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Uganda: the quiet power in the eastern DRC conflict

Uganda's role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and economic interests in the mineral-rich area, experts say.

Radio France Internationale

Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection - expert

Faced with some of the worse debt levels in over a decade, African countries are struggling to find ways to balance their books. Increasing revenue sources from their citizens is an obvious place to look.

The Conversation

Hackney pupils team up with school in Uganda to help save the bees

Kingsmead Primary School has joined forces with New Brain School in Kampala

Evening Standard

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Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world’s youngest nation. In early March 2025, neighbouring Uganda sent troops to South Sudan on the request of the government, and…

The Conversation

Uganda: The Quiet Power In The Eastern DRC Conflict

International Business Times

‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

Al Jazeera

Uganda is right to decolonise its historical and cultural landscape

Letter: By renaming streets and removing monuments in Kampala, it is shifting from imposed colonial commemorations to its own heritage, says Dina Ahmed

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Uganda army chief says troops deployed to South Sudan's capital

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda deploys troops in South Sudan as civil war fears grow

Tension mounts in South Sudan as power deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar unravels.

Al Jazeera

Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war 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 nation

The Independent UK

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa

The Independent UK

Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 14 as new cluster emerges, posing a challenge to health workers

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease

The Independent UK

Campaigners celebrate court ruling to ‘decolonise’ Kampala

After a five-year campaign, landmarks and streets honouring British colonialists will be renamed to reflect Ugandan culture

The Guardian - UK

Ugandan army deploys to town in northeast DR Congo amid fears of wider conflict

The Ugandan army confirmed Sunday it has sent troops to another town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears a raging conflict could spiral into a wider war.

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Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda

The latest Ebola outbreak, the sixth in Uganda, was declared at the end of January.

The Independent UK

4-year-old dies of Ebola in Uganda raising concerns of spreading outbreak

There are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's infecting people in Uganda

The Independent UK

Wife and children of warlord Joseph Kony return to Uganda from Central African Republic

Ugandan authorities say one of the wives and three children of warlord Joseph Kony have been repatriated from Central African Republic while he remains in hiding

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Ugandan Opposition Figure Charged With Treason

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye faces treason charges amidst political tensions and legal battles, raising concerns over human rights violations an...

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Burundi, Uganda Manoeuvre As DR Congo Violence Spreads

Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.

The Guardian - UK

The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp

The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future

The Independent UK

Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported

Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola

The Independent UK

Ugandan forces enter eastern Congolese city of Bunia to back up local troops

A military official says Ugandan troops have entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia to help local forces stop deadly violence by armed groups

Evening Standard

UN judge deceived woman to work as slave while studying for law PhD, court told

Lydia Mugambe is accused of preventing the young Ugandan woman from holding down steady employment due to forced unpaid work.

The Independent UK

Judge accused of trafficking woman to UK ‘told police she had diplomatic immunity’

Lydia Mugambe is accused of arranging the alleged victim’s travel ‘with a view to her being exploited’

Al Jazeera

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

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