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Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths

Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even with this background, reading Tom Goodfellow’s recently published book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa, I learned astonishing…

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Uganda inaugurates first commercial oil drilling programme in Lake Albert

Uganda is commissioning the first of its four planned oil drilling rigs and starts drilling the first production well this Tuesday – a key milestone for the country, as Kampala races to meet its target of first crude oil output in 2025.

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Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was then able to swiftly bring under control despite the absence of a proven vaccine against the viral strain in question.

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New film honours African soldiers who fought for France in world wars

In tonight's edition: Police arrest a party promoter and try to track down other organisers of a New Year's eve event in Kampala, where 10 people were killed in a stampede. Also, a pair of Senegalese MPs are sentenced to six-month jail terms for slapping and kicking a pregnant fellow…

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Children among at least ten dead in Uganda New Year crowd crush

At least ten people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda's capital, Kampala, according to local police.

Radio France Internationale

Boy, 10, among nine people killed in Ugandan New Year’s Eve fireworks crowd crush

Fatal incident occured at shopping centre in capital Kampala as people gathered to celebrate 2023

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U.S. couple detained in Uganda gets fresh charge that carries death penalty

A U.S. couple detained in Uganda on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy face an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking which carries the death penalty if they are convicted, the state prosecutor said on Wednesday.

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As sports betting grows in Africa, many see a real scourge

In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that many see the growing sports betting industry as a source of regular income, and a hope out of leaving poverty

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Uganda prosecutor says U.S. couple accused of torturing child is a flight risk

A Ugandan state prosecutor told a court in Kampala on Wednesday that an American couple charged with torturing their foster child were a flight risk, while the pair's lawyer argued they should be granted bail on medical grounds.

Reuters

Ugandan rights groups challenge draconian internet law in court

A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge in Kampala to a controversial internet law, which they say is aimed at curbing free speech and targeting government opponents.

Radio France Internationale

Ebola in Uganda: lessons from COVID show that heavy-handed lockdowns may be a bad idea

Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has topped 127 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala.

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Faith Leaders Called On During Uganda Ebola Outbreak

Uganda's Ebola outbreak has now reach the capital of Kampala as faith leaders are called on to respond.

Zenger

Ugandan gov’t under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads in Kampala

Health experts say the government’s response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread.

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Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda "not getting out of hand"

Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still under control, despite an increase in cases that have spread to the capital Kampala.

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Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola

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11 people killed in fire at school for the blind in Uganda

A police official says 11 people, including children, have been killed in fire at a school in a rural community just outside the capital, Kampala

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Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital

Ugandan officials have reported 11 cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country

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Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala, urges vigilance

Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday.

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Uganda says two new Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala hospital

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

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In Uganda, Museveni son’s tweets may mar presidential ambition

The army general’s diplomatic errors have raised debate about whether he can succeed his father, as is widely believed.

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Uganda's Owen Falls dam: a colonial legacy that still stings, 67 years later

Uganda’s Owen Falls hydropower plant has a rich history that predates the country’s independence in 1962. The plant is located across the White Nile and sits between the towns of Jinja and Njeru on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is about 85 kilometres east of Kampala.

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Uganda police detain nine people for oil pipeline protest

Uganda police detained nine people protesting against a planned crude oil pipeline on Tuesday, in an escalating crackdown on critics of the project opposed by environmentalists, activists and European Union lawmakers.

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Whatever happened to the teens who endured the world's longest COVID school closure?

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.

Reuters

Ugandan online TV bridges information gap for the deaf

When Susan Mujawa Ananda heard a deaf man had been shot and wounded in Uganda for breaking a curfew during the pandemic his family said he knew nothing about, she resolved to set up an online television channel for deaf people.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: How Uganda’s ‘eyes and ears’ prolong Museveni presidency

A nationwide network of district commissioners loyal to the president has been crucial to his time in power since 1986.

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