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Benjamin Netanyahu marks 40-years since the Raid on Entebbe

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu, has made an emotional visit to Uganda’s Entebbe airport.

Uganda

Uganda opposition leader Kizza Besigye charged with treason

He was arrested after staging his own swearing-in ceremony ahead of the official ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni who was elected to a fifth term.

Uganda

Uganda: opposition leader calls for protests after longtime president is re-elected

Uganda’s main opposition leader has called on his supporters to protest after President Yoweri Museveni, in power for 30 years, won another five-year

Uganda

Unrest in Uganda as opposition reject result of presidential election

Yoweri Musaveni granted another five-year term amid unrest, opposition arrests and widespread claims of vote-rigging

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Police arrest Uganda's main opposition candidate...again

Police have arrested Uganda’s main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye for the third time this week as early results from the country’s presidential

Uganda

Opposition leader detained on Uganda election day

Opposition leader Kizza Besigye was briefly detained on polling day in Uganda as the government shut down social media sites, reportedly due to

Uganda

Ugandans vote for president in closest contest for decades

People in Uganda are voting in a presidential election in which all sides accuse each other of stoking tensions, violence and fraud. The incumbent

Uganda

Violence and vote rigging threatens Ugandan ballot

Uganda prepares to go the polls with incumbant president Yoweri Museveni seeking a fifth term in office.

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Pope Francis attracts huge crowds in Uganda

Thousands line the streets to grab a glimpse of Pope Francis who is in Uganda as part of a three-stop tour of Africa. The Pope made a tour of a

Uganda

Pope Francis celebrates mass with Ugandan faithful

Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to greet Pope Francis in Uganda. He stopped off in Namugongo, near the capital Kampala, on the

Uganda

Pope Francis praises Ugandan authorities for taking in refugees

Pope Francis opens the second leg of his African tour with praise for the Ugandan authorities and trips to some of the capital's holiest sites.

Uganda

Pope Francis arrives in Uganda

Pope Francis has arrived in Uganda on the second leg of his three-nation African tour. Tens of thousands of people lined his route into the Ugandan

World

Education projects in Egypt and Uganda win 2015 Wise Awards

Egypt-based Nafham and the Educate! project in Uganda have been named WISE Awards winners at this year's World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha. This edition of Learning World looks into what t

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Pope Francis heads to Africa with a message of religious tolerance

Pope Francis is on his way to Africa for his first papal visit to the continent. First trip in Africa for Pope Francis has begun! AZ4000 has taken

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Uganda: gay pride parade

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'Exorcist' priest wows Warsaw with 'Jesus at the Stadium' show

Self-proclaimed exorcist and faith healer Father John Bashobora wowed Warsaw with his ‘Jesus at the Stadium event’ on Saturday. Tens of thousands of

Sudan

Five of the world's most-wanted for crimes against humanity

Uganda

US issues terror alert against possible attacks in Kampala

The United States has warned of possible terror attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The US embassy there issued the alert after receiving

World

Open for business: fostering entrepreneurship for a better world

Are people born with business sense or can be nurtured? We explore the issue in Uganda, Spain and Jordan in this edition of Learning World.

Uganda

Uganda war crimes suspect Dominic Ongwen on way to Hague

A senior Ugandan rebel commander wanted for war crimes has been flown out of the country on his way to The Hague to stand trial. Dominic Ongwen