Uganda

WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

Uganda's health ministry said on Friday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country had risen to nine.

Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2026.
A poster displaying Ebola emergency contact numbers is pinned to a tent at the Busunga border crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bundibugyo, on May 18, 2026.

Uganda confirms two more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven

Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026.

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda an international emergency

A view of the river Nile in Giza, Egypt April 18, 2025; illustrative.

Egypt, Uganda agree to expand Nile water cooperation


An open wound: The heated debate surrounding circumcision

The medical benefits of circumcisions are not so convincing.

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Largest-ever delegation of African parliamentary speakers head to Knesset

The visit comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Kenya this week, his third to Africa in the past year and a half.

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Kenya, November 28, 2017.

A new Uganda plan: Emissaries to open first Chabad house in Kampala

In Kampala, there is no organized Jewish community, except for a synagogue and a school affiliated with the African community of Abayudaya, who keep certain Jewish customs and see themselves as Jews.

Rabbi Moishi and Yocheved Raskin will be moving to Kampala, Uganda, making it the 100th country with a permanent Chabad-Lubavitch presence.

The underpinnings of knowledge: Initiating an educational revolution

In the solar-powered classrooms, Ugandan pupils use Simbi technology in conjunction with micro computers loaded with 64 GB of educational materials, everything from Ted Talks to Khan Academy.

CHILDREN at the Hadassah Primary School welcome their new school bus. )

Jewish Ugandans on MASA gather pieces of Israel to take back home

Five members of Abayudaya community studying in Israel for 5 months.

Five Conservative converts from Uganda’s Abayudaya community who are studying in Israel

Netanyahu's alliance of the African periphery

The Jerusalem Post

National ceremony commemorates Operation Entebbe – 40 years later

The evening was especially symbolic for Netanyahu whose older brother Yonatan “Yoni” was killed while leading the Entebbe raid.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Entebbe, leçon de courage

« Lorsque nous sommes déterminés à protéger notre peuple, aucun terroriste ne peut nous vaincre. Aucun lieu n’est inaccessible. Aucune opération n’est trop compliquée. »

Les otages libérés de retour en Israel

Comment: Commemorating, not celebrating the Entebbe Operation

Four decades later, terrorism is no less a scourge than it was then.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

PM in Africa : It is possible to break automatic anti-Israel majority

“I said Israel also needs Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, all the countries,” Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu landing in Entebbe