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Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [11] Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests in July. [12]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. 1 January – At least nine people are killed and many others are injured during a stampede at a music show in Kampala. [2] 6 January – At least 16 people are killed and 21 others are injured in a bus crash en route to the city of Gulu from Kampala, in northern Uganda. [3]
On 28 November 2024, heavy rainfall caused a series of landslides to strike six villages in the Bulambuli District, located in mountainous regions of eastern Uganda. The damage caused by the landslides caused the deaths of at least 20 people, [ 1 ] with 113 reported by Ugandan police as missing.
KAMPALA (Reuters) -The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors.
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10 January – Uganda reopens schools for the first time since March 2020 after a nearly two-year closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] 28 January – The Rwandan foreign ministry announces the reopening of the country 's border crossing with Uganda following political tensions between the two countries that led to the closure of the ...
Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year. Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died).
Uganda imposes a new tax rate for using the internet as the government orders a 12% excise duty on mobile data. President Yoweri Museveni defends the tax as he says that social media users are "endlessly donating money to foreign telephone companies through chatting or even lying" and described the use of social media as a "luxury". This tax ...