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Uganda has launched the first phase of a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from South Africa, bringing home 273 nationals amid rising anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence. More charter flights are planned as hundreds more Ugandans seek voluntary repatriation. A total of 273 Ugandan nationals arrived at Entebbe International Airport aboard a special Uganda Airlines charter flight in the early hours of Friday, marking the first phase of the government'

Traders are facing big losses after Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo over Ebola contagion fears. Leah Masika was on the verge of tears as she thought of her valuable consignment of plantain stuck in a long convoy of trucks on both sides of the Uganda-Congo border on Thursday. Her cargo, destined for Uganda, was starting to leak water, and would go bad within hours if there was no movement. The Ugandan trader was awaiting clearance from author

The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine has been speaking to journalists from her hospital bed in Kampala, describing what she says was an overnight raid on her home by soldiers searching for her husband. Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi said she was strangled and held at gunpoint during the raid. "One of the main reasons was to look for my husband because his phone has been home. I switched it on yesterday because there is a password I was looking for and then that was l

Uganda’s military has confirmed it is holding Father Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Catholic priest who went missing nearly two weeks ago. The army says he is suspected of involvement in "violent subversive activities" and will face charges in court. The Catholic Diocese of Masaka had earlier reported that Father Ssekabira was "kidnapped by men in Uganda Army uniform." The church has not commented on the military’s accusations. Church Calls for Immediate Release The Masaka Diocese ra

A Ugandan judge has been found guilty of human trafficking and conspiracy to intimidate a victim in a case that has shocked observers....

Uganda's chief of defense forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, has declared his departure...