Amid disease surveillance for the ongoing Ebola outbreak, Ugandan health authorities identified a case of Marburg virus disease in a one-and-a-half-year-old child, who has died, according to Africa ...

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Reports of a potential case of the haemorrhagic fever come as Kampala battles to stop the spread of Ebola Arthur Scott-Geddes Deputy Editor, Global Health Security Show biography Arthur Scott-Geddes ...

Beyoncé‘s label and management company Parkwood Entertainment has won the dismissal of a copyright lawsuit over the sample that opens her 2022 track Alien Superstar. A federal judge threw the case out ...

Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has sparked fresh controversy after publicly declaring his desire to marry global music superstar Beyoncé and challenging her husband, ...

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Government of Uganda has announced plans to evacuate Ugandan nationals from South Africa following rising anti-migrant violence and xenophobic protests targeting foreign ...

Uganda's media freedom came under renewed scrutiny on Sunday after the country's military reportedly shut down Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda's broadcast and print operations following an order ...

Uganda’s military chief, who is also the president’s son, said on Sunday he had ordered the closure of two leading media outlets, declaring that he did “not believe in a free press.” Muhoozi ...

The chief of Uganda’s military says he has ordered the closure of two of the country’s biggest media outlets. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Sunday that the Daily Monitor, the country’s largest ...

This picture, taken on June 28, 2026, shows a television screen displaying NTV Uganda and Spark TV channels on DSTV after the stations were taken off air by security operatives in Kampala. Photo/David ...