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Olara Otunnu, the United Nations special representative for children and armed conflict, briefs reporters on Dec. 16, 2002, at the United Nations. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)

Ugandan statesman is in the race to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - A health worker checks an individual's temperature at a temporary health clinic at the Mpondwe border crossing linking Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, attends a "thanksgiving" ceremony in Entebbe, Uganda late Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Ugandan army chief orders the closure of a major news platform

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A Muslim woman walks towards the prayer grounds at Sayo Muhamed School to perform Eid al-Adha prayers amid an Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

People walk out of the Ministry of Health's Headquarters in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ugandan health officials report new Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to seven

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Vanny Birungi, a Red Cross volunteer, speaks to people during a public sensitisation campaign amid the Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Uganda reports more Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to 7

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Uganda's long-time president Yoweri Museveni, 81, takes an oath of office during the inauguration ceremony for a seventh consecutive five-year term, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )

Uganda’s president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Uganda police officers at the crime scene after a man killed four children in a machete attack at the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program nursery school in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo)

Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing 4 children

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A supporter of Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, holds onto a campaign poster in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Days after a disputed election, Uganda’s army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP), arrives with his wife to cast their votes, during the presidential election at a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Attorney fears for safety of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine after army chief threats

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A woman celebrates Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's victory in the presidential election in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Uganda’s president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strength

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)

Uganda’s military deployed in national capital before presidential election

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the mayoral election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Mamdani’s win inspires Ugandans who see hope in youth joining politics

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani greets some people in a car while surrounded by reporters in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

In Uganda, where Zohran Mamdani was born, NYC mayoral hopeful is recalled with pride

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A bus involved in a highway collision that left dozens dead near Gulu, northern Uganda, on Wednesday,Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hakiim Wampamba)

More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

People attend a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) **FILE**

Immigration battle over fate of accused human smuggler Garcia puts spotlight on Uganda

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Health workers prepare to administer vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A health worker prepares to administer a vial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial, at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, in the village of Madudu, in the Mubende district of Uganda Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

People walk outside the Mulago National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan, 30, 2024, where a nurse had died of Ebola. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )

Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country’s first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press