The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

A group of Ugandan activists has launched a legal challenge to controversial new legislation criminalizing some internet activity in the East African country

Media groups asked Uganda's top court on Monday to scrap a new digital communications law which they said broke the constitution and crippled free speech.

Places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will close for the next three weeks, but schools will remain open in the areas affected by Ebola, the Ugandan government said

There have so far been 58 confirmed cases and 19 deaths since the first case was diagnosed

At least 19 people have died of Ebola while authorities had previously ruled out lockdowns

Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease.

While mines stay open, bars and churches and others without political connections have been closed by government order.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday the government was implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and restricting movement into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a communications legislation to curb hate speech, his office said on Thursday, but critics warn it could squash free speech and cripple electronic commerce.

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