June 23
Uganda: New Ebola Case Found in Uganda Two Weeks After Last Case
Uganda has registered a new positive case of Ebola, almost three weeks after the country registered a case on 5 June 2026. Read more »
June 22
Uganda: Uganda - Ebola-Free Certificates Not Required for International Travel
Uganda's Ministry of Health has said travellers leaving the country do not require Ebola-Free Certificates for international travel, visa applications or overseas employment, as… Read more »
June 16
Uganda: Health Ministry Warns Against Fake Ebola Certificates for Travellers
The Ministry of Health has clarified that Ugandans travelling abroad are not required to present Ebola-free certificates as a condition for departure, despite the country's ongoing… Read more »
June 14
Congo-Kinshasa: In DRC Displacement Camp, Ebola Warnings Meet Dry Taps, Crowded Shelters
At the Kigonze camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the daily struggle against… Read more »
June 11
Uganda: Ebola - Uganda Still At High Risk
A new risk assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that the risk of transmission of Ebola Bundibugyo viral disease remains high in Uganda and very high in the… Read more »
June 10
Uganda: Dr Diana Atwine - Ebola's Most Visible Face in Uganda
Over the last decade, every time Uganda has had an Ebola outbreak, it has always found Dr Diana Atwine, Uganda's Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, waiting for it. From… Read more »
June 09
Uganda: WHO Condemns Ebola Travel Restriction Against Uganda
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has has said travel restrictions imposed on Uganda as a result of the Ebola outbreak first announced… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda Deploys Team to DRC to Contain Ebola
Uganda is in final preparations of setting up Ebola treatment centers and a Laboratory in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to assist the neighboring country bring the… Read more »
June 03
Uganda: Govt Places Over 600 Ebola Contacts On No-Fly List As Cases Rise
The Ministry of Health says over six hundred contacts of the fifteen Ebola Bundibugyo virus-positive cases in Uganda have been placed under a No-fly list. Read more »
June 02
Uganda: Education Ministry Dismisses Claims of School Closures Over Ebola
The Ministry of Education and Sports has dismissed claims circulating both online and offline that schools across Uganda have been closed or suspended because of Ebola. Read more »
Africa: Ebola's Long Shadow Over the World Cup
On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual surge in summer travel, the World… Read more »
June 01
Uganda: Why Precision Matters in Uganda's Ebola Narrative
After news of a Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in East-Central Africa, international media began portraying the region with exaggerated and harmful stereotypes. Over the weekend,… Read more »
May 25
Congo-Kinshasa: FIFA Clears Congolese Team for World Cup Amid Ebola Outbreak
The world's governing football body, FIFA, and the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA) both say that the players and coaching staff of the national team of the… Read more »
May 26
Africa: Inside Africa's Race to Stop Ebola
Uganda is mobilizing its hard-earned Ebola expertise as eastern DRC's outbreak threatens to overwhelm borders, and strain economies Read more »
May 25
Uganda: Ebola - Potential Death Toll in DRC Tops 200
The number of deaths attributed to an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 200, the Ministry of Communication and Media said on the X social… Read more »
May 20
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Officials Intensify Screening, Surveillance Along DRC Border Districts
Heightened Ebola screening, surveillance, and control measures have been intensified along the Uganda-DR Congo border districts following confirmed cases in the Eastern Democratic… Read more »
May 19
Uganda: Ebola - Uganda-DR Congo Border At Kanungu Closed
The Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border in Kanungu District has been temporarily closed following an Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, as authorities intensify measures to… Read more »
East Africa: EAC Urges Alert Over Ebola, Russia Sends Experts to Uganda
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on all Partner States to heighten surveillance, strengthen emergency preparedness and intensify cross-border coordination… Read more »
Uganda: Faith, Fear and Ebola in Uganda
For weeks, Christian Congolese pilgrims had been walking. From the crowded trading centres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, from villages shadowed by militia violence and… Read more »
May 18
Uganda: Suspected Ebola Case Reported in Hoima
Health officials in Hoima district have isolated one person at the Hoima regional referral hospital after he presented with Ebola-like symptoms. Read more »
September 23, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Hope Rises in Bulape As DRC Mounts Swift Ebola Response
When the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed a new outbreak of Ebola on Sept.4, memories of past outbreaks came rushing back. Fear spread quickly in Kasai Province,… Read more »
September 07, 2025
Uganda: Uganda On Alert After Ebola Outbreak in Neighboring DRC
Uganda said on Friday that it is on high alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has so far claimed… Read more »
