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Uganda ends school year early as it tries to contain growing Ebola outbreak

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread.

WEKU

France ends decade-long Operation Barkhane in Sahel region

France announces the end of Operation Barkhane. A decade of fighting in Africa's troubled Sahel region has seen over 2,000 jihadist fighters killed, but despite the French military intervention, violence continues. Also, protesters voice their opposition to Uganda's pipeline project that will see drilling take place within the country's largest…

France 24

Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola

Uganda will shorten the school term by two weeks to reduce daily contact amongst students and help curb the spread of Ebola, the education minister said on Tuesday.

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Uganda still struggling to tackle Ebola as the death toll passes 50

Health authorities in Uganda are struggling to contain the Ebola virus after reporting 51 deaths, including healthcare workers and 132 cases across seven districts in the country. While some government-instituted lockdowns have been put in place, the International Rescue Committee is calling for more funding to curb the spread of…

Radio France Internationale

Ebola spreads despite lockdown as death toll of killer virus passes 50

Covid-style lockdowns have been extended in Uganda with more than 50 deaths reported since the start of the outbreak.

Daily Mirror

Crisis on the Nile: Global warming and overuse threaten Africa’s longest river

Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and loss of electricity.

France 24

Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline project a 'carbon bomb', analysis shows

The multibillion euro East African crude oil pipeline project, being financed by France's TotalEnergies and the China National offshore Company, will produce far more carbon emissions than claimed, new data shows.

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King’s ‘unsurpassed’ affection for British Asians hailed at celebration

The event at Buckingham Palace honoured Ugandan Asians who fled to the UK 50 years ago.

The Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

Uganda's Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures

Ugandan health officials say they have controlled the spread of a strain of Ebola that has no proven vaccine, But there are pockets of resistance to health measures in rural communities where illiteracy is high and restrictions on movement and business activity have left many bitter

The Independent UK

A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

WEKU

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

Anne expresses condolences to families of children killed in Ugandan school fire

Anne is visiting Uganda with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Independent UK

African health official says Ebola in Uganda is under control

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well in tracing most contacts

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Daily Mirror

Eleven children die in horrifying school fire just days before royal visit

Princess Anne, who is currently on a tour of Uganda, had been due to visit the Salama School for the Blind in Mukono, where 11 children were killed when fire ripped through it earlier this week

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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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‘Monstrous’ east African oil project will emit vast amounts of carbon, data shows

Experts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions

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Evening Standard

Uganda: Six schoolchildren test positive for Ebola amid fears outbreak could spread through African nation

Six schoolchildren in Uganda‘s capital have tested positive for Ebola sparking fears the outbreak of the deadly disease could spread.

The Independent UK

Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

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

Benzinga

Exclusive: Jushi Partners With Lucas White's Drop4Drop Bringing Clean Water To 3k People In Gambia, India, Uganda & More

Vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator, Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) has partnered with Drop4Drop and funded seven different clean water projects in Gambia, India, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, and Uganda. The projects are expected to provi

Bangkok Post

Airports put on alert for Ebola cases

The Public Health Ministry is beefing up health checks on incoming travellers from Africa in a bid to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

Daily Mirror

Dormitory fire kills 11 students at school for visually impaired children

The school's headmaster Francis Kirube said the flames swept through the dormitory at the Salaama School for the Blind in Mukono, Uganda, as pupils slept

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

At least 11 die in Uganda blind school fire

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.

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