Ebola outbreak in DR Congo & Uganda
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The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.
Uganda's President and leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Yoweri Museveni, holds up the Bible as he is sworn in after being declar
Uganda has become the 28th African country to grant permission to SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system. President Museveni announced the deal, n
How new Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo forced Uganda to halt its biggest religious gathering Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For weeks, Christian Congolese pilgrims had been walking. From the crowded trading centres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
KAMPALA, Uganda — Forty years. That’s how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old was sworn in Tuesday to extend his presidency over a further five-year term that may well be his last — although not necessarily the last for the Museveni family.
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Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades
By Benjamin Jumbe According to monitoring with tracking collars by the Mount Elgon Foundation (MEF), last year at least 60 elephants crossed from Kenya into the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon, a vast volcanic mountain that straddles the border,
As joint security teams concluded multi-hour searches at the residence of former Speaker Anita Annet Among on Mackinnon Road in Kampala's upscale Nakasero suburb -- and reportedly expanded operations to other properties linked to her associates -- an equally striking development began unfolding online: a quiet but noticeable digital retreat by individuals once publicly aligned with the powerful legislator.
A number of Americans currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, with several deemed to have had high-risk exposures,