Health

South Sudan has regained limited access to advance financing against its future crude oil exports after reaching an agreement with commodities trader BB Energy to partially settle a dispute that had led to restrictions imposed by a London court.

An expectant mother and her unborn baby have died after she reportedly sought delivery services from a traditional birth attendant instead of a health facility, prompting renewed calls for pregnant women to seek skilled medical care.

The United Nations (UN) has launched an emergency appeal for US$15.8 million to support Uganda’s Ebola response as the number of confirmed cases of the deadly Bundibugyo strain rose to seven, with more than 300 contacts currently under active follow-up.

The Commercial Division of the High Court has dismissed with costs an application by Nile Breweries Uganda Limited seeking to block the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from collecting 18.5 billion Shillings in disputed taxes.

The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been tasked with leading global efforts to eliminate polio through a new reference laboratory set to open at its Entebbe-based facility.

Authorities in Kikuube District have temporarily closed Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following an Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC.

A 30-year-old man has been beaten to death in Kyaterekera Sub-county, Kagadi District. The deceased has been identified as Saturday Justus, a resident of Kiyenzi Village in Kyaterekera Sub-county.

For too long, the story of surgery in Uganda has carried an unavoidable fear: the fear that getting the care you need might push your family into poverty.

The government has been urged to take immediate action to fortify staple foods with folic acid to prevent Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.

US-based former Club Silk DJ and producer Rachael Kungu, commonly known as DJ Rachael, has launched an appeal for donations totaling $100,000 approximately Ugx 350,000,000 to support her cancer treatment.