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Medics flee western Uganda as Ebola spreads
Several dozen medics and support staff have fled western Uganda after their co-workers became infected with the Ebola virus in an outbreak that has already killed 18 people,…
Kampala spruces up for CHOGM summit
Uganda will be seeking to impress the world when it hosts the Commonwealth summit this week and convey a new image of a country best known for its history of brutal regimes and…
Hundreds of thousands await aid in flood-hit Africa
Hundreds of thousands of people awaited desperately needed relief supplies and faced the threat of epidemics on Friday as the death toll climbed in Africa’s worst floods in three…
Serious flooding hits Uganda, Kenya, Sudan
Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in East and Central Africa on Saturday as floods that have already displaced hundreds of thousands heightened fears of food shortages and…
Ugandans laud Forest Whitaker’s portrayal of Amin
Just days before Hollywood’s elite gathers for this year’s Oscars, Ugandans hailed best actor nominee Forest Whitaker’s portrayal of Idi Amin — though were quick to frown on the…
Uganda extends deadline for peace with rebels
Uganda on Tuesday extended a September 12 deadline for the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to agree to a peace deal or lose an amnesty offer for war-crimes charges its leaders face.…
Ugandan rebels order fighters to prepare for truce
Uganda’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army on Monday ordered its forces to prepare for an imminent truce with the government under which they will move to neutral camps in southern…
ICC urged to quash war-crimes indictments
A senior Ugandan official on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to quash its war-crimes indictments against the leaders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army,…
Uganda’s Museveni sworn in for third term
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took his third oath of office on Friday, formally extending his 21-year rule in an inauguration ceremony held amid concerns about his commitment…
Museveni poll win rejected by opposition
President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday won re-election in Uganda’s first multiparty polls since 1980, but his main rival rejected the results as opposition supporters clashed with…
Ugandan poll: ‘So far, so good’
Ugandans flooded polling stations on Thursday to cast ballots in landmark elections dominated by a bitter battle between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader Kizza…
Under fire, Museveni marks 20 years in power
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni marks two decades in power this weekend, less than a month before elections seen as a key test of his once-sterling but now tarnished…
Ugandan rebel says LRA ready for peace talks
The deputy chief of Uganda’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Wednesday the rebels are ready to talk peace, breaking the group’s penchant for secrecy and drawing a…
Sudan gives Uganda space to move against rebels in south
The Sudanese government has for the first time agreed to allow Ugandan troops to pursue members of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in all parts of southern Sudan, Uganda’s…
Ugandan rebel deputy chief ‘seeks asylum in DRC’
The deputy chief of Uganda’s notorious rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Vincent Otti, is seeking political asylum in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…