Uganda bans physical contact as Ebola reaches capital
Uganda's president on Monday banned all physical contact after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was reported in the capital Kampala for the first time.
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Official: Top Joseph Kony commander captured
A Ugandan army official says Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border.
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Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to Joseph Kony viral video
The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."
Yes, the father says, but who are the bad guys? The child thinks, then offers a guess: "Star
Boat capsizes on Lake Victoria, 60 aboard: survivor
Around 60 people were aboard a boat that capsized on Lake Victoria in Uganda on late Thursday, according to the sole survivor found so far, a regional police spokesman said on Saturday.
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Mystery disease kills 100 in Uganda
A mystery disease has killed over 100 people and infected more than 2,000 in northern Uganda.
The disease, first reported in September 2009, has since been dubbed ‘nodding disease’ as it leaves its v
50 dead in Uganda landslides
More than 50 people were killed in landslides in eastern Uganda on Monday, Xinhua reported.
Three villages in Bulambuli district were hit by landslides. Twenty-nine bodies were retrieved so far, radi