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Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on Jan. 30. That man remains the only fatality. Eight patients …

The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included “high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing” and “bleeding from multiple body sites”. He died of multi-organ failure on Wednesday at Mulango National Hospital, located in the city’s central business district. This marks Uganda’s eighth recorded Ebola outbreak since …

The Black Stars failed to beat Uganda in their second friendly match of the March international break in Marrakech on Tuesday afternoon. Ghana settled for a draw at the end of the game despite twice leading in the encounter through Jerome Opoku and Jordan Ayew. Otto Addo made five changes …

Ghana will be without the services of Mohammed Kudus for their upcoming international friendlies against Nigeria and Uganda this month. The talented West Ham midfielder will be sidelined due to a shoulder issue, ruling him out of contention for the matches. Initially named in Otto Addo’s 26-man squad for the …

President Akufo-Addo, at the invitation of the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, left Ghana on Monday, 15 January 2024, to attend the 2024 edition of the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings being held from Tuesday (16 January) to Friday (19 January). The Davos …

The US has imposed sanctions on the chief of Uganda’s prison service, Johnson Byabashaija who is accused of overseeing the abuse and torture of LGBT+ people as well as critics of the government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Johnson Byabashaija for his …

The Ugandan government has announced plans to increase the legal age for consuming alcohol from 18 to 21. The World Health Statistics 2023 Report ranks Uganda among the leading countries for high rates of alcohol consumption. According to the WHO report, it is estimated that Ugandans currently consume 12.2 litres …

The bodyguard of Ugannda’s State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola has shot him dead and then shot himself. The unfortunate incident has plunged the eastern African country into a state of mourning. Reports say the minister was shot dead in the morning while …