African Union's health agency warned that more countries on the continent are risk of being affected by the Ebola virus, as well as the DRC and Uganda.

President Museveni has announced that Uganda will host a continental Ebola coordination centre proposed by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as African health authorities intensify efforts to strengthen regional preparedness and response to the disease.

President Museveni has outlined an ambitious post-election economic agenda centered on industrialisation, value addition and skills development, arguing that Uganda and Africa cannot achieve prosperity while exporting raw materials and importing finished products.

The final FIFA U-17 World Cup places have been determined following African play-off victories for Mozambique and Uganda via penalty shootouts.

This reflects a maturing East African energy strategy, recognising that long-term energy security depends not only on upstream resources but also on infrastructure that enables crude to be refined and distributed more efficiently across borders. Uganda’s first oil will not immediately solve East Africa’s fuel pressures.