The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future

Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola

The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries – especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – playing a significant role.

A prominent opposition figure jailed in Uganda for allegedly threatening state security is unwell and in need of urgent medical care

At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Ugandan government and the World Health Organization recently confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease. The index (first-known) case of this outbreak is thought to be a 32-year-old male nurse from a hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

Uganda’s Health Ministry has confirmed nine Ebola cases in the country.

Uganda reports nine Ebola cases with one fatality. Contact tracing and vaccine trials ongoing to contain the outbreak.

Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine