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Ugandan troops kill Kony bodyguard
Ugandan troops have killed a top bodyguard of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony. A Ugandan army official said Monday that the rebel, known as Brigadier Binani, was killed Friday during a firefight in the eastern part o...
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Rainfall, brain infection linked in Uganda
Scientists say they have found the first major neurological condition linked to climate. A Ugandan study shows the amount of rainfall can affect the number of infants who develop a deadly brain infection.
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Uganda moves forward on anti-gay bill
Uganda’s speaker of parliament has promised a controversial anti-homosexuality bill will pass by the end of the year. A new coalition led by the former state minister for ethics says the country is prepared to deal with any int...
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Britain and Ireland suspend aid to Uganda after millions go missing
Britain has joined Ireland in suspending aid to Uganda’s office of the prime minister. The move comes after a draft report by Ugandan’s auditor- general found that €12 million in aid had been transferred to unauthorized accoun...
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Uganda’s latest Ebola virus outbreak spotlights poorly-understood killer
More than a dozen people are reported dead in western Uganda this week after being infected with the Ebola virus, a highly contagious and often fatal pathogen that has struck this region of Africa several times in the past 12 y...
Samaritan’s Purse UK, Department for International Development partner to save children, mothers in Uganda
Supported by UKaid from the Department for International Development, UK charity Samaritan’s Purse has launched a maternal child health project in Uganda that will drastically improve the life expectancy of children under five...
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Rise in anti-gay attacks in Africa blamed on Christian evangelism
There has been a rise in the incidence of anti-gay attacks in Africa, and Christian evangelism is taking the brunt of the blame for it. Homosexuality has long been taboo in Africa. According to The Washington Post, more than tw...
Christian churchgoers in Uganda issued identity cards
Christian churchgoers in Uganda will be issued identity cards even as overnight prayer meetings are being suspended in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in a restaurant and a rugby club where people had gathered to watch the...