CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, centre seated, pose for a photograph with officers at the Senior Staff College-Kimaka, Jinja Tuesday June 16th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma JINJA – President Yoweri Kaguta has delivered a lecture of opportunity to army officers from various African countries where he emphasized the need for political integration. […]
By AgenciesWASHINGTON, DC – The United States government is conditioning lifesaving health assistance on broad access to surveillance data and extractive rights to pathogen samples and data for pharmaceutical development, Human Rights Watch said Monday, June 8th, 2026. Human Rights Watch issued an assessment of seven bilateral health agreements signed in late 2025 with Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, […]
By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured the World Health Organization (WHO) of Uganda’s continued commitment and preparedness to contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak, emphasizing the importance of regional cooperation and swift public health interventions to prevent the spread of the disease. The President made the remarks on Monday, June 8th, […]
CAPTION: Soldiers disperse a crowd by firing into the air after demonstrators cornered a suspected member of the ruling party’s Imbonerakure youth militia in a sewer in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi in May 2015 (File photo). By AgenciesBUJUMBURA – The Burundi government has been sending its forces and members of the ruling civilian youth […]
By Ernest JjingoKAMPALA – MultiChoice Uganda, a Canal+ Company has launched the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament in Uganda unveiling comprehensive coverage on SuperSport, affordable subscription options and exciting customer promotions ahead of the world’s biggest football tournament scheduled for 11th June to 19th July, 2026.Hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada, the FIFA […]
On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual surge in summer travel, the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was sitting in Bunia, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, listening to community leaders […]
CAPTION: Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye in an interview recently. (File photo). By Agencies BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of […]
CAPTION: A sample of ebola virus in a laboratory for testing. (File photo.) By AgenciesNAIROBI – Kenya is among ten African countries at high risk of an Ebola outbreak; the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) has warned, as the Bundibugyo strain continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.Africa Centre for Disease Control […]
CAPTION: Health workers carry a victim of Ebola in DR Congo recently. (File photo). By Scott CampbellSeveral East African countries have stepped up airport screening and border surveillance after the World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a global health emergency, raising concerns for one of Africa’s busiest tourism […]
CAPTION: Health workers in Ituri DR Congo disinfect during work recently. (File photo). By Our reporter ADDIS ABABA – Delays in mobilising resources and scaling up the response to the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak could lead to wider regional transmission and greater loss of life, African leaders and global health partners warned on Tuesday, […]