The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

East Africa’s iconic snow peaks will soon disappear for good – what will be lost when they melt

East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State of the Climate in Africa report (page 13) estimates that the ice areas on Mt Kenya, the continent’s second-highest peak, have shrunk 96% in the past 115 years. The…

The Conversation · Aug 4

Four Ugandan boxers 'go missing in Scotland' after Commonwealth Games, reports say

FOUR members of Uganda’s boxing team have gone missing following the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 4

WHO Says the Congo Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Largest Ever Recorded in the Country as Confirmed Deaths Near 1,600

WHO says the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC is the country's largest ever, with 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths as of July 30.

Medical Daily · Aug 4

Ugandan opposition leader Besigye unconscious in ICU after collapsing in court

Detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, 70, has been left unconscious in intensive care after collapsing in a Kampala courtroom on Wednesday, his wife said, as he stands trial on treason charges.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 31

First human volunteer vaccinated against Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

The University of Oxford 's Oxford Vaccine Group has vaccinated the first volunteer in the world's inaugural clinical trial for a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola . This marks the first human administration of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine, which was developed by Oxford scientists using the same technology…

The Independent UK · Jul 30

Racism claim by Idi Amin’s grandson groundless, says Commonwealth chief

Commonwealth Sport chiefs have dismissed Idi Amin’s grandson’s claims of racism after he was disqualified from the super-heavyweight boxing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

Idi Amin's grandson's claims of racism dismissed by Commonwealth Games chief

Commonwealth Games chief Donald Rukare has dismissed claims of racism made by Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul following his disqualification from his…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 30

Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect

The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised. When Médecins Sans Frontières investigated in May 2026, it reported that at least 55 people had died since the beginning of…

The Conversation · Jul 29

Uganda health minister declares end to latest Ebola outbreak

Uganda's health minister on Tuesday declared the country Ebola-free, following the latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease which infected 20 people and killed two in the country.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 29

Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

Ugandan authorities have declared the country free of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June

The Independent UK · Jul 28