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School Bus Crash in Uganda Claims Lives of 20 Children

At least 20 children and one adult have been killed after a school bus carrying pupils overturned in eastern Uganda while returning from...

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Uganda Set to Discharge Last Ebola Patient, Nearing Ebola-Free Status

Uganda is set to discharge its last remaining Ebola patient, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to contain the outbreak and...

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Ugandan farmer Mukiibi steers Slow Food beyond its Italian roots

Ugandan farmer and food activist Edward Mukiibi is leading a new chapter for the global Slow Food movement, transforming it from an organization...

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Ugandan farmers take TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline fight to UK courts

Four Ugandan farmers have filed a case in London’s High Court seeking to halt the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), marking...

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Uganda Flies Home First 273 Citizens From South Africa as Anti-Migrant Unrest Forces Mass Departures

Uganda has begun bringing its citizens home from South Africa, with 273 nationals touching down at Entebbe International Airport in the early hours...

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Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas Face a New Threat as the Ebola Outbreak Puts Their Survival at Risk

Mountain gorillas share more than 98 percent of their DNA with humans. That extraordinary biological closeness is part of what makes them so...

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Ugandan Court Drops Landmark “Aggravated Homosexuality” Case, Highlighting Ongoing Human Rights Debate

A Ugandan court on Monday dismissed the case against the first person in the country to be charged under the controversial “aggravated homosexuality”...

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Uganda Revises Down Economic Growth Outlook for Coming Fiscal Year

Uganda’s economy is now projected to grow between 6.5% and 7% in the financial year beginning in July, a sharp downward revision from...

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Ugandan Rights Activist Released on Bail Amid Pre-Election Crackdown

A Ugandan court on Wednesday granted bail to prominent human rights activist Sarah Bireete, whose detention had drawn criticism from campaign groups as...

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Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to its highest level since April 2020 in June, exceeding its production quota under the Organization of the...

Morocco arrests dissident journalist Ali Lmrabet

Moroccan authorities have arrested dissident journalist and political commentator Ali Lmrabet after he arrived at Tangier airport from Spain, according to press freedom...