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.
World Mar 22 UN rights chief calls Uganda anti-gay bill 'deeply troubling' The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment.
World Dec 16 While Africa's sports betting industry grows, many worry about who will lose In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that many see the growing sports betting industry as a source of regular income, and a hope out of leaving poverty.
World Nov 27 Kidnappings, looting reported in Ethiopia's Tigray region in weeks after truce Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers, raising fresh concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce.
World Sep 11 'I cannot mourn': Former colonies conflicted over Queen Elizabeth II's death Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire's former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger.