Africa Uganda The country has issued a final tender to a TotalEnergies subsidiary for the construction of a $3,5 billion pipeline to Tanzania
Africa Uganda Uganda has declared an end to the Ebola virus outbreak, which emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people in the country
Africa Uganda It hasn't been possible yet to start testing the three experimental Ebola vaccines due to the fact that 'there is a lack of new cases' of infection according to Health experts at the Ugandan Ministry of Health
Africa Uganda MTN Uganda has announced its sponsorship of the Tooro Kingdom's end of year party to be held today at Fort Portal; the King of Tooro, His Royal Highness King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, will be the chief guest of the party
Africa Uganda International Criminal Court upheld the sentencing of Ugandan Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, former child soldier and one of the leaders of the armed movement Lord's Resistance Army
Africa Uganda Many farmers, with government assurance, have switched their sugarcane crops to Hass avocados; the soil and climate favour avocado cultivation and they are considered among the best even compared to the world's top ten exporters, like neighbouring Kenya
Africa Uganda WHO authorised clinical trials of three vaccines against the Ebola virus in Uganda, where an outbreak of the Sudanese strain of the virus was declared on 20 September and has already claimed more than 50 lives
Africa Uganda Ugandan climate activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Vanessa Nakate warned against new fossil fuel projects on the African continent at the UN climate summit on Wednesday, arguing that oil and gas are "a dangerous distraction"
Africa Uganda Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng visited the new Ebola treatment centre, built by the charity Doctors Without Borders, along with US Ambassador to Uganda Natali Brown and other health agency officials
Africa Uganda Monica Nabakooza, fly a multi-engine aircraft and dreaming to serve with the police air wing, makes a point out of inspiring young women who would like to pursue a career in the male-dominated field
Africa Uganda The 4th annual arts and culture festival of Uganda's National Cultural Centre, UNCC, closed over the weekend with three days of celebrations, processions, traditional dances and other performing arts enlivening the streets of Kampala
Africa Uganda Parliament has passed a bill that will allow for human organ donation and transplantation: the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill 2021; it aims at regulating organ, cell and tissue donation and transplantation
Africa Uganda An outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mubende district, in the centre of the country, has been confirmed by authorities after the death of a patient