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Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death

Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said on Thursday.

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UN General Assembly: A world 'in peril' as pressures of war and climate hit Africa

In tonight's edition: Senegal's Macky Sall takes to the stage at the UN General Assembly in New York and tells the world there are other crises to address besides the war in Ukraine. Also, authorities in Uganda declare an Ebola outbreak after a 24-year-old man dies of the disease, the…

France 24

Daily Dose Ep 1155: EC on cash donations to parties, BJP protests on Lumpy skin disease

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Rajasthan, Bombay High Court, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Uganda.

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Uganda announces first death in latest outbreak of Ebola

Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda declares outbreak of Ebola after six deaths

Eight people with suspected Sudan Ebola are being treated

Wales Online

Ebola strikes again as country records first death in three years and outbreak declared

The WHO's Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said it is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain and that they are working closely to investigate the source of the outbreak

Daily Mirror

Ebola outbreak from 'rare strain' declared in Uganda as first death confirmed

The country’s health ministry announced the first death - of a man in his 20s - from the virus since 2019 had been recorded.

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Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak after patient dies

A young man in Uganda’s Mubende district showed symptoms and later died; there are currently eight suspect cases.

Al Jazeera

Uganda confirms at least 1 case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever

Ugandan health authorities say a man who died this week has tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola

The Independent UK

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Sadat Anaku in Rangers 'no fear' confession as Dundee United star makes bold Ibrox points claim

Sadat Anaku signed for Dundee United from Ugandan outfit Kampala Capital City in August after a successful trial

Daily Record

Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers

Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing filth, the enviable project of a neighbor who spoke of the fertilizer problem he had been able to solve

The Independent UK

‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight

The new Unicef goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for climate crisis

The Guardian - US

New UNICEF Ambassador Seeks to Give Louder Voice to Climate Change Victims

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate recently traveled to the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa to hear from children suffering from starvation. The next day she learned that one of the boys she met had died. It is for such children, whose lives have been shattered by the global climate crisis, that…

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EU Parliament backs resolution criticising TotalEnergies project in Uganda

The EU raises serious questions about the actions of French energy giant TotalEnergies in Uganda, with MEPs saying the group's oil pipeline project has led to evictions and arrests. Also in this edition: the United Nations publishes a report shedding light on increased human rights violations in Burkina Faso. Finally,…

Reuters

UNICEF names climate activist Vanessa Nakate goodwill ambassador

U.N. children's agency UNICEF on Thursday named Vanessa Nakate, a 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist, goodwill ambassador.

The Independent UK

Ugandans celebrate the queen's life in church service

Hundreds of Ugandans have attended a memorial service in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, a somber ceremony that underscored affection for the departed British monarch in this East African country

The Conversation

Nyege Nyege music festival in Uganda is back on – but morality police are watching

First staged in 2015, the globally touted Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda is a four-day dance party and a major tourism drawcard that caters to lovers of electronic dance music. After a three-year break due to COVID-19, the 2022 festival is taking place from 15-18 September in Uganda. Over 300…

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Uganda says paid first instalment in Congo war reparations

Uganda has paid $65 million in the first instalment of a total $325 million it was ordered to pay neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo as compensation for losses caused by wars in the 1990s when Ugandan troops occupied Congolese territory.

Daily Mirror

Queen is history's most travelled monarch - clocking up over one million miles

In just one royal tour the Queen visited West Indies, Australasia, Australia, New Zealand, several Pacific islands, Uganda, Malta, Bermuda and a number other countries

The Guardian - UK

‘I watch people for signs’: the project finding and treating Uganda’s diabetic children

Pioneering scheme runs clinics and uses motorcycle taxi network to get insulin and supplies to those in remote areas

The Independent UK

Red Cross: Landslide kills 15 in remote Uganda district

The Uganda Red Cross says at least 15 people have been killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of southwestern Uganda

Reuters

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Uganda, killing at least 15

At least 15 people died in western Uganda after their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, as emergency workers shovelled through mud in search of survivors.

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Bristol Sweet Mart: the shop which has become ‘as iconic as the Clifton Suspension Bridge.’

This November the Majothi family will celebrate 50 years since their exile from Uganda

The Independent UK

African nations urged to pile on pressure at climate summit

The former Irish President has called on African nations to pile on the pressure on rich, heavily-polluting countries to fulfill their climate pledges to the continent during a visit to Uganda

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