Uganda

Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion

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Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.
A general view of the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, northern Israel, March 10, 2026.

Suspected Ebola patient undergoes testing at Rambam Medical Center, results expected in days

 DRCONGO-HEALTH-EBOLA EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Medical staff walk towards the doffing and decontamination station at the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) after providing care to patients suffering from or suspected of having Ebola virus disease in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democrati

Health Ministry investigates suspected Ebola case after traveler develops symptoms

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility


Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law

The East African country enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2023, defying pressure from Western governments as well as local and international rights groups.

File photo: Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023.

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.

Mosquito bite, illustration.

Iran's IRGC-QF recruits Ugandan to spy on Israel's African embassies - report

Iranian terrorists approached a Ugandan construction worker to surveil Israeli embassies in Africa, telling him to purchase a gun and grenades for a possible attack, Iran International reported.

An illustration of the flags of Iran, Uganda, and Israel.

Mamdani's progressive vision for New York shaped by childhood in Uganda, mentors say

The son of a Ugandan academic of Indian origins and an Indian-American filmmaker, Mamdani was born and spent several years as a child in Uganda's capital Kampala.

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference at the Unisphere in the Queens borough of New York City, US, November 5, 2025.

Uganda bus crash leaves at least 63 dead

Initial investigations suggest it was caused by two buses coming from opposite directions trying to overtake other vehicles, a lorry and a sport utility vehicle (SUV).

 Firefighters and volunteers assess debris at the scene of an explosion, after a fuel tanker rolled and residents started to syphoning fuel, in Kigoogwa suburb, Wakiso district on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda October 22, 2024.

ICC starts hearing on charges against Uganda's fugitive warlord Joseph Kony

Kony's victims were happy the ICC was moving forward with the case but lamented the lack of financial compensation for his alleged victims.

Joseph Kony, November 12, 2006.

Congo massacre of Christians spotlights rising ISIS influence in central Africa - analysis

The group's ultimate goal is to establish a “caliphate” in Central Africa, similar to ISIS’s vision in Iraq and Syria.

Christians celebrate mass at the Saint Esprit parish following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 26, 2025.

Ugandan UN judge jailed in Britain for more than six years for forced labor offense

Mugambe argued that she had diplomatic immunity in her native Uganda, which was subsequently removed.

Judge Lydia Mugambe

UN judge 'exploited and abused' Ugandan woman she kept as enslaved while in UK

Mugambe was appointed to the UN's judicial roster in May 2023, three months after police were called to her address in Oxfordshire, according to her UN profile page.

Judge Lydia Mugambe

Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says

Prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court Wednesday after allegedly being kidnapped from a book launch in Kenya.

 Ugandan four-time presidential aspirant Kizza Besigye stands in steel dock at Uganda Military General Court Martial in Kampala.