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Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola with no approved vaccines or treatments, is spreading in West Africa. Here's what you need to know

The risk to the U.S. is low, experts say. But "what happens in Africa can show up in your backyard hospital in less than 24 hours,” Dr. Luis Ostrosky, an infectious diseases specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, tells Fortune.

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UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go

The UN rights office said on Tuesday it was in discussion with Uganda over how to continue its work in the country after the government said it had to leave, a move activists say highlights the country's deteriorating record on civil liberties.

Reuters

Ugandan opposition lawmakers granted bail after 17 months in jail

Two legislators allied to Uganda's pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, the main opponent to President Yoweri Museveni, were granted bail on Monday after spending 17 months in jail on murder charges the opposition says are politically motivated.

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Uganda move to close UN rights office angers opposition

A move by Uganda's government to close the United Nations' local human rights office has drawn strong criticism from opposition leaders and activists, who say it highlights the country's worsening record on civil liberties.

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A beacon of hope in Uganda’s war on treatable diseases

It runs one day a week and has one doctor – but this clinic is one of three in rural Nakaseke making a huge difference in a country overwhelmed by mainly preventable conditions

The Guardian - UK

She cooks, cleans and cares … so why is a woman in Uganda worth only 20% of divorce assets?

In a potentially precedent-setting case, a Kampala appeal court has penalised a divorcing wife for lacking receipts to prove her value. This must not stand

The Guardian - UK

Rhino, elephant numbers rising in Uganda after years of poaching - agency

The number of endangered elephants, rhinos and other animals in Uganda's reserves is steadily improving, reversing years of declines caused by poachers, traffickers and conflict, a state-run wildlife agency said on Thursday.

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Uganda condemned for ‘shameful’ decision to close UN human rights office

Campaigners accuse Museveni regime of evading international scrutiny after shock move to end agreement with OHCHR

The Guardian - UK

Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office

Yoweri Museveni’s government has, over the years, been criticised by the opposition and activists for rights violations.

Al Jazeera

Scottish rum distiller launches private cask ownership

Livingston-based business is also setting up a sugarcane plantation in Uganda

Insider UK

Uganda says it will not renew mandate of U.N. human rights office

Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations' human rights office in the East African country, citing the development of its own sufficient capacity to monitor rights compliance.

Reuters

Uganda's first Grammy nominee Eddy Kenzo gives hope that everyone can succeed

Ugandans are routing for 33-year-old singer Eddy Kenzo, nominated for Best Global Music Performance at tonight's Grammy awards in Los Angeles. Just being nominated has left him speechless, he says.

Radio France Internationale

Murder suspects arrested after man killed in fight over Arsenal defeat to Man City

A Ugandan police spokesman said that a 25-year-old man had intervened as his brother, an Arsenal fan, fought with two City supporters

Daily Mirror

Gerald Moore obituary

Other lives: Expert on African literature who spent much of his time as a lecturer in Nigeria and Uganda

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After 102 children, Ugandan villager says enough is enough

Butaleja (Uganda) (AFP) - Musa Hasahya Kasera has so many children he can't remember most of their names.

Radio France Internationale

Total's contested oil projects in Africa: The case of Uganda and Tanzania

In the Lake Albert region, in northwestern Uganda, TotalEnergies plans to extract large quantities of oil buried deep in the ground. Work has already started. Backhoe loaders are digging the soil across the savannah. At the top of the embankments of red earth designed to diminish the noise of machines,…

Al Jazeera

A timeline of papal visits to Africa: From Paul VI to Francis

As Pope Francis visits the DRC and South Sudan, we take a look at previous papal voyages to the continent.

The Independent UK

Ugandan activist's family awarded $10.5M for Utah park death

The United States will pay more than $10 million in damages over the death of Esther Nakajjigo, a prominent Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020

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Family of Ugandan philanthropist decapitated by traffic gate in Arches National Park awarded $10.5m

Unsecured gate ‘turned a metal pipe into a spear that went straight through the side of a car’

The Conversation

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths

Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even with this background, reading Tom Goodfellow’s recently published book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa, I learned astonishing…

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A major new exhibition in Nairobi reveals the history of east African art traditions

Mwili, Akili na Roho (Body, Mind and Spirit) – on in Nairobi, Kenya – is a major international exhibition presenting east African painters who are key players in the modernist art of the region. Modernism in the fine arts refers to a period of experimentation from the late 1800s to…

France 24

Uganda begins first oil drilling programme

In tonight's edition: Despite pressure from the EU and environmental campaigners, Uganda cracks on with its plans to cash in on commercial crude. Also, on the International Day of Education, we hear from a leading education chief who has recently returned from a tour of Ethiopian classrooms about what the…

The Independent UK

Uganda begins oil drilling, hopes for production by 2025

Oil drilling has begun in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda and the East African country expects to start production by 2025

Radio France Internationale

Uganda inaugurates first commercial oil drilling programme in Lake Albert

Uganda is commissioning the first of its four planned oil drilling rigs and starts drilling the first production well this Tuesday – a key milestone for the country, as Kampala races to meet its target of first crude oil output in 2025.

AFP

Uganda launches first oil drilling programme

Hoima (Uganda) (AFP) - Uganda on Tuesday officially launched an oil drilling programme as it seeks to join the club of crude-producing nations with a mega-project that has incensed environmental groups.

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