South Africa prepares for potential Ebola outbreak
South Africa's Ministry of Health is scaling up readiness interventions to handle any potential Ebola outbreak. Image: Pixabay.The South African Ministry of Health is ram...
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Man Lynched After Allegedly Stabbing Teenager to Death in Rukungiri
A confrontation at a trading centre in Rukungiri District ended in the deaths of two people on Tuesday night after a 25-year-old man was lynched by an angry mob moments a...
Domestic violence claims another life as police hunt for Mubende murder suspect
Police in Mubende District have launched a manhunt for a 45-year-old man accused of killing his wife following a domestic dispute, as authorities renew calls for couples...
Museveni Warns Uganda Unprepared for Major Earthquake, Orders Nationwide Building Audit
Uganda lies within the seismically active East African Rift System, where the African tectonic plate is slowly splitting apart, making western and central Uganda vulnerab...
Who Will Speak When They Come for You?
German pastor Martin Niemöller, reflecting on the rise of Nazi Germany, wrote the now famous words: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—beca...
New Ebola Case Found In Uganda Two Weeks After Last Case
Uganda has registered a new positive case of Ebola, almost three weeks after the country registered a case on 5 June 2026.The new case brings the total number of cases re...
Why Police Tactics Are Falling Short on Kidnapping For Ransom Cases
Security experts are warning that inadequate investment in kidnapping investigation skills has left law enforcement agencies exposed, fueling public anxiety as kidnapping...
UWA Arrests Three Over Suspected Poisoning of Seven Hyenas in Mburo Park
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has arrested three suspects in Kiruhura District over the alleged poisoning of seven hyenas in Lake Mburo National Park, with investigations...
Five killed, nine injured as fuel trailer rams taxi on Masaka-Kyotera Highway
The ill-fated truck involved in the crash that killed five people and left others injured along the Masaka–Kyotera–Mutukula Highway on June 18, 2026. Photo by Malik F...
Climate Change Linked to Increasing Domestic Violence In Homes
Gender based violence is increasingly being linked to the effects of climate change.Ann Nassamula, a Senior Programme Officer at the Centre for Domestic Violence Preventi...