KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19. Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, said on Twitter that he was ...

Uganda has confirmed nine cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant, becoming the first East African country to register the strain. At the same time, Senegal recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of ...

The death of 234 Ugandans due to Covid-19 in the last one month has forced President Museveni to declare a total lockdown in Uganda, six months after the state had made pronouncements of a gradually ...

“While the pandemic has affected all communities, refugees have been hit particularly hard. With a second COVID-19 wave in full swing in Uganda, I am very concerned that the living conditions of ...

KAMPALA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Uganda has ordered 18 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab and up to 40% of the shipments are expected to arrive by the end ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has recorded a 10% increase in the number of people in jail since March, a prison official told Reuters on Friday, with thousands jailed for alleged violations of ...