Uganda

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

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

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.

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

 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.

Uganda bus crash leaves at least 63 dead


Uganda health ministry confirms Ebola outbreak

A 24-year-old man in Uganda's central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died.

 A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

Israeli doctor performs surgery in Uganda and saves the life of 12-year-old pregnant girl

She is the only Israeli doctor who has done a recognized medical rotation (clinical clerkship by medical students during their final year of study) in a Third World country.

 Rehovot's Kaplan Medical Center in Uganda.

Israeli company to operate Uganda's first public bus network

Starting with 1,030 buses, the fleet is set to grow to 3,000 buses, making it one of the largest fleets in Africa.

 Optibus' founders (L-R) Amos Haggiag, CEO, Eitan Yanovksy, CTO

Ukrainian refugees are good for Israel - opinion

Israel should accept refugees, not only for the sake of offering solace to those in need, but also because it is good for Israel.

 LAND IS cultivated by refugees in Iboa, Northern Uganda

Rare insect species with leaf-shaped genitals found in Uganda

Phlogis kibalensis, the new leafhopping discovery, is the first member of the rare genus to be stopped since 1969.

Illustration of an insect

NSO's Pegasus used to hack US State Dept. phones - report

The hacks hit US officials either based in Uganda or focused on matters concerning the East African country.

 NSO GROUP branch in the Arava Desert. Picture taken with a drone.

Explosion in Uganda capital kills at least two - local TV

Two bombs exploded in Kampala, one very close to the Ugandan parliament and one near the central police station. Local media reported that Parliament had been evacuated

 Smoke rises near the blast area, in Kampala, Uganda, November 16, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video.

Cataclysm on African continent a pending world war

The Nile River has captivated mystery and myth from the time of ancient Greeks, including Herodotus and Alexander the Great. Today she could become the cause of a world at war.

THE NILE RIVER is seen as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir fills near the Ethiopia-Sudan border.

High Court withdraws emerging communities aliyah petition

Judge: Case not suitable to determine principle

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Pride and prejudice: The State of Israel vs Yosef Kibita

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: When the young Ugandan applied to make aliyah in 2017, he couldn’t have imagined that he would be poised to fundamentally impact the dynamic of Israel-Diaspora relations.

YOSEF KIBITA reading from the Torah in the synagogue at Kibbutz Ketura, his adopted home for the last three years.