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Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak in capital Kampala

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the...

Rebecca Cheptegei: Uganda athlete dies after boyfriend set her on fire

NAIROBI: Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend...

Uganda confirms two more cases of mpox

Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health...

Uganda qualifies for T20 World Cup 2024 as Zimbabwe misses out

With five wins from their six games, Uganda have ensured a top-two finish in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier and booked...

Uganda army says it killed rebels that murdered tourists

Uganda's military said on Wednesday it had killed a number of fighters from an Islamic State-linked group who shot dead a honeymooning couple and...

HRW says TotalEnergies oil project ‘a disaster’ for Ugandans

NAIROBI: Human Rights Watch on Monday urged a halt to a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies, warning of dire...

25 killed in militant attack on school in western Uganda: police

KAMPALA: Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight "terrorist attack" on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic...

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one...

Uganda confirms casualties among country’s soldiers in Somali attack

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab group on a military base...

Nine suffocate to death in Uganda New Year firework crush

At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in...

Ugandan ivory trafficker gets life term in landmark ruling

KAMPALA: A Ugandan court has sentenced an ivory trafficker to life in prison in a landmark ruling hailed by the country's wildlife authority. International trade...

Ebola death toll in Uganda climbs to nine

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to nine, the health ministry said Friday, two weeks after the authorities announced...

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda

A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in...

Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019

KAMPALA: Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the...