The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

At least eleven students died and six others were in critical condition after a fire in a school for the blind in central Uganda, police said on Tuesday.

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

Linneti Kirungi set up an NGO called Hope Care Rescue Mission, funding medical care and basic supplies after she was the victim of an acid attack by her ex boyfriend aged just 20

Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country's health minister said on Saturday.

Pascal Ochiba was arrested in January this year

A Ugandan court has handed a life sentence to a man caught with nearly 10 kg of elephant ivory, the country's highest punishment ever for wildlife violations, authorities said on Friday.

Kenyan social media users have been circulating a video they say shows the president of neighbouring Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, making ridiculous martial arts moves. The video has been making the rounds since October 12. It turns out, however, that the video is actually a comedy sketch featuring an actor.

A top World Health Organization official says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country

Social media users in Kenya have been laughing at a video they say shows a number of parachutists crash-landing into a crowd during celebrations marking 60 years of independence in neighbouring Uganda. However, it turns out that this video was actually filmed in the Central American nation of Honduras, back…