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A Ugandan pastor accused of raping a Latvian tourist after he allegedly invited her to his church has been arraigned in a Kampala court and remanded to Luzira prison, Dailymonitor reported. Pastor Joseph Collins Twahirwa appeared in a court in Kampala to answer rape charges brought against him following his …

Ugandan authorities have announced the end of the Ebola outbreak which began earlier in September and killed more than 50 people. The announcement follows a 42-day period without any new confirmed cases. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony …

At least 120 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Uganda in the last two weeks, Dailymonitor reported, citing police source. According to police reports, between December 23 and January 7, more than 120 people have died and scores have sustained serious injuries due to road accidents across …

At least nine people were killed and several others injured in a stampede at the Freedom City Mall in Kampala, Uganda, during the New Year’s celebration, according to reports. “It is alleged that the incident occurred at midnight when the event’s emcee encouraged attendees to go outside and watch the fireworks …

A 2-year-old boy mysteriously survived a hippo attack in Uganda after the animal swallowed half his body while he was playing in his home in Rwenjubu cell near Lake Edward, according to reports. It took the bravery of a good Samaritan to save the victim by stoning the hippo and …

A 16-year-old student, a traffic police officer and a motorcyclist died following a road crash on the Lira-Soroti highway in Uganda, reports said. The accident involved a Ford Ranger belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle. The girl and the traffic officer died at the scene. The motorcycle rider also died …

Uganda is ready to teach the Chinese language at Advanced Level (A-Level), said the Director of National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), Ms Grace Baguma. “The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has already developed a training syllabus for teaching Chinese language that has already been approved by the Minister of Education …

A group of Ugandan doctors have taken a knee before President Yoweri Museveni asking him to run for a seventh term. The doctors representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) had attended a patriotism symposium in the capital, Kampala, when they were led by their leader to kneel before the president. …

Learners in Uganda are heading back home after the government closed schools two weeks earlier than originally scheduled in order to slow down an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The ministry of education ordered closure of schools after more than 20 confirmed Ebola cases were recorded among students. Parents …

The health ministry in Uganda has denied in a press release, allegations that a running event held last weekend at the capital, Kampala, was an Ebola super-spreading event. In the statement, the ministry said no participant at the marathon presented any symptom of the deadly virus. “No Ebola case had …