KAMPALA — Uganda has confirmed six additional Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases, bringing the total number of infections to 15, the Ministry of Health has said. Health officials said the new cases were identified through contact tracing linked to an infected Congolese national who recently entered Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The…
BUNIA, DRC — Health officials have reported positive developments in the Ebola outbreak. Several patients have recovered and been discharged from treatment centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) said four nurses have recovered from Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain. The patients were discharged from a hospital in…
Travelers should consider getting vaccinated against mpox if they will be visiting affected areas in Africa, new advice says. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has updated its recommendations in response to outbreaks of a new strain of the virus. Other continents, including Europe, can expect some cases too, it says. ECDC…
The Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs has denied falsehoods in media reports being spread by Jules Mulumba claiming that the Uganda People’s Defense Force, UPDF is in Rutshuru, in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Brig Gen. Kulayigye said that the pictures were taken when Uganda’s UPDF contingent to the East African Community…
Ugandan troops last week completed the total withdrawal from the war-torn province of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). However, the DRC government declined to renew the mandate of East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) troops that were in the province under a peacekeeping mission that expired on December 8, 2023. A…
Uganda has lifted visa requirements for Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) citizens visiting the country. This move will apparently be reciprocated by the DRC for Ugandans. However, Ministry of Internal Affairs Simon Mundeyi told our news reporters that “starting January 1, 2024, Congolese nationals will come into Uganda without a requirement for a visa,…
Col. Michael Walaka Hyeroba, the Commanding Officer of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent operating in DR Congo, handed over a two-bedroom house on Thursday to Sefuko Ghato, an 80-year-old resident of Amafiga village, Kabanda sub-county in North Kivu, DRC. The UPDF is deployed in the DRC under the mandate of the East African…
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have destroyed 500 camps allegedly belonging to the rebel outfit, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the start of Operation Shujaa in November 2021. Ugandan Defense Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja made the revelation while addressing sections of local people and political…
