First discovered in Uganda in 1937, the West Nile virus is carried by birds and spread to humans by mosquitoes
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Regional African leaders gathered at a summit in Uganda have failed to come to a consensus on deploying a coalition force to confront militia groups along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rebel uprising has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians.
China has become Uganda’s number one trade partner, replacing Britain.
The expulsion is largely forgotten today, except by the Ugandan Asians themselves and their descendants who have spread across the world
Uganda had hoped to have a big year for tourism in 2012, but a recent outbreak of the Ebola virus has forced many prospective visitors to cancel their trips.
Despite the recent passage of a new constitution, corruption in Somalia's interim government could derail progress even before it begins.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Africa for ten days, meeting with leaders over concerns about terrorism and security, and China's growing economic hold over the continent.
Ebola remains a mysterious affliction; it has no cure, and no vaccine. It tends to flare up sporadically, but it can kill hundreds whenever it does crop up.
So far 14 are confirmed dead, the BBC reported, with the country's President Yoweri Museveni telling people to avoid physical contact with health agencies battle to contain the virulent disease.
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U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being redeployed to Goma as a rebel group advances toward the city.
A landslide has struck three villages and killed at least 18 people in Budada, an eastern district of Uganda.
Hailed as an African reformer, Yoweri Museveni has now become an autocrat who bends the rules to stay in power and hands favors to his family. Nothing new for Africa, unfortunately -- but the exact opposite of what he himself once pledged.
Uganda has banned 38 nongovernmental organizations for promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.
Washington, which put a $33 million bounty on the heads of six al Shabab commanders last week, said on Sunday that it will continue to provide assistance to the African Union Mission in Somalia, of which Kenya is a part, but did not elaborate.
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A Wednesday report revealed that the conflict in the Ivory Coast involves mercenaries from neighboring Liberia. The militants have abducted children, murdered civilians and raided communities in Ivorian villages.
A new report from the World Bank reveals a pattern of aid mismanagement in Somalia. In 2009 and 2010, approximately $130 million in funds delivered to the transitional government seem to have disappeared into thin air.
Ending six years of terror is clearly in Somalia's best interest, especially as the transitional government's mandate nears its end, but scattering the rebels could realize Washington's fear that al Shabab will move deeper into Africa.