CAPTION: Health workers carry a victim of Ebola in Ituri, Dr Congo recently. (File photo). By Agencies ITURI/DR CONGO – The military governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, has likened the struggle to contain the spread of the virus to a “war” for which they are lacking […]
CAPTION: A security guard takes a students body temperature from a student recently. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Ministry of Education and Sports has given schools a one-week grace period to fully implement Ebola Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following fresh cases linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of […]
CAPTION: Robert Wamala Lumanyika at one of the tax education sessions. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – Robert Wamala Lumanyika was a tax educator, public servant, and former journalist who died on 24 May 2026 in a road accident near Karuma Falls on the Kampala–Gulu Highway. His death shocked different communities, including the […]
CAPTION: President Museveni arrive in Doha Sunday, May 24. (Courtesy photo). DOHA – President Paul Kagame on Sunday, May 24, arrived in Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a one-day working visit. Upon arrival, Kagame was received by Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al […]
Caption: Rosemary Byanyima, Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital (centre), poses for a group photo with Azhar Sundhoo (5th left), CEO of C-Care East Africa, alongside healthcare professionals and stakeholders during the inaugural C-Care Health Symposium held in Kampala. (Courtesy photo). By Celia NsimireKAMPALA – Health workers have been challenged the sector to rethink the […]
CAPTION: Some of the South Sudan women with their children are the most affected by the economic crisis. (File photo). By AgenciesJUBA – In the crowded neighborhoods of Juba, where market prices change daily, and transport fares continue to rise, many women are carrying the burden of keeping their families alive in the midst of South […]
CAPTION: Health workers carry a coffin of an Ebola victim in Ituri, DR Congo. (File photo). Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could […]
CAPTION: An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents at a hospital in DR Congo Friday, May 22nd, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By Susmita ModakDR CONGO – An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents at a hospital in DR Congo after a local man died from the virus, highlighting rising fear, misinformation and challenges […]
CAPTION: President Museveni (C) poses for a photograph with the CDC delegation during a meeting at State House Entebe on Friday (PPU photo). By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a delegation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) at State House, Entebbe. The delegation briefed […]
CAPTION: President Salva Kiir, left, with Dr. Riek Machar. (File photo). By Our reporterDAR ES SALAAM – High-level consultative meetings involving major South Sudan opposition groups are underway in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of efforts to revive an inclusive peace process amid stalled implementation of the 2018 peace agreement.The consultations are being held under […]