Uganda has suspended all school trips after a bus carrying pupils on a study tour crashed in eastern Uganda, killing 20 students and a school administrator from King David Junior School and injuring dozens more. Footage filmed on Friday shows grieving families and mourners gathering at the school, including aContinue Reading
Uganda suspended all school trips and educational tours on Friday after a bus crash in the eastern district of Kapchorwa killed 20 children and one adult. “All study trips and tours that involve learners having to travel in group transport by land within the country or going outside Uganda areContinue Reading
The President made the remarks on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at State House Entebbe while delivering a Lecture of Opportunity to a delegation of student officers from the War College of Mali. The delegation was led by the Commandant of the War College of Mali, Brig. Gen. Moussa Yoro KantéContinue Reading
The 42-day countdown, equivalent to two maximum incubation periods for Bundibugyo virus disease, is the established phase before an outbreak can be declared over, provided no new confirmed cases are detected during this period Uganda has today entered the 42-day countdown to the end of its Ebola outbreak after theContinue Reading
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Tuesday that it is strengthening preparedness and prevention measures to reduce the risk of Ebola virus disease being imported into West Africa. “Even though the risk assessment shows that West Africa remains relatively spared at this stage, we mustContinue Reading
Uganda hosts more than two million refugees across 13 settlements – the largest refugee population in Africa The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a EUR 3 million contribution from the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) to provide life-saving food assistance to 336,000Continue Reading
Uganda has reported 19 confirmed cases and one probable case to date, with infections largely linked to transmission from the DRC The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has spread from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while warning that continuedContinue Reading
