The Latest Breaking News from Kampala

‘Lazy, weak, bewitched’ – how stigma stops Uganda’s children from getting help, and what schools can do about it

“Me who is a poor person, do I have the luxury to have depression? No, it is only you who is rich that has the luxury to have depression.”

The Conversation · Oct 12

Wakaliga Uganda review – a blistering superhero movie with hardboiled cops and a nefarious ‘girl with a voluminous bum’

A young man possessed by the spirit of a mythical Buganda warrior leads the film-making collective’s explosive new diatribe against the theft of cultural artefacts – with the help of a ‘video joker’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Uganda Football Captain David Owori Beaten to Death After Allegedly Resisting Street Robbery

Uganda football captain and SC Villa skipper David Owori has died at the age of 27 following a fatal street robbery in Kampala.

International Business Times UK · Aug 6

WHO chief praises Uganda's Ebola effort

KAMPALA - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) visited Uganda on Monday and praised its efforts to limit the spread of an Ebola outbreak from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8

WHO warns of 'catastrophic collision' of Ebola and war in DR Congo

KAMPALA - Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday, while Uganda announced it was shutting its border.

Bangkok Post · May 27

Uganda detects two new Ebola cases in Kampala health facility; total cases rise to 7

Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola cases, including two health workers in Kampala, bringing the total to seven. These infections follow three reported on Saturday, involving a driver, a health worker, and a Congolese woman. The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, is being closely monitored with strengthened infection…

The Times of India · May 25

Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola

The Independent UK · May 23

WHO issues key advice as Ebola death toll nears triple figures

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The Independent UK · May 17

Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing 4 children

A man has killed four children in a machete attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda

The Independent UK · Apr 2

Four children killed as machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school while pretending to be parent

The man gained access to the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala by disguising himself as a parent, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported

The Independent UK · Apr 2