World news about “Uganda” published by euronews.
US offers rewards for Kony and his cronies The United States has offered rewards of close to four million euros each for information that could lead to the arrest fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony… 04/04/2013
Uganda family planning: ‘Choice not chance’ In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest growing… 05/09/2012
Discipline in school – the pain of learning Uganda: corporal punishment Maintaining control in the classroom is essential but some methods of keeping order are controversial. While corporal… 22/03/2012
How clean is clean? This week we look at some of the initiatives aiming to build a hygienic educational environment and teach students about their health. We went to Cambodia… 14/10/2011
African leaders call for end to DR Congo rebellionLeaders from Africa’s Great Lakes region have called for an end to the rebellion by M23 fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The heads of state met… 24/11/2012
UN: Rwanda defence minister ‘commanding Congo rebellion’A UN report says a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being commanded by Rwanda’s defence minister. The Security Council’s Group of Experts… 17/10/2012
Ebola virus: Fears latest outbreak could reach Uganda capitalUganda has stepped up public health advice after the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus killed 14 people. Officials are worried that the current outbreak in… 31/07/2012
Deadly Ebola outbreak in UgandaEfforts are underway to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that has killed at least 13 people in western Uganda. There is no treatment or vaccine… 29/07/2012
Democratic Republic of Congo refugees flee fresh violenceFresh fighting has forced thousands to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Refugees were heading towards the capital Kinshasa, as… 25/07/2012
More bodies recovered from Ugandan landslideThe number of people killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda has risen to at least 30 while more than 100 are still missing. Heavy rain triggered a mudslide… 27/06/2012
Landslides sweep away villages in UgandaAt least 18 people have been killed with possibly hundreds more missing after landslides in eastern Uganda. Heavy rains caused tons of mud to sweep away… 26/06/2012
African Union mission to hunt for rebel leader KonyThe African Union is to launch a new mission beginning this weekend to hunt Joseph Kony – the Ugandan rebel leader wanted for war crimes whose notoriety has… 24/03/2012
Kony 2012 campaign sparks backlashThe “Kony 2012” campaign to capture a Ugandan warlord has sparked a backlash in the country and in the United States. Some experts say the video… 19/03/2012
Viral Kony video praised and criticised in UgandaThe hugely successful video made by the advocacy group Invisible Children on the atrocities carried out in Uganda by Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance… 10/03/2012
Besigye returns to UgandaThe leader of Uganda’s opposition Dr. Kizza Besigye returned to Kampala from medical treatment in Kenya on the day his arch-rival, President Yoweri Museveni… 12/05/2011
Besigye arrested after Kampala protestsFor the third time in less than than two weeks Uganda’s leading opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been arrested for leading demonstrations against rising… 21/04/2011
Calls for popular protests in UgandaUganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye has called for peaceful anti-government protests, and is pushing for a re-run of last week’s disputed presidential… 24/02/2011
Uganda’s President wins disputed pollUganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has won a fourth term in office, extending his 25 years in charge. Official results show Museveni secured… 20/02/2011
Uganda’s Museveni predicts fourth presidential termVoting has ended in Uganda’s presidential poll with incumbent Yoweri Museveni widely expected to win a fourth term. The Ugandan leader says he is confident… 18/02/2011
Ugandans vote after bitter presidential campaignUgandans are voting in an election that is widely expected to see President Yoweri Museveni win a fourth term. The ruling party has been widely accused of… 18/02/2011
UN report says Congo atrocities may be genocideA United Nations report into a decade of atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo says genocide may have been committed. It found that tens of… 02/10/2010
Galapagos Islands lose “protected” statusA UN body has removed Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted by 14 to five with one… 29/07/2010
Training Somali recruits in UgandaEU military instructors are training Somali recruits here in Uganda, because it is too dangerous to do so in Somalia, which is in the grip of instability and… 16/07/2010
Unexploded ‘suicide belt’ found in UgandaPolice in Uganda have discovered an unexploded suicide belt and made several arrests after 74 football fans died in a dual bomb attack in the capital… 13/07/2010
Somalian Islamists say they bombed UgandaUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has visited survivors in hospital of Monday’s twin bombings as the country begins a week of mourning for the dead. The… 13/07/2010
Kampala twin bomb blast death toll rises to 74The number of people killed in two co-ordinated bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 74. The explosions ripped through bars packed with… 12/07/2010
Islamist militants suspected of Kampala blastsSomali Islamic extremists are being blamed for two separate bomb attacks on a restaurant and a sports club in the Ugandan capital Kampala which killed 64… 12/07/2010
Bomb blasts kill dozens in UgandaTwo separate bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital of Kampala have killed at least 64 people. An American is reported to be among the dead. The explosions tore… 12/07/2010
Uganda stunned by mudslide disasterOne source says nearly 110 people have died and 400 remain missing after deadly mudslides tore through three villages in Uganda. Torrential rains had lashed… 03/03/2010
Tragic landslide in Uganda claims many livesAn unstoppable river of mud in Uganda has claimed the lives of over 80 people in a devastating landslide sparked after a seven hour downpour. Homes made of… 03/03/2010
The changing face of Uganda’s glaciersThe ice caps of the Rwenzori Mountains are shrinking fast. Scientists predict that at the current rate of reduction, these glaciers will have disappeared… 22/02/2010
Ugandan police slammed over riot responseHuman rights activists have slammed security forces in Uganda for their handling of deadly riots in the capital, Kampala. Citing concerns over police… 13/09/2009
