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On 11 May, Uganda registered one new case of coronavirus out of the 2,296 samples from truck drivers at the border points of entry into Uganda. The new confirmed case was a 45 years old Ugandan male truck driver who arrived in Uganda from Juba via Elegu border point of entry. By 11 May, the total number of confirmed cases were 122.
bobiwine .ug. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February 1982), known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan politician, singer, and actor. He is a former Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda's Central Region. [1] He also leads the National Unity Platform political party. [2]
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is an Islamic extremist terrorist group originated in Uganda but is based in the nearby Democratic Republic of the Congo. The group's insurgency began in 1996; it kills hundreds of civilians every year, mainly by attacking villages. The most deadly ADF attack in Uganda was on 8 June, 1998, when the group ...
Agnes Nandutu is a Ugandan journalist, politician and Minister in charge of Karamoja. [1] In 2020 she participated in the National Resistance Movement Party primaries [2] which she lost to incumbent Woman MP Justin Khainza, [3] [4] and in the 2021 general election, running as an independent, she was elected Women's Representative for Bududa ...
Battles/wars. Lord's Resistance Army insurgency. Joseph Rao Kony (born c. 1961) is a Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments. An Acholi, Kony served as an altar boy in his childhood.
General elections were held in Uganda on 14 January 2021 to elect the President and the Parliament. The Electoral Commission announced Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent ruling since 1986, as the winner with 58.64% of the votes although the U.S. State Department qualified the electoral process as "fundamentally flawed" and Africa Elections Watch said they observed irregularities.
The President will also allow universities and other post-secondary education institutions to reopen on November 1. 23 October – 2021 Uganda bombings: One person is killed and three others injured when a bomb explodes in a bar in Kampala, Uganda. Three suspected terrorists are behind the attack.
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.