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Five people died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday. In a televised address President Museveni said that in addition to five confirmed Ebola fatalities, another 19 deaths in the community were likely due to the disease. …

An outbreak of the skin condition scabies affected about 25,000 people in an eastern district near the capital, Kampala, the BBC reported citing health authorities. Head of health services in Pallisa district, Geoffrey Mulekwa, is quoted by the BBC as saying that those affected were from fishing villages in Kasodo …

Ugandan health authorities and the World Health Organization declared an outbreak of Ebola in the country on Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudanese strain was confirmed. A 24-year-old man in Uganda’s central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died. “We want to inform the country that we …

At least 15 people, mostly women and children, have died in Uganda after heavy rains caused landslides in Kasese in the west of the country. A spokesperson for the Uganda Red Cross says the landslides in Rukoki injured six people. The floodwaters also washed away some houses and an as …

Rwanda and Uganda have officially resumed diplomatic talks, an important step towards reviving relations between the two countries which had been at loggerheads for nearly three years. A delegation of Ugandan officials led by Foreign Minister Odongo Jeje Abubakhar met with their Rwandan counterparts in Kigali. Recently appointed Ugandan High …

A court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has convicted two men arrested last year in connection with the poisoning of six lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu district, Daily Monitor reported. It comes after the court heard evidence from 14 witnesses who pinned the convicts over the killing of …

A toxic gin concoction killed 14 people in north-western Uganda and left others blind, Daily Monitor newspaper reported citing a medical source. All the victims are believed to have consumed a locally manufactured spirit called City 5 Pineapple Flavoured Gin over the weekend in Madi-Okollo district. “These people have now …

On a recent tour of Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN) said “if a country decides to engage with Russia, where there are sanctions, then it break those sanctions.” “They’re violating our sanctions, and in some cases they’re violating UN sanctions with other countries. And …

Uganda’s former security minister, General Elly Tumwine, died in Kenya’s neighboring capital, Nairobi, two weeks after being flown there for treatment. General Tumwiine, 68, died after a long illness, local media reported. He was one of the founder members of the National Resistance Army (NRA), which fought a five-year war …

Ugandan authorities say they will install 2,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country as part of a new project to improve internet connectivity. The internet will be used by government offices during working hours and will be available to the public past working hours and during weekends. “We would like to …