Tag: Uganda
Uganda offers cash rewards for recapture of over 200 prison escapees after massive jailbreak
Ugandan prison service on Tuesday offered cash rewards for information leading to the recovery of firearms and recapture of over 200 inmates who escaped...
Uganda arrests security officers after fire guts country’s top university
Ugandan police have arrested security officers who were on duty when a fire gutted Makerere University, Uganda's top university on early Sunday, a...
Uganda reopens places of worship amid COVID-19 pandemic
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced on Sunday the reopening of places of worship with no more than 70 attendees, amid a recent spike...
Five more prison escapees killed, one captured in Uganda after massive jailbreak
Five more prison escapees have been killed, bringing the total number of inmates killed to 13 in an ongoing pursuit of 219 inmates who...
Fire guts Uganda’s top university, destroys main administration building block
An early morning major fire gutted Makerere University, Uganda's top university on Sunday, destroying the main administration building block, a police spokesperson said.
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Uganda deploys more troops to hunt escaped prisoners
The Ugandan military has deployed additional troops to beef up the manhunt of 210 inmates who escaped from a prison in the northeastern district...
Uganda forecasts 6 percent economic growth in next fiscal year
Uganda's Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said here Thursday the country's economy will grow 6 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2021/22, which started on July...
Over 200 inmates escape, 3 killed in prison break in northeastern Uganda
A total of 219 inmates have escaped from a prison in Uganda's northeastern district of Moroto, a prison spokesperson said here Thursday.
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Uganda resumes rotation of peacekeeping troops to Somalia
Uganda has resumed rotation of its peacekeeping troops to Somalia after four months' suspension over COVID-19, the military has said.
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Uganda to resume international flights on Oct. 1
Uganda will resume international flights on Oct. 1, about six months after the government closed airports in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an...
Landslide in eastern Uganda kills at least one
Torrential rains in the eastern Ugandan district of Mbale on Sunday triggered off a landslide which has affected three villages leaving one person so...
A discovery of Uganda’s Kidepo valley national park
Behind the misty rugged mount ranges in north eastern Uganda lays Kidepo Valley National Park. Kidepo, which ranks among Africa's finest wildernesses, shares a...
Uganda renews fight to eliminate deadly malaria by 2030
Uganda says it is fast-tracking efforts to eliminate malaria, which continues to take lives and bleed the country's economy more than any other...
Uganda reopens health training institutions to address human resource gaps amid COVID-19 pandemic
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved the reopening of health training institutions to enable final year students to complete their studies to help...
Kenya’s value of exports rises to US$480 million in July
Kenya's value of exports rose in July to hit 52 billion shillings (about 480 million U.S. dollars) compared with 443 million dollars in June,...
Uganda’s COVID-19 cases surpass 3,000 mark with 65 new confirmed cases
Uganda's ministry of health on Tuesday reported 65 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the east African country to...
Uganda suspends operations of 208 aid agencies over violation of regulations
Uganda has suspended operations of 208 humanitarian agencies over violations of rules governing refugees in the East African country, a top government official said...
UNHCR expresses concern over COVID-19 outbreak in refugee settlement in Uganda
UN Refugee Agency in Uganda on Saturday expressed concern after 22 aid workers and 72 refugees tested positive for COVID-19 in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement...
Formation of local committees urged to enforce COVID-19 restrictions in Uganda
Ugandan police on Thursday called for the formation of local committees to enforce the ministry of health measures aimed at combating the spread of...
Lightning kills nine children in northwest Uganda
Nine children were struck dead by lightning in the northwestern Ugandan district of Arua on Thursday, a police spokesperson said Friday.
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Africa CDC says 5 African countries account for 72 percent of COVID-19 cases in...
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday disclosed five African countries account for 72 percent of all COVID-19...
Uganda puts refugee settlement under lockdown after aid workers test positive for COVID-19
Uganda has put Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in the western district of Kikuube under lockdown after aid workers tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson of...
Five killed in boat accident in southwestern Uganda
Five people have died after a canoe they were sailing in capsized on Lake Bunyonyi in southwestern Uganda, police said late on Wednesday.
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WFP cuts food rations for 2.7 million refugees in east Africa
The World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it has already reduced food rations and cash transfers by 30 percent for about 2.7 million...
Uganda opens more COVID-19 sample collection centers in capital amid spike of cases
Uganda's ministry of health on Wednesday announced the opening of new COVID-19 sample collection centers in the capital, Kampala amid a spike of cases.
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Land Grabs At Gunpoint
Thousands of families violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda, says new report
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 1.18 million amid call to avoid prevention fatigue
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surged to 1,187,937 as the death toll from the pandemic rose to 27,779, the Africa Centers...
COVID-19 Updates: Uganda records highest daily increase of cases
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Uganda records highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases
Uganda's ministry of health on Thursday reported 94 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily increase in the last three months, bringing the...
COVID-19 regulations drive up mobile phone usage in quarter in Uganda
COVID-19 lockdown regulations have pushed up mobile telephone usage in Uganda, a new report by the country's communications regulator has shown.
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