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Heavy rains trigger landslide in Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)World
Landslide kills at least 31 in eastern Uganda: Govt officials

'The landslide pushed huge boulders into a river which burst its banks and the water swept away the people,' an official...

12 Oct 2018 7:46 AM

If superspreading had been completely under control about two-thirds of Ebola cases could have been avoided (Photo: AFP)Life
Bleeding eye Fever kills 4, feared to be worse than Plague

Health chiefs warn spread of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever could be catastrophic'.

16 Jan 2018 7:18 AM

The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in one of the worse diseases in 50 years. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)Life
Girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever which is feared to be worse than...

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of...

15 Jan 2018 9:20 AM

The 73-year-old had signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2014, making it illegal to be gay in Uganda. (Photo: AP)Life
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wants to ban oral sex, issues public...

Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for 31 years, issues public warning' , says mouth is for eating'.

19 April 2018 5:01 AM

An Ebola health worker is seen at a treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. (Photo: AP)World
Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda in current outbreak

The first fatality, a five-year-old boy who had crossed into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo, died late on...

13 Jun 2019 8:58 AM

A minor explosion took place near Indian embassy camp office at Biratnagar in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Representational Image)World
Over 20 killed in oil tanker explosion in west Uganda

The accident happened after its driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a stationary vehicle, which...

19 Aug 2019 5:50 AM

Volunteers of the non profit organisation and charity group \Hunger has no Religion\, wearing protective facemask, prepare portions of porridge to distribute to children for breakfast at an underprivileged areas, in Westbury suburb, in Johannesburg. (AFP)World
Corona checks affect food deliveries in East Africa

The UN's World Food Programme ships 2,000 tonnes of beans and cooking oil to feed some of Uganda's 1.4 million refugees

30 May 2020 8:12 AM

Fake drugs are a common problem across Africa (Photo: AFP)Life
Fake Hepatitis B vaccine found at health facities in Uganda

The scandal has fueled concerns about corruption in a health sector long plagued by malfeasance.

19 March 2018 12:50 PM

The elephant paradeAge on Sunday
East meets West

Kenyan-born british artist Ketna Patel uses a bright palette to celebrate the everyday stuff' in her art work.

23 April 2017 12:29 AM

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