Uganda, Africa

In many parts of Uganda, especially rural areas, women's roles have not changed since the first Women's Day a hundred years ago. Women are still the...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to step up the repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees from Uganda, despite logistical constraints that have...

Much excitement greeted the opening of Quality Chemicals in 2007, the first manufacturer of antiretroviral (ARV) medication in East Africa, but six...

Stephen Mukasa, 23, a fisherman on East Africa's Lake Victoria, is more terrified of drowning than he is of dying from an AIDS-related illness. ...

James is a single 30-something executive in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. He recently met a girl he really liked, and told IRIN/PlusNews that...

An agreement to prosecute alleged war criminals in Uganda rather than in the International Criminal Court (ICC) has fuelled hopes for an imminent end...

Condom resistance remains a real problem among HIV discordant couples in Uganda, new research has found. The study, whose results were presented...

Kenyans fearing more political violence are continuing to seek refuge in neighbouring Uganda, according to aid workers. "Since Saturday [12...

Tuberculosis infection rates in Uganda have increased due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country, but the scarcity of health centres and...

Ugandan health officials said they had an outbreak of a rare Ebola strain under control in their country but expressed concerns that the disease...