•An elephant At least three people died after their vehicle collided with an elephant in a national park in northwestern Uganda, police said today. No information was provided on the health of the elephant, reports AFP. Human-wildlife confrontations have risen in recent years, as expanding populations encroach on protected wildlife areas. The ...
•Ebola outbreak The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has warned that Nigeria faces a high risk of importing the Ebola virus disease (EVD) due to ongoing outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Despite the absence of any confirmed case in the country, the agency said heightened regional transmissi...
•Ebola outbreak Uganda said today it had confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing to five the total since the virus outbreak was discovered in the East African country on May 15. “Three new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the country,” the health ministry said, naming the patients as […]
•Health workers carry body of Ebola victim Uganda’s health ministry said it had confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus, and that a man had died from the disease after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A major outbreak of the virus was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that […]
•A polling assistant from Uganda’s Electoral Commission counts votes, yesterday Polls closed in Uganda yesterday after a chaotic day of voting that took place under an internet blackout and with long delays caused by technical breakdowns as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40 years in power. Museveni, an 81-year-old who came to p...
•Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station amid delays, today Uganda’s opposition said voting had been deliberately delayed in today’s election as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet blackout and a police crackdown. Museveni, 81, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office thanks [&...
•Onuachu (R) celebrates scoring goal with Dele-Bashiru Nigeria maintained their perfect record at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-1 victory over Uganda in their final Group C match at the Fez Stadium in Morocco today. Paul Onuachu opened the scoring in the 28th minute, poking home from close range after meeting a […]
•Ugandan musician-turned-politician and opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine Two Kenyan activists were abducted by Ugandan security forces after attending a rally for opposition leader Bobi Wine, a rights group said today. Abductions of government critics and opposition figures have become common across east Africa, and...
•Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni A Ugandan student has been imprisoned for two months over a social media post criticising the country’s president, police said today, provoking alarm over freedom of speech ahead of next year’s election. President Yoweri Museveni is hoping to extend his 40-year rule over the east African country at the elect...
•Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Uganda’s ruling party said today that the country’s long-running president Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election in polls due early next year. The 80-year-old had been widely expected to try and extend his almost four-decade rule over the East African country, reports AFP. The opposition has faced a mounting ...
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