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Ebola: Uganda's schools were closed for two years during COVID, now they face more closures -- something must change

Children in Uganda missed out on more school because of the COVID pandemic than their peers anywhere else in the world. An estimated 15 million pupils in the East African nation did not attend school for 83 weeks – that’s almost two years. Statistical models predict a learning deficit of…

The Conversation

Uganda to send 1,000 troops to Congo as part of regional force

Uganda's army said on Monday it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of instability.

Reuters

The first satellites launched by Uganda and Zimbabwe aim to improve life on the ground

The nanosatellites will observe the health of the land to help people make the best use of their countries' natural resources. A growing number of African countries are venturing into space.

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Ugandan activist living in Vermont gets deportation reprieve

Authorities in Vermont say a Ugandan activist who fled his country after he says he was tortured for his human rights work and would fear for his life if he was deported can stay another year

The Independent UK

Ugandan rights groups challenge draconian internet law in court

A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge in Kampala to a controversial internet law, which they say is aimed at curbing free speech and targeting government opponents.

Radio France Internationale

Ugandan leader says anti-Ebola efforts starting to succeed

Uganda's efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak were starting to succeed and the country has tightened restrictions in the outbreak's epicentre to further slow the rate of infections, President Yoweri Museveni said on Tuesday.

Reuters

GAA club without any Irish link set up in Uganda as they reach out to clubs in Ireland for help

They are asking for second-hand helmets, jerseys, boots and football gloves

Irish Mirror

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‘I can’t give up on hope’: As the world’s population passes 8bn, new parents from Italy to India look to the future

In Siena, Luisa worries about social media. In Delhi, Nikita is trying to proof her house against air pollution. Here, couples who have welcomed a new child in recent months share their dreams and fears for them on an ever more crowded planet

The Guardian - UK

Uganda confirms Ebola case in country's east as outbreak expands

An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the country's health minister said on Sunday, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far.

Reuters

Uganda ends school year early as it tries to contain growing Ebola outbreak

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread.

WEKU

France ends decade-long Operation Barkhane in Sahel region

France announces the end of Operation Barkhane. A decade of fighting in Africa's troubled Sahel region has seen over 2,000 jihadist fighters killed, but despite the French military intervention, violence continues. Also, protesters voice their opposition to Uganda's pipeline project that will see drilling take place within the country's largest…

France 24

Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola

Uganda will shorten the school term by two weeks to reduce daily contact amongst students and help curb the spread of Ebola, the education minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Uganda still struggling to tackle Ebola as the death toll passes 50

Health authorities in Uganda are struggling to contain the Ebola virus after reporting 51 deaths, including healthcare workers and 132 cases across seven districts in the country. While some government-instituted lockdowns have been put in place, the International Rescue Committee is calling for more funding to curb the spread of…

Radio France Internationale

Ebola spreads despite lockdown as death toll of killer virus passes 50

Covid-style lockdowns have been extended in Uganda with more than 50 deaths reported since the start of the outbreak.

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Crisis on the Nile: Global warming and overuse threaten Africa’s longest river

Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and loss of electricity.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline project a 'carbon bomb', analysis shows

The multibillion euro East African crude oil pipeline project, being financed by France's TotalEnergies and the China National offshore Company, will produce far more carbon emissions than claimed, new data shows.

The Independent UK

King’s ‘unsurpassed’ affection for British Asians hailed at celebration

The event at Buckingham Palace honoured Ugandan Asians who fled to the UK 50 years ago.

The Conversation

Ebola in Uganda: lessons from COVID show that heavy-handed lockdowns may be a bad idea

Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has topped 127 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala.

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The Independent UK

Uganda's Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures

Ugandan health officials say they have controlled the spread of a strain of Ebola that has no proven vaccine, But there are pockets of resistance to health measures in rural communities where illiteracy is high and restrictions on movement and business activity have left many bitter

The Times of India

Indian businessman killed by cop in Uganda: Report

JOHANNESBURG: A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, according to a media report. The deceased was identified as Kuntaj Patel.

WEKU

A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

Zenger

Faith Leaders Called On During Uganda Ebola Outbreak

Uganda's Ebola outbreak has now reach the capital of Kampala as faith leaders are called on to respond.

The Independent UK

Anne expresses condolences to families of children killed in Ugandan school fire

Anne is visiting Uganda with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Independent UK

African health official says Ebola in Uganda is under control

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well in tracing most contacts

Daily Mirror

Eleven children die in horrifying school fire just days before royal visit

Princess Anne, who is currently on a tour of Uganda, had been due to visit the Salama School for the Blind in Mukono, where 11 children were killed when fire ripped through it earlier this week

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