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June 15, 2019 at 2:36 am

Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack supplies VIEW

BWERA, Uganda (AP) — The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out...

June 14, 2019 at 12:49 am

Burial of Ugandan Ebola victim shows flash of confrontation VIEW

KARAMBI, Uganda (AP) — At last the pickup truck carrying the Ebola victim's coffin arrived. The woman's relatives were relieved. But a small group of...

This photo released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) shows a Congolese refugee boy washing his hands before entering one of the medical tents used for evaluating newly arrived Congolese for potential symptoms of Ebola, at the Kyaka refugee settlement in western Uganda Wednesday, June 12, 2019. A 5-year-old boy in Uganda vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim in the current Ebola outbreak on Wednesday, while his 3-year-old brother and grandmother tested positive for the disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people in Congo. (Kellie Ryan/International Rescue Committee via AP) NAI803 NAI803

June 13, 2019 at 12:38 am

Congo pastor likely sparked Ebola outbreak spread to Uganda VIEW

BWERA, Uganda (AP) — The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak's spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before...

People crossing the border have their temperature taken to check for symptoms of Ebola, at the border crossing near Kasindi, eastern Congo Wednesday, June 12, 2019, just across from the Ugandan town of Bwera. In Uganda, a 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim of Ebola in the current outbreak on Wednesday, while two more people in Uganda tested positive for the highly contagious disease that has killed nearly 1,400 in Congo. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) NAI107 NAI107

June 12, 2019 at 12:28 am

5-year-old dies of Ebola as outbreak crosses Congo border VIEW

KASINDI, Congo (AP) — A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim in the current Ebola outbreak on Wednesday, while his 3-year-old brother...

June 11, 2019 at 11:44 am

Uganda confirms first Ebola case outside outbreak in Congo

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A child in Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak...

May 18, 2019 at 2:34 am

As Uganda targets a pop star rival, media under pressure VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Until recently the Ugandan pop star and opposition figure known as Bobi Wine could count on news crews trailing him. As...

May 3, 2019 at 4:07 am

Uganda targets journalists on World Press Freedom Day

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As World Press Freedom Day was celebrated on Friday, television and radio stations in Uganda were being targeted over coverage...

May 2, 2019 at 4:25 am

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is freed on bail VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine was freed on bail Thursday after spending three nights in a maximum-security prison....

April 29, 2019 at 7:54 am

Uganda’s opposition pop star Bobi Wine jailed over protest

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan pop star and opposition politician known as Bobi Wine was remanded to a maximum-security prison on Monday after being...

April 9, 2019 at 1:33 am

25 years after genocide, Rwanda’s Kagame is praised, feared VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A quarter-century after Rwanda's brutal genocide, President Paul Kagame remains a constant figure atop the country's politics, feted by those who...