In Uganda, a recent ban on charcoal making disrupts a lucrative but destructive business
The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Ugand...
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Uganda's long-time president says he's taking 'forced leave' after testing positive for COVID-19
Uganda’s longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19
Uganda's president signs anti-LGBTQ bill into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law on Monday.
American foster parents charged in Uganda with torturing 10-year-old
An American couple in Uganda has been charged with aggregated torture for their alleged treatment of a 10-year-old child...
WHO: 1st Ebola vaccines to arrive in Uganda next week
The head of the World Health Organization says he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing...
African health official: Ebola in Uganda is under control
Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health...
Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows
Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola
WHO: Uganda Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month
A top World Health Organization official says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease wa...
Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official
A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.”
Digital activists challenge Uganda's harsh new internet law
A group of Ugandan activists has launched a legal challenge to controversial new legislation criminalizing some internet...
