KAMPALA, Uganda - The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease ...

Starting a business is tough due to costly bureaucratic licensing procedures, limited access to credit, and poor infrastructure — it’s not easy to be a logistics tycoon in a country with two good ...

Uganda strengthens border health amid ongoing threats Health | AGENCIES | Uganda’s borders have always been busy and ...

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60 percent, according to a new study.

The three-day meeting, convened by ActionAid Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning (FMBEP), the ...

Officials at the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have reported an increase in high-risk events, saying many countries on the continent are currently experiencing multiple ...

Marburg virus is one of the world’s deadliest pathogens. Closely related to Ebola, it causes hemorrhagic fever with mortality rates as high as 88%. First identified in 1967 after simultaneous ...

The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this cave are known carriers of one of the world's deadliest viruses: Marburg, a close cousin of Ebola. Subscribe ... came from a ...

Guests arrived in buses, Mercedes-Benz cars, and a Range Rover, while the estate was illuminated with Christmas lights draped ...

A Ugandan military helicopter crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing five people on board. The pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at an airport in the capital… ...

The same month, Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled that trying civilians in military court — a practice on the rise in recent years — is unconstitutional. There are anywhere from a few hundred civilians, ...