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Viewers: 3 By Spy Uganda  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced the postponement of this year’s Martyrs’ Day celebrations following fears of a possible Ebola outbreak in Uganda linked to the worsening situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement addressed to Ugandans, particularly the youth commonly referred to as the “Bazzukulu,” President Museveni said the decision …

Viewers: 90,000 By Spy Uganda The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported. In a social media post on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the outbreak does …

Viewers: 80,003 By Spy Uganda Health officials are racing to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where at least 65 people have died and hundreds more are suspected to be infected. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, around 246 suspected cases have now been recorded, raising fears the virus …

Viewers: 90,002 By Spy Uganda The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has been hit with sanctions by the United States on Thursday. Washington accused him of supporting the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and its political-military arm, the Congo River Alliance (AFC). The US Treasury Department claims that, among other things, he has provided them with …

Shock and horror have rocked Ugandan army ranks after a soldier deployed in eastern DR Congo went on a drunken shooting spree, killing his commanding officer, his boss’s bodyguard and two women in a bar brawl reportedly sparked by jealousy. The Saturday night bloodbath reportedly happened in Mahagi Territory near Zale Airport, when the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) sergeant …