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Uganda’s military chief, who is also the president’s son, said on Sunday he had ordered the closure of two leading media outlets, declaring that he did “not believe in a free press.” Muhoozi ...

The chief of Uganda’s military says he has ordered the closure of two of the country’s biggest media outlets. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Sunday that the Daily Monitor, the country’s largest ...

Rwanda's national football team, Amavubi, has departed for Morocco for a 10-day training camp in Marrakech, where they will play two international friendly matches against Comoros and Tanzania. The ...

Serikali ya Uganda imeamuru kufungwa kwa mpaka wake na Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo kufuatia ongezeko la visa vinavyoshukiwa kuwa vya aina mpya ya virusi vya Ebola. Uamuzi huo umechukuliwa ...

Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging, and as cases have been confirmed at home after Ugandan health workers were ...

NAIROBI, May 27 (Reuters) - Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic ‌Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda's government said on ...

Uganda has confirmed three new ⁠cases of Ebola, bringing ⁠the total number of infections in the country in this outbreak to five, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to try to contain the spread ...

Share this with family and friends Shirika la Afya Duniani limetangaza mlipuko wa Ebola katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo na Uganda ni dharura ya afya ya umma inayotia wasiwasi kimataifa. Makala ...

Rwanda's road to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be anything but straightforward after this week's qualifying draw in Cairo placed Amavubi in Group K alongside Mali, Cape Verde and Liberia. Yet ...

Uganda said that flights to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo would be temporarily suspended, as the outbreak appeared to spread to a rebel-controlled province in Congo. By Lynsey Chutel and ...