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Ugandan Health Workers Still Haven’t Seen the Money Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  On Jan. 20, US President Donald Trump abruptly cut funding for the surveillance of and response to an outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus here. Elon Musk, Trump’s unelected right hand, said in a …

Uganda’s Supreme Court in January banned the trial of civilians in military court with immediate effect. In practice, people who oppose President Yoweri Museveni remain in prison — and with even fewer ways to get out. Wakiso, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled in January that …

Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers, the largest number of any African country. But without US funding, basic services like food distribution are likely to end. Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  When Benedict and his family arrived in Uganda from Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2024, …

 At least one person has died in the country’s latest outbreak. US aid has been key to containing previous outbreaks. How will Uganda fare without it? Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  One nurse died from the Sudan Ebola virus in Uganda on Jan. 29. Two more cases …

The government’s move to transfer many public construction projects to the military has worsened fears about President Museveni’s concentration of power Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |   In 2021, the Ugandan government announced a policy that the military would take on all new government-funded construction projects in the …

WAKISO, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda | A little more than a year after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest LGBTQ+ laws, another bill under parliamentary review has reignited concerns over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual and gender …