Uganda

W.H.O. Declares Global Health Emergency for Monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has begun spreading into neighboring African nations.

A doctor shows a monkeypox sore on a patient´s lip, at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital in L

Uganda Arrests Six for Church Bomb Plot Linked to Islamist Group

Ugandan police on Sunday announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with a plot to bomb a church in the capital city of Kampala. Five more arrests were announced on Tuesday, and more explosive devices were reportedly recovered, suggesting a major terrorist attack linked to an Islamist insurgent group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) had been thwarted.

JINJA, UGANDA - DECEMBER 01: Police fire live rounds just outside a medical center where c

Ebola Hits Capital of Uganda

Ugandan Health Minister Ruth Jane Aceng said on Monday that 14 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the capital city of Kampala and its surrounding area during the previous 48 hours.  Nine of the new patients were people who were in close contact with one of the 44 fatalities in the current outbreak.

Doctors put on protective equipment at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, Ugan

Uganda Orders 21-Day Ebola Lockdowns

Uganda’s authoritarian president Yoweri Museveni on Saturday announced 21-day lockdowns on the Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda to control an Ebola outbreak.

Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in