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Uganda says it has started withdrawing troops from Somalia

Uganda says 27 citizens killed or presumed dead fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread

FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Nigeria’s Ebola patient on medical evacuation flight to Switzerland, condition stable

The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo has now caused more than 4,600 deaths there, and has spread to three other countries in Africa – Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo has now caused more than 4,600 deaths there, and has spread to three other countries in Africa – Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.

Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo

Uganda's Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi attends a media briefing on the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, where he announced that Uganda has imposed a 21-day quarantine on citizens returning to the country with a travel history to Congo, at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Uganda, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa
Uganda's Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi attends a media briefing on the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, where he announced that Uganda has imposed a 21-day quarantine on citizens returning to the country with a travel history to Congo, at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Uganda, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history

FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Boxing-Grandson of Idi Amin disqualified again for punch after the bell

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games 2026 - Boxing - SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - July 29, 2026  Uganda's Aziz Abdul reacts during the men's 90+kg quarter-final 2 against England's Damar Thomas REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games 2026 - Boxing - SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - July 29, 2026  Uganda's Aziz Abdul reacts during the men's 90+kg quarter-final 2 against England's Damar Thomas REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

King Oyo, once world's youngest monarch, buried in western Uganda

Uganda holding last-ditch talks over king's succession to allow him to be buried

Body of King Oyo Nyimba, once world's youngest monarch, returns to Uganda for burial

Family members and mourners attend the ceremony to receive the coffin with the body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, of the Tooro Kingdom, who died in late August aged 34 while receiving treatment in the U.S., at the Entebbe International Airport, in Entebbe, Uganda September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa
Family members and mourners attend the ceremony to receive the coffin with the body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, of the Tooro Kingdom, who died in late August aged 34 while receiving treatment in the U.S., at the Entebbe International Airport, in Entebbe, Uganda September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

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