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A gasoline truck overturns and explodes near Uganda's capital, killing 11

Oct. 22, 2024 23:10 PM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Tuesday after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police said. Two children were among the dead. The truck overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala, the capital, police...

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shot and wounded in a confrontation with police

Sep. 03, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's leading opposition figure Bobi Wine was shot in the leg in a confrontation with police Tuesday just outside the capital, Kampala, and was “seriously injured,” his political party said. Video posted online showed Wine surrounded by followers who...

In Uganda's chaotic capital, boda-boda motorcycle taxis are a source of life and death

Aug. 20, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The young men perched on motorcycles looked dazed in the morning heat. But at the sight of a potential passenger, they furiously kick-started their machines and tried to outrace each other for the business. For tens of thousands of men in Uganda's capital,...