Coverage tagged: Uganda (UGA)
Every story tagged to Uganda in the reporting behind our ratings, newest first. State-self-reported sources are excluded from scoring; non-anglophone coverage is surfaced in translation. Every card links to its source.
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Confirmed deaths jumped from ~930 (July 21) to 1,487 and cases from ~2,300 to 3,360 by July 27, with 48 of 140 health zones across five provinces affected, 100+ health workers infected and the Bundibugyo strain outside the certified range of Zaire-strain vaccines; a single day added 98 cases and 50 deaths. DRC healthcare held at the -10 floor with confidence up to 0.9.
Uganda's health ministry declared its outbreak over July 28, twelve days after the last case was discharged: 20 confirmed cases, 2 deaths total, against the raging DRC epidemic next door; Africa CDC is pressing the US to lift outbreak travel restrictions. Demonstrated response capacity: eased Uganda healthcare -5 to -4.
Puntland regional forces surrounded a federal-aligned PSF camp in Galkayo July 28-29 in a rapidly escalating federal-vs-Puntland standoff, with a former PM warning of internal conflict; an extraordinary AUSSOM troop-contributor summit opened in Uganda July 29 under a US funding threat, and partners set an end-August deadline for a broad political deal. Article bodies unreachable, headlines and dates verified. Drove Somalia political stability near -7 to -8 at reduced confidence.
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak reached 1,926 confirmed cases and 702 deaths through July 11 - now the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record, spreading faster than prior outbreaks with the true scale not yet established per WHO. Drove DR Congo healthcare -8 to -9.