Uganda's top court said on Friday that trying civilians in military courts was unconstitutional and ordered any ongoing prosecutions to stop immediately.The ruling will offer relief to a key opposition figure,

Uganda’s Supreme Court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional is a victory for human rights.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are moving “rapidly” through South Kivu province toward the city of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said.

The World Health Organization ( WHO)  has allocated US$ 1 million (200 billion) from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to help quickly tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Uganda on Thursday.

Rwandan-backed rebels have been on the move after capturing the city of Goma

In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years.

Under the access to foreign exchange pillar, Uganda scored 67 out of 100, coming behind South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Botswana and Egypt

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In addition to the Ebola outbreak confirmed on Thursday, Uganda is also battling an outbreak of Mpox, with 2,462 cases and 16 deaths recorded since July 2024.

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"In the context of the outbreak in parts of Africa, we expect to see the occasional imported case of clade Ib mpox in the UK," the UK Health Security Agency said. Overall the risk to the general population remains low. This is the second detection of imported clade 1b in the United Kingdom this week.