Uganda
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, bordered by South Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Tanzania to the south, Rwanda to the southwest and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. The capital and largest city is Kampala. With a population of about 47-million, Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the world. The economy is primarily agricultural, with coffee being the leading export crop, though the country also produces tea, cotton, tobacco and fish. Uganda has significant mineral resources including copper, cobalt, gold and recently discovered oil reserves in the Albertine Graben region along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The currency is the Ugandan shilling. The country operates as a presidential republic, with President Yoweri Museveni having held office since 1986. Uganda is a member of the East African Community, the African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations. The country has played a significant regional security role, contributing troops to peacekeeping missions and engaging in cross-border operations against insurgent groups. Uganda gained independence from British colonial rule in 1962, and its post-independence history has been marked by periods of political instability and conflict, followed by relative stability and economic growth since the late 1980s.
Uganda Updates
Tanzania and Angola agree to link ocean corridors by rail
By: Reuters Updated 1 hour 54 minutes ago Tanzania and Angola have agreed to connect their Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean transport corridors with a railway link via Zambia and the... →
Airline groups urge US CDC to reconsider Ebola declaration requirements
By: Reuters 29th October 2026 Major American and foreign airlines urged the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider new rules requiring all US-bound... →
Congo's Ebola infections surpass 10 000, government says
By: Reuters 27th October 2026 The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 10 000, government data showed on Tuesday, a milestone that... →
Daily Podcast – October 26, 2026
By: Halima Frost 26th October 2026 Making headlines: Moody's says South Africa's budget update is credit positive; EFF, Ramaphosa congratulate Brazil’s Lula on fourth term; And,... →
Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says
By: Reuters 26th October 2026 A team of leading Ebola scientists will travel to Nigeria to help investigate how the country’s first patient in more than a decade got infected,... →
Nigeria's Ebola patient medically evacuated to Switzerland
By: Reuters 26th October 2026 Nigeria's Ebola patient left the country on a medical evacuation flight to Switzerland on Monday morning, the health minister said. The patient is... →
Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo
By: Reuters 26th October 2026 Ugandan citizens returning to the country with a history of travel to Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for 21 days, Health Minister... →
Daily Podcast – October 23, 2026
By: Thabi Shomolekae 23rd October 2026 Making headlines: ANC orders Gwede Mantashe to apologise over sexist remarks; MKP removes SG over communication, administrative breakdowns; And,... →
Nigeria Ebola patient did not travel to Congo, Swiss government says
By: Reuters 23rd October 2026 The Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, did not travel to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Swiss... →
WHO was not told Nigeria's Ebola patient travelled to Congo, as Uganda has said
By: Reuters 22nd October 2026 The World Health Organization was not told that Nigeria's Ebola patient had travelled to Congo, the WHO's representative in Nigeria said on... →
