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A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/ Hajarah Nalwadda)

WHO concerned about speed and spread of Ebola: How prepared is India at airports?

May 20, 2026 5:43 am

Health Ministry ramps up airport screening, surveillance and lab preparedness as precautionary steps. No case in India.

WHO declares rare Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a global health emergency: All you need to know

May 19, 2026 5:10 pm

WHO Ebola outbreak declaration raises global concern after the rare Bundibugyo strain spread from DR Congo into Uganda with no approved vaccine available.

No vaccine, no cure: What the WHO Ebola health emergency means for Indians

May 18, 2026 2:00 pm

People traveling to affected African regions should avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms like fever, bleeding, or severe illness

Wreckage of a bus involved in a highway collision that left dozens dead near Gulu, northern Uganda, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hakiim Wampamba)

Over 40 people killed in crash of buses, other vehicles in western Uganda

October 22, 2025 3:50 pm

The accident happened after midnight local time on the highway to Gulu, a major city in northern Uganda.

FILE -People wade into the waters of Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake, Nov. 25, 2024, in Entebbe, Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records

August 21, 2025 4:12 pm

The Ugandan foreign affairs ministry in a statement said the “two parties are working out the detailed modalities on how the agreement shall be implemented.”

Uganda's president seeks a seventh term that would bring him closer to 5 decades in power

June 28, 2025 11:12 pm

Museveni first took power as head of a rebel force in 1986. He has since been elected six times, though recent elections have been marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging.

Uganda garment trader held with Cocaine worth more than Rs 11 crore at Mumbai airport

March 06, 2025 8:42 pm

Between March 2 to 5, Bukenya purged 100 capsules stuffed with 1,187 grams of white colour powder worth more than Rs 11 crore in the illicit market.

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye charged with treason, may face death penalty

February 21, 2025 3:34 pm

Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the east African country, sat in a wheelchair as he faced the charges in a courtroom in the capital, Kampala. Treason carries the death penalty in Uganda.

Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search for more casualties presses on

November 29, 2024 11:44 pm

Heavy rains had triggered the landslides that engulfed six villages in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, 280 kilometers (175 miles) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital, on Wednesday night.

At least 15 dead, 100 missing after landslides bury 40 homes in Uganda

November 28, 2024 8:59 pm

The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have been recovered and the rescue effort is continuing. Local media reported that authorities expect the death toll could rise to 30.