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The Departments of State, Labor, Health and Human Services, Commerce, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, issued a Business Advisory on Uganda.  The Advisory informs U.S. businesses, individuals, and other U.S. persons, including health services providers,...

On Wednesday morning, a boat collapsed in Ugandan waters on Lake Victoria, killing twenty persons, authorities said, while rescuers and local residents looked for survivors. “So far 20 people have been confirmed dead, and nine (9)...

According to officials, a school fire that broke out Tuesday in the region of Mukono in central Uganda resulted in the deaths of eleven pupils. According to a police statement released locally, the unfortunate occurrence at...

Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda’s main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country’s health minister said on Saturday. “Yesterday … three individuals from among the 60 in our Mulago isolation facility tested...

Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, placed a lockdown on two districts that are the core of an Ebola outbreak on Saturday, prohibiting personal travel, issuing a night curfew, and closing down public spaces. Since the...

Officials said on Sunday that nine people had died and that many more were thought to have perished in flooding in the city of Mbale in eastern Uganda as a result of two rivers bursting their...

Prior to the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), which will be held in Egypt from 7–18 November, heads of state and ministers from the East and the Horn of...

Early Wednesday, a flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban’s control of their country landed in Uganda, where they will be granted temporary shelter, according to government officials. A charter flight carrying 51 Afghans, including men,...

The US praised Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and Uganda on Thursday for agreeing to accept Afghans being evacuated in a large airlift following the Taliban victory. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Albanian...

The IMF board on Monday approved a $1 billion, three-year loan for Uganda to help the African nation recover from the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The new aid provides $258 million immediately to...