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.

DECEMBER 25, 2025|ByREUTERS

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

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.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025|ByJAMES GENN

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

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.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025|ByREUTERS

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

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).

OCTOBER 22, 2025|ByREUTERS

BBC program on Operation Thunderbolt inaccurate, says media watchdog group

On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, a few minutes after leaving a stopover in Athens.

JUNE 5, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Air France hostages who were rescued from Entebbe Airport in 1976. The pilot of the plane, Michel Bacos (not pictured), died at the age of 95 on March 25th, 2019

PA Spokesman: Israelis have to live with us, not the Sudanese

Palestinian officials lay blame for lack of peace on Trump and Netanyahu.

FEBRUARY 16, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Group of protected mountain gorillas die after lightning strike in Uganda

The species is protected all throughout a string of restricted safe havens or national parks located in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratc Republic of Congo.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER

Male mountain gorilla from the Mukiza group is seen at Bwindi National Park near the town of Kisoro

Netanyahu meets Sudan's leader, countries to move toward normalization

Sudan shows signs of turning towards the West; Uganda considers opening embassy in Jerusalem.

FEBRUARY 3, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife, Sarah, meet with Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni., February 3, 2020

Netanyahu's Uganda visit represents Israel's growing ties with Africa

frica is a burgeoning continent that is growing at a rapid pace, although it faces many struggles

FEBRUARY 3, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara boarding the plane to Uganda

Netanyahu anticipates ‘good news’ in Uganda

Netanyahu is expected to announce a diplomatic breakthrough today with a country in the region, whose leader he is meeting in Uganda.

FEBRUARY 3, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Netanyahu heads to Uganda for possible Jerusalem embassy announcement

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the visit on Sunday, declining to comment further on the reason for the trip.

FEBRUARY 2, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Entebbe, Uganda

Uganda expected to open its embassy in Jerusalem

The Hebrew website Ynet reported on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Uganda on Monday, but did not cite a reason for the visit.

FEBRUARY 2, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN