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New Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Claims 65 Lives, Spreads to Uganda

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A new Ebola outbreak centred in the conflict-hit Ituri province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 65 people, according to health officials, in what Africa CDC director Dr Jean Kaseya described as a rapidly evolving situation requiring urgent regional coordination. The World Health Organization and multiple national health ministries are […]

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Uganda Cracks Down on Human Trafficking and Cyber Fraud, Detains 231 Foreign Nationals

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Ugandan authorities have detained at least 231 foreign nationals in a two-day crackdown on illegal migration and suspected criminal activity, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday. The operations targeted a group of Nigerians living in northern Uganda and a separate group of foreigners found living in a restricted apartment complex in Kampala. Those

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Four Children Killed in Horrific Machete Attack at Kampala Nursery School

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In one of the most shocking crimes to hit Uganda’s capital in recent years, a man disguised as a parent infiltrated a nursery school in Kampala and fatally stabbed four children aged three and under with a machete before fleeing the scene. The attack occurred at a pre-primary facility in Kampala on the afternoon of

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Four Children Killed in Brutal Nursery School Attack in Kampala, Uganda

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Uganda is reeling from a horrific security breach at a nursery school in Kampala, after a 39-year-old man allegedly entered the Gaba Early Childhood Development Centre, posed as a parent, and fatally stabbed four children aged between two and three years old. The attack, which occurred on Thursday, has sent shockwaves through the Ugandan capital

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Uganda’s Muhoozi Detains Senior Army Officers in Unprecedented Anti-Corruption Sweep

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In the 40-year rule of President Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan military has rarely been a place where anyone answers for corruption — least of all its senior generals. But in late March 2026, something remarkable happened: the army chief himself ordered the detention of up to 20 senior officers, including two major generals, on accusations

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Gene Editing Offers Hope for Africa’s Sickle Cell Patients — But Price Tag Makes Cure a Distant Dream

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Revolutionary CRISPR-based sickle cell therapies are raising unprecedented hope across Africa — the continent that carries 85 percent of the global disease burden — even as the $2.2 million price tag places cures forever out of reach for most patients.

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