Sources: BBC
The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from "high" to "very high" due to its rapid spread, while keeping it "low" at the global level. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the outbreak in Uganda is stable. 2026-05-22
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is re-inaugurated for a 7th term. 2026-05-12
Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. 2024-10-30
Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in a 24-year-old man who later died, becoming the first known fatality from the strain since 2011. 2022-09-20
A Ugandan lawmaker who propose the Anti-Homosexuality Bill scraps the proposed death penalty clause. 2012-02-10
An anti-gay bill is reintroduced in the Ugandan parliament after it was previously withdrawn. 2012-02-7
Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested after calling for a protest against recent fuel price increases. 2011-04-11
Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye calls for protests against the disputed presidential election which saw incumbent President Yoweri Museveni win a fourth term in office. 2011-02-24
A petition featuring 450,000 international names in opposition of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill is given to the speaker of parliament, Edward Ssekandi, by an Anglican priest and an HIV-AIDS activist. 2010-03-1
Uganda's deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem says the country's anti-homosexuality Bill "will be changed". 2010-02-5