QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — Located about 200 miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, the fears of infection here are low. Yet the anxiety over the consequences of the public health crisis is sky-high in places like Katunguru in western Uganda,

The volunteers are thought to have contracted the virus during a humanitarian mission in DR Congo in March and are believed to be “among the first known victims of the outbreak.”

A US traveller who flew back from Uganda to Washington DC on 24 May has said she was not subjected to any Ebola-related screening at Dulles International Airport, despite newly announced restrictions and health checks linked to outbreaks in Central Africa.

Officials announced that the individual had just returned from Uganda before showing signs of the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, which has no vaccine and kills up to 50 per cent of those infected.

Their unlikely journey started dancing barefoot on a dusty street in 2014

The Sports fraternity converged at the just concluded 10th Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) with a unified message: the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is not merely a football tournament, it is a once in a generation platform to introduce Uganda,

Ebola may have killed more than 200 people so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo and African officials warned the outbreak is turning into a regional security threat as it spills over to neighboring countries.

Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t have let Elon Musk and the cargo-shorts militia cut USAID funding in the first place.