KAMPALA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Uganda has ordered 18 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab and up to 40% of the shipments are expected to arrive by the end ...

UNHCR and the World Bank, together with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, tracked the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on refugees throughout three rounds of phone surveys. The data ...

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2021—The World Bank approved $200 million to help the Government of Uganda mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on private sector investment and employment and to support new ...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Russia–Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia October 23, 2019. [Reuters] The Ugandan ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, Uganda quickly shut down parks like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to protect the gorillas and chimpanzees from getting infected. Tourism ...

Uganda has proposed steep penalties for anti-vaxxers in a new bill being studied by parliament, as the country doubles down on its Covid-19 vaccine mandate. A parliamentary health committee said ...

Uganda's schools reopened to students on Monday, ending the world's longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, ...

"Uganda has built significant capacity in managing different pandemics over the years but the COVID-19 poses unique challenges. These funds will provide the necessary resources to boost the current ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19. Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, said on Twitter that he was ...

Uganda hosts the largest refugee population in Africa, with some 1.5 million people mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By March 2021, the employment rates for these ...