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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Uganda, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1,244 stories have been published about Uganda which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Uganda, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1,244 stories have been published about Uganda which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Tourism · KampalaFlowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a leafy ambiance that enchants many visitors.The initial attraction becomes more compelling when tourists to Uganda learn that the greenery emerges from an innovative recycling project which uses thousands of dirt-encrusted plastic bottles to anchor the boat.
Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat
72% Center coverage: 18 sources
Europe · ParisEnvironmental groups had accused TotalEnergies of not doing its utmost to protect people and the environment from the Tilenga oil development. The case is expected to have wider ramifications. Other French multinationals, including EDF, Suez, BNP Paribas and Danone have been taken to court under the 2017 duty of vigilance law.
French court dismisses Uganda lawsuit against TotalEnergies
55% Center coverage: 20 sources
Europe · KampalaUganda will not renew the mandate of the United Nations' rights office in the East African country and will rely on domestic institutions to safeguard rights, the government said, after the body flagged torture and unlawful detention sites.
Uganda blocks operations of UN rights office in the country
39% Center coverage: 18 sources
International · KampalaAt least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death. Crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, police say.
Nine suffocate to death in Ugandan New Year firework crush
47% Left coverage: 66 sources
Africa · KampalaUganda has declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus. The first case was confirmed in the country's central Mubende district on 20 September 2022. In total there were 164 cases (142 confirmed and 22 probable), 55 confirmed deaths and 87 recovered patients. The last patient was released from care on 30 November.
Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared over
40% Center coverage: 67 sources
US & Canada · KampalaUganda has had troops in Somalia since 2007 to combat the Somali insurgents. All four were part of the force guarding the international airport in Mogadishu. Uganda's army has set up a board of inquiry to find the cause of the shooting. The last such shooting involving Ugandan soldiers in Somalia occurred in May 2019.
Ugandan soldier fatally shoots 3 colleagues in Somalia
46% Center coverage: 13 sources
Politics · KampalaPartygoers were killed at Freedom City mall as revellers thronged a single exit to watch a midnight fireworks show. Four minors, aged 10 to 17, were among the dead. Police said the organiser did not follow a guideline that requires children to be accompanied at such gatherings by an adult.
New Year's organizer charged with murder in Uganda stampede
Coverage: 8 sources
World Health Organization · KampalaA World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to "quickly explode" as rainfall persists in some areas.
WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera
50% Left coverage: 8 sources
