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October 2, 2021 at 11:21 pm

Distribution problems, hesitancy slow Uganda vaccination bid VIEW

The remote Ugandan district of Gulu is currently a COVID-19 hot spot in the East African country

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An Internet cafe owner, left, stands nearby as a customer, right, uses a computer at an internet cafe in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Instead of serving Africa’s internet development, millions of internet addresses reserved for Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including in insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns the continent’s addresses. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) NAI505 NAI505

September 30, 2021 at 9:23 pm

Africa internet riches plundered, contested by China broker VIEW

Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently. A nonprofit is working to reclaim the lost addresses, but a legal challenge...

September 11, 2021 at 12:48 am

With more doses, Uganda takes vaccination drive to markets VIEW

Uganda is accelerating its vaccination drive to administer 128,000 doses that recently arrived and expire at the end of September.

August 24, 2021 at 11:23 pm

51 evacuees from Afghanistan arrive in Uganda at US request

Uganda’s government says 51 people evacuated from Afghanistan have arrived in the East African country at the request of the United States

August 15, 2021 at 12:24 am

Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized

After a brutal wave of infections driven by the delta variant, many Ugandans seeking a first dose of coronavirus vaccine are competing with hundreds of...

July 7, 2021 at 3:01 am

In Uganda, disputes over bills mark chaotic COVID-19 care VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Holding out for nearly $9,000 in unpaid medical bills, one hospital in Uganda allegedly refused to hand over the dead body...

June 26, 2021 at 1:50 am

As virus surges in Uganda, hospitals accused of profiteering

Uganda is among African countries seeing a dramatic rise in the number of infections amid a severe vaccine shortage. The pandemic is resurging in 12...

June 16, 2021 at 11:17 pm

In poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren't safe. Now, four...

Elena, 7, center, lines up with other displaced Tigrayans to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The 15 kilograms of wheat, half a kilogram of peas and some cooking oil per person, to last a month â€” was earmarked only for the most vulnerable. That included pregnant mothers and elderly people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ABC503 ABC503

June 10, 2021 at 11:22 pm

In Tigray, food is often a weapon of war as famine looms VIEW

In the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray, thousands face famine as they are caught in the middle of a war that has spawned massacres, gang...

June 9, 2021 at 4:44 am

Billionaire philanthropist: vaccine hoarding hurts Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist Mo Ibrahim is sharply criticizing the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations, urging the international community to “walk...