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Five dead in Uganda due to killer disease
A deadly virus known as the Marbourg has spread in the capital city of Uganda Kampala after a woman travelling to the city has...
DRC and Uganda prohibited from pilgrimage in Mecca
Muslims from Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have been banned from making the pilgrimage to the by holy city of Mecca this year...
Youth Music Festival to Promote Maternal and Newborn Health in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda, October 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Seventh Day Adventist Church, Makindye District Youth Executive Committee has organized a youth music festival...
Sudan and Uganda sends 2,500 troops to stop Joseph Kony
Sudan and Uganda sent 2,500 men to fight against the LRA of Joseph Kony in the democratic Republic of Congo and in the...
Uganda: Homosexuality banned even in the theater
David Cecil, a British theater producer - charged last week for a theatre production about the situation of homosexuals in Uganda, has been released.
British...
Republic of Uganda and MSD Launch Cervical Cancer Vaccination Program
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, September 4, 2012/ -- The Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Health (MoH), supported by MSD ) known as Merck in...
Uganda: Opposition politicians arrested
Police has blocked the planned walk to walk campaign organized by opposition party leaders arresting over ten politicians.
Among those arrested is the leader of...
Uganda government still dealing with Libya
Uganda is still dealing with Libyan company although UN instructed that
Libya's property be confisicated because of Gaddafi's stand off.
Uganda government spokesman, Kabakumba Matsiko has...
Ugandan students stranded in Libya soon to be evacuated
Over 20 Ugandan students are stranded in the battle that hit Libya at the beginning of 2011.
According to the permanent secretary in the Ministry...
Libya: Uganda offers Muammar Gaddafi refuge
Uganda has freely offered embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi refuge in Uganda as diplomats attempt to persuade the defiant leader to leave office without...
Pro-Gaddafi Africans protest as Coalition forces gain momentum
As world leaders met Tuesday in London to discuss the Libyan situation, hundreds of members of a group called Pan Africanists from Uganda and...
Ugandan Sex workers attack religious leaders
Sex workers in Uganda have lashed out at religious leaders who have condemned their trade but failed to encourage programs and projects to help...
Gaddafi writes to African leaders to intervene in Libya
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly written to several
African presidents requesting them to urge USA and its allies to stop
their air strikes on his...
Uganda and DRC agree to hunt for LRA rebels together
The governments of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with
help from the United Nations are soon to resume hunting for Lord's Resistance Army...
Uganda police warns of planned Somali terror attacks
The assistant Inspector General of Police in Uganda, Abasi Byakagaba who doubles as director for counter-terrorism, has cautioned the general public following threats of...
Uganda: Anti-gay minister of ethics and integrity resigns
Resigning from his ministerial position as Uganda's minister of ethics and integrity, James Nsaba Buturo has called upon Ugandans to continue fighting against...
Several Ugandans arrested over protests
Eight people who gathered to protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who they say "rigged" the recent elections, have been arrested by police in Kampala,...
Uganda opposition warned against planned protests
Police in Uganda has warned opposition presidential candidates against
holding planned protests in Kampala city.
A group of unsuccessful Ugandan presidential candidates today, Wednesday, announced...
Anti-gay propaganda splits Uganda priests and churches
Christianity in Uganda has been hit by anti-gay propaganda which has led to
divisions amongst followers as many Christians in the country express surprise at...
Opposition leaders call for protests in Uganda
The leader of opposition in Uganda Dr Kiiza Besigye and three other former presidential candidates have called upon Ugandans to protest against the results...
Bomb suspect extradited from Tanzania to Uganda
A man suspected to have transported explosives used by suicide bombers to kill over 70 people in Uganda has been extradited from Tanzania to...
Uganda: President Museveni wins elections, Besigye decries rigged results
Uganda's incumbet president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has won the recently
held presidential and parliamentary elections. But opposition leader, Dr Kiiza Besigye, has rejected the results...
Uganda: Opposition leader rejects election results
Ugandan opposition leader, Dr Kiiza Besigye, who stood against president Museveni in the just concluded elections has rejected the presidential election results being released...
Ugandans at polls to elect President and MPs amid delays
Thousands of Ugandans were at polling centres as early as 6.00 am ready to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections taking...
Uganda: Museveni rejects winds of change
As Ugandans prepare to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Friday, their president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured them that...
Uganda: Bribery and voters’ register inflation evoked ahead of polls
Commonwealth Observer Group currently in Uganda will base their findings on the credibility of the electoral process and see whether the elections will be...
Several arrested for insulting Uganda president
Twenty people have been arrested in Uganda for booing president Museveni at a campaign rally.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has in the past two months...
Opposition warns of protests in Uganda
Opposition in Uganda has warned that should the forthcoming elections be
rigged, they would resort to protests like those taking place in Ivory coast, Tunisia...
Uganda: Museveni supporters protesting for money
A group of President Museveni's supporters, mostly youths, yesterday stormed his campaign headquarters in Kampala asking for money.
According to one of the police officers...
Uganda: Heavy security deployment trigger concern
Opposition parties in Uganda have complained about heavy deployment of
security personnel in the East African country ahead of the February 18 presidential elections.
Ugandan opposition...