Uganda

Taiwan warns against Uganda travel as passport disputes grow

Three Taiwanese business travellers and their family members arriving at Entebbe airport near Kampala on Aug 12 had their passports seized by immigration officials.

New transmission from animals likely caused Congo-Uganda Ebola outbreak, study says

FILE PHOTO: Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Uganda clears way for deployment of troops to Gaza under Trump plan

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the entrance to the Ugandan Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/ File Photo

Ugandan soccer star dies after assault in capital

Police looking into reports of ‘missing’ athletes after Commonwealth Games

Boxers from Uganda and Pakistan failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games, which ended in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Aug 2.

Over 1,000 deaths recorded in Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda: WHO

In all, 2,473 cases of the deadly virus, including 999 deaths, have been confirmed in DRC.

Africa's top health official asks US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda

FILE PHOTO: Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa CDC, during an interview at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 13, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Twenty pupils die in Uganda bus crash, government bans all school outings

People walk near the wreckage of a bus, owned by King David Junior School, on the shoulder of the road following an accident that killed schoolchildren on the way back from an educational visit to Sipi Falls, at Chekwatit village in Kapchorwa district, Uganda, July 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

Transport of dead bodies within Congo risks further Ebola spread, UN agency warns

More than 2,000 Ebola cases and 700 deaths have been recorded in Congo and neighbouring Uganda as of July 14.

Uganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be declared virus-free

The wider outbreak has caused 2,011 confirmed cases of infection and 754 confirmed deaths in the DRC as of July 15.

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