Kenyan officials say search teams are looking for three Ugandan military helicopters that went missing in central Kenya. Bad weather is hampering rescue efforts in the Mount Kenya area, but officials say the pilot of one of the helicopters has made radio contact. The helicopters are part of a force Uganda is sending to bolster […]
Museveni Urges Ugandans to Limit Contact After Ebola Outbreak
Uganda’s president is urging people to avoid physical contact because of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The highly-contagious virus has killed at least 14 people in western Uganda. Authorities say there are at least 20 confirmed cases in the Kibaale district. During a state broadcast Monday, President Yoweri Museveni called on the public […]
Ebola Outbreak Kills 14 in Uganda
Health officials say the deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda. World Health Organization representative in Uganda said Saturday there were 20 reported cases in Kibaale district, nearly 200 kilometers west of the capital, Kampala. There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola, which manifests itself as a hemorrhagic fever, is highly […]
New Fighting in DRC Sends Refugees Spilling Into Uganda
The sounds of shuffling feet and the occasional wheelbarrow fill the air on the road to Goma, with hundreds of civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo fleeing new fighting between rebels and the Congolese army. Many of them carry all they own on their backs as they pass government troops, and eventually United Nations […]
UN Chief Reacts to Peacekeeper’s Killing in DR Congo
A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is seriously concerned over the killing of a U.N. peacekeeper in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Ban is calling for an immediate end to the violence carried out by armed groups there. He has extended condolences to the family of the victim and to […]
DR Congo Rebels Take Town Near Uganda Border
A U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels fought government troops and seized a key border crossing Friday. A spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo says a peacekeeper from India was hit and killed during fighting in the town of Bunagana, near the Ugandan border. Vianney Kazarama, […]
DR Congo Rebels Take Town Near Uganda Border
A U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels fought government troops and seized a key border crossing Friday. A spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo says a peacekeeper from India was hit and killed during fighting in the town of Bunagana, which the rebels, known as M23, […]
Uganda Leader Attacks Opponents, Media
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out against his political opponents and the media while taking credit for economic improvements in his country. In his State of the Nation address at the opening of the second session of parliament in Kampala Thursday, Mr. Museveni focused his attention on the economy including Uganda’s double-digit inflation and […]