World Sep 12 Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced Thursday that he suspended Riek Machar as the country's first vice president, effectively ending the transitional government of unity that forestalled a return to full-blown war.
World Sep 08 ICC presents evidence against Joseph Kony at court’s first-ever in absentia hearing Kony faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and sexual enslavement.
World Aug 26 Opposition in Uganda questions deal to receive deportees from the U.S. like Abrego Garcia Ugandan officials have shared few details but have said they prefer deportees of African origin without criminal records.
World May 01 African Catholics say it would be nice to see themselves reflected in the next pope If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.
World Mar 11 Ugandan special forces deploy to South Sudan to protect government as civil war fears grow Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African…
World Jan 30 Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023…
World Aug 11 Landfill collapse in Uganda’s capital after heavy rain leaves at least 18 people dead The Kiteezi landfill is on a steep slope in an impoverished part of the city. Women and children who scavenge plastic waste for income frequently gather there, and some homes have been built close to the landfill.
World Apr 05 New mass graves found in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation, 30 years after the genocide Every new discovery of a Rwandan mass grave traumatizes survivors all over again. The head of a prominent genocide survivor's group and several other Rwandans said the discoveries underscore that more needs to be done for true reconciliation.
World Jun 17 Dozens of students killed in extremist attack on Ugandan school near Congo border Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.
World May 29 Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation includes death sentence in some cases This version doesn't criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ, still prescribes the death penalty for cases of sexual relations involving people infected with HIV, as well as with minors and other categories of vulnerable people.