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" => "world",
    "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=world&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": 30434,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f0026ceaa4bdf2b16cf973f149e7c51b",
            "title": "Zambia pushes for Facebook, TikTok and YouTube monetisation",
            "description": "It could strengthen Zambia's digital creative industry while influencing how other African governments approach social media monetisation.",
            "content": "For years, African content creators have entertained millions of people on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube, building loyal audiences through comedy, music, education, lifestyle videos and digital storytelling.\nYet for many, converting that popularity in... [5014 chars]",
            "url": "https://techjaja.com/zambia-pushes-for-facebook-tiktok-and-youtube-monetisation/",
            "image": "https://techjaja.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Social-Media-Engagement-TechJaja.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:54:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "780bdb09489133805274146562f3099b",
                "name": "Techjaja",
                "url": "https://techjaja.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2a71c893088442611055d6b4800d9b3d",
            "title": "Ebola outbreak: World Bank boosts funding for Congo and Africa",
            "description": "According to a statement released on Wednesday, $80 million will be directed toward improving disease surveillance, laboratory capacity, clinical case...",
            "content": "The World Bank has announced $93 million in new funding to strengthen Ebola response efforts across Africa as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) works to contain an ongoing outbreak.\nAccording to a statement released on Wednesday, $80 millio... [1840 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.az/news/ebola-outbreak-world-bank-boosts-funding-for-congo-and-africa",
            "image": "https://news.az/photos/2026/10/1791998850.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:00:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "66ef40a586dab9fbf5ff53174dc02ab1",
                "name": "Latest news from Azerbaijan",
                "url": "https://news.az"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6860fca645fd4928c9e48c7bb8f1e4a5",
            "title": "Africa’s 20 Largest Economies in 2026",
            "description": "The IMF’s October 2026 outlook shows South Africa leading Africa’s largest economies, while Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, DRC and Côte d’Ivoire reshape the continent’s economic rankings.",
            "content": "Africa’s 20 Largest Economies in 2026: South Africa Leads, Kenya Rises, Tanzania Slips\nReading time: 15 min read\nAfrica\nG Add as preferred source\nListen 0:00 / 18:39\nReady\nAfrica’s economic hierarchy is changing faster than the familiar rankings of t... [40914 chars]",
            "url": "https://uchumi360.com/r/a/africa-largest-economies-2026",
            "image": "https://uchumi360.com/uploads/articles/6acfc0c056c69_1792000192.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:57:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4e53f853e7d95baa82597cb229d16701",
                "name": "Uchumi360",
                "url": "https://uchumi360.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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