KAMPALA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have agreed to strengthen joint security operations on their shared Lake Edward following a deadly attack by ...

By selling fraudulent documents, officials create a dangerous illusion of protection: travellers appear immunised on paper, but in reality they are unprotected. This increases the risk of outbreaks in ...

The Ugandan military said Thursday it has heightened security along the shared border lake with the Democratic Republic of ...

Kampala, Uganda – Rwanda is in “command and control” of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda has “unilaterally doubled its military presence” in the DRC, and armed groups ...

The M23 rebels captured Goma City, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 27 after five years of fighting that started at the Bunagana border, which Uganda ...

Fake medicines cause over 100,000 deaths a year in Africa, according to WHO. Inset, Dr Warren Namara, the director of the ...

Uganda's role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and economic interests in the mineral-rich area ...

The African Union has been unable to provide a unified response to the numerous conflicts and crises occurring in Africa, leading to a loss of confidence in the organization and the rise of warlords ...

Although Uganda is bullish about the fight to quash rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) troops across the border in the DRC, progress is hard to measure without detailed data. Ghana: Pressure mounts ...

The meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Rebels from the M23 movement captured a border town in eastern DR Congo without a fight on Sunday, local sources said, the same day a ceasefire between DRC and neighbouring Rwanda was meant to come ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 20 September 2013 In the Great Lakes ...