Uganda has urged foreign visitors not to cancel plans over fears of the Ebola outbreak in the East African nation.

Uganda is set to close schools nationwide later this month after eight children die from Ebola, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization warned that Ebola’s arrival in the Ugandan capital highlighted the risk of further spread of the deadly virus.

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

The ‘Immorality ban’ on the Nyege Nyege festival has seemingly backfired as this attracted more people than ever including 5 000 tourists.

The Ugandan government suspended LGBT rights organisation called (Sexual Minorities Uganda) SMUG for ‘operating illegally’ in the country

Roland Enuwese Esosa is believed to be the mastermind of a syndicate called ‘Black Axe’ which targets women in need of campanionship.

Uganda announced Tuesday it was suspending mandatory Covid testing at the border with Kenya after the measure caused huge truck queues, disrupting fuel supplies across the country.

A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful son in unflattering social media posts.

Uganda ended the world’s longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ugandan troops will spend no more time in the Democratic Republic of Congo helping to fight rebels than “strictly necessary”, President Felix Tshisekedi pledged on Monday.

Uganda has become the first country in East Africa to confirm the new COVID-19 variant since it was first identified by South African scientists last month.

The target is the ADF – a group blamed for massacres in eastern DRC and attacks in the Uganda capital, which the IS claims as an affiliate

Uganda national team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has lifted the lid on his shock departure from Orlando Pirates over two years ago.

“Congo and Uganda officers are already working every day under the Joint Operations Centre set up for intelligence exchange,”

Police have tightened security in recent weeks after Uganda suffered a series of deadly attacks, including last week’s suicide bombings

Thursday, counter-terrorism officers in the west of the country killed four suspected terrorists in Uganda, the fifth near the capital

The attacks follow two blasts last month – a bus explosion near Kampala and a bombing at a roadside eatery in the capital

Not the first time Ugandan soldiers in Somalia have been implicated in illegal activities, but when investigated the soldiers are exonerated

Thousands flee across Congo border to Uganda after suspected insurgents attacked army positions stationed at a key border post on Monday

“We strongly believe the attackers are part of the sleeper cells in the country, […] with the Islamic State,” Enanga said

On 8 October, IS claimed its first attack in Uganda, alleging a unit from the same Central Africa operation bombed a police post

Former Orlando Pirates and current Uganda coach Milutin Sredojevic has confirmed that he will appeal his suspended three-year jail sentence.

Former Orlando Pirates mentor Milutin Sredojevic will keep his job as head coach of the Uganda national team.

Former Orlando Pirates coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has been found guilty of sexual assault by the New Law Court in Gqeberha.