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


Deri keeps Sharansky waiting on Ugandan community meeting

The Abayudaya community in Uganda currently comprises of some 2,000 people, which began adopting Jewish religious practices at the beginning of the 20th century.

Ugandan Rabbi Harun Kintu Moses conducts a Hebrew language lesson at Hadassah School, a jewish community institute in Mbale some 224km east of Uganda's capital Kampala. Ugandan Rabbi Harun Kintu Moses conducts a Hebrew language lesson at Hadassah School, a Jewish community institute in Mbale along t

Conservative movement outraged by reports of Israel blocking Ugandan Jews

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, who leads the Rabbinical Assembly, said the Conservative movement was “shocked and extremely outraged” at the decision, which she called “unlawful.”

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld

Israel's asylum seeker deadlock

With some 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel, the agreement with Uganda to accept 500 amounts to a drop in the ocean, and the government plan for mass deportations is on hold.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

State to High Court: African migrant deportation negotiations stuck

The state on Sunday released over 200 migrants from the Saharonim detention center in the south due to the lack of a deal.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Uganda considering Israeli request to take African migrants, minister says

In January, Israel started handing out notices to male migrants from Eritrea and Sudan giving them three months to take the voluntary deal with a plane ticket and $3,500 or risk being thrown in jail.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

State waffles before court on Uganda deportation deal

Representatives dodge questions as to whether there’s an agreement, admit 1,749 expelled there since 2015.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018

State to High Court: Working toward migrant deportation deal to Uganda

The circumstances of the deal of the third country, widely reported to be Uganda, were not revealed.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

Israeli photographer on Sony competition shortlist

Tagar is the only Israeli included in the shortlist for the "professional" competition in the portraiture category, for a series entitled "Uganda's Vespa Club."

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Israel plans to deport LGBT asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda

“LGBT people are not part of the groups excluded [from deportation],” a Border Authority spokesperson said. “Each case will be examined on its merits.”

AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government’s plan to deport part of their community.

Meretz MKs on 'emergency trip' to Rwanda to check on deported migrants

“We came here to expose to the Israeli public one of the greatest injustices in the history of the State of Israel."

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014