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Police arrest, tear gas Uganda’s opposition leader

Police cracked open the window of Uganda’s top opposition leader and fired tear gas into his vehicle on Thursday.

Ugandan police unravel World Cup bomb plot

If Ugandan investigators are right, the size of the conspiracy behind the twin bombings during the World Cup finals could hardly have been bigger.

Rwanda’s Hutus live in fear

The Rwandan refugee was walking home one night when four men jumped him and put him in a stranglehold. He lay still, pretending to be dead.

Ugandan parents grieve after deadly school fire

Sobbing Ugandan parents sifted through the ashes of a school dormitory on Tuesday, trying in vain to identify their daughters from the piles of charred piles left by a fire that…

Uganda schoolchildren killed in dormitory fire

An overnight fire that destroyed a primary school dormitory in Uganda, killing 19 schoolgirls and two adults, may have been set deliberately, police said on Tuesday. ”Preliminary…

Uganda rebels walk out of peace talks

Ugandan rebels have walked out of peace talks because the government refused their demands for senior government posts, a rebel spokesperson said on Friday. The two sides have…

Ebola eradicated in Uganda

Uganda is officially free of the deadly Ebola virus, which killed 37 people in the East African country last year, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Forty-two days passed…

Uganda’s Anglicans threaten to secede

Uganda’s Anglican Church threatened on Monday to secede from the rest of the 77-million member fellowship unless United States clergy condemn homosexuality. The announcement was…

Ugandan Asians wary after deadly protest

Some members of the Asian community in Uganda’s capital kept their children home from school, failed to report to work and left their shops shuttered on Friday, a day after a…