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Uganda qualifies for T20 World Cup 2024 as Zimbabwe misses out

With five wins from their six games, Uganda have ensured a top-two finish in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier and booked...

Uganda army says it killed rebels that murdered tourists

Uganda's military said on Wednesday it had killed a number of fighters from an Islamic State-linked group who shot dead a honeymooning couple and...

HRW says TotalEnergies oil project ‘a disaster’ for Ugandans

NAIROBI: Human Rights Watch on Monday urged a halt to a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies, warning of dire...

25 killed in militant attack on school in western Uganda: police

KAMPALA: Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight "terrorist attack" on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic...

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one...

Uganda confirms casualties among country’s soldiers in Somali attack

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab group on a military base...

Nine suffocate to death in Uganda New Year firework crush

At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in...

Ugandan ivory trafficker gets life term in landmark ruling

KAMPALA: A Ugandan court has sentenced an ivory trafficker to life in prison in a landmark ruling hailed by the country's wildlife authority. International trade...

Ebola death toll in Uganda climbs to nine

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to nine, the health ministry said Friday, two weeks after the authorities announced...

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda

A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in...

Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019

KAMPALA: Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the...

Saudi tourist trampled to death by elephant in park

A Saudi tourist was trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at a popular park in Uganda, a wildlife official said...

Uganda: Suicide bombers kill three, wound dozens in Kampala

Islamic State claimed an attack in the heart of Uganda's capital on Tuesday after three suicide bombers killed three people and sent members of...

Uganda bans social media

Users complained on Tuesday that they were unable to access Facebook and WhatsApp

Was this man actually hired by mosquito repellent firms for ‘deadly farts’

An article claiming that a Ugandan man was approached by mosquito repellent companies for his "deadly farts" has been shared thousands of times

WATCH: Entrepreneur brings sustainable bikes to cyclists

Noordin says he chose to work with bamboo because it can be easily found in the country, grows fast and can be sustainably harvested.

Uganda’s popstar MP ‘hiding’ from police after raid: lawyer

KAMPALA: Ugandan popstar turned opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine is in hiding after police raided a hotel he was staying in ahead of a concert,...

Ugandan president under fire for saying men shouldn’t cook

KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni came under fire for saying he had not stepped into the kitchen since he got married, and that it...

Ebola-like Marburg virus kills two in Uganda: official

KAMPALA: Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like pathogen in three...

Refugee who fled war-torn Uganda wins prestigious Shakespeare scholarship

MELBOURNE: Seventeen-year-old Joel Loum Okumu fled war-torn Uganda not to seek fortune, but to protect himself from impending security dangers in his home country....

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