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Ugandan gorillas and Tiger's Nest: Eight once-in-a-lifetime adventures
We’ve rounded up the best tour operators to help you live out your wildest travel dreams.

‘Ebola could have wiped us all’: Slow lockdown haunts Uganda
New York Times: Authorities were reluctant to impose restrictions after Covid.

Passenger helps deliver mother's first baby mid-flight
The new mother named her baby after the doctor on board.

Two explosions rock Uganda's capital, Kampala, killing three
A coordinated attack by extremists rocked Kampala, killing at least three civilians.

Jane of the Jungle: Goodall pledges 1 trillion trees by 2030
Can 1 trillion trees really counter a decade of carbon emissions?

'Tell us if he's dead': Abductions and torture rattle Uganda
New York Times: Hundreds have been detained, many brutalised, after a bloody election.

Jailed, exiled, silenced: Smothering East Africa's political opposition
New York Times: Leaders take advantage of pandemic to clamp down hard on opponents.

Election 2020: Our diverse 40 new MPs
Who are they? They include our first African, Latin American and Sri Lankan MPs.

Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops
A second wave of a huge locust outbreak is arriving in parts of East Africa.

Woman accused of letting 100 babies die
She is accused of lying about being a doctor and performing "experiments" on babies.

'Truly frightening': Deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
The moment that health professionals have feared has arrived.

Uganda intensifies search efforts for tourist and guide kidnapped on game drive
They have been missing since gunmen allegedly held four people at gunpoint.

Outcry over Uganda's plan to use 'curvy women' to boost tourism
Ugandan women have called for the tourism minister's resignation over the proposal.

Five years in jail and Terry Waite talks crime and punishment
Guest lecturer Terry Waite wants to shed some light on crime and punishment.

Dangerously overcrowded party boat sinks in Lake Victoria, killing 29
Party boat seemed doomed before it even pushed off into choppy waters of Lake Victoria.

31 dead in Ugandan boat accident, toll expected to rise
Overcrowded party boat capsizes in Lake Victoria, Uganda, leaving at least 31 people dead.

Migingo Island: Photos from Africa's busiest fishing island
On Lake Victoria the island is smaller than a soccer pitch and home to five hundred.

'We lost everything ... I just want her to live in safety'
Strength and courage shine through in these photos of refugees from around the world.

Kiwi kids visit 'African siblings' in Uganda
"They've had a very eye-opening summer," Auckland mum Kristin Ward says.

Rhino shot, killed at French park
In a shocking new development, a rhino has been slaughtered at a French zoo for its horn.

The receding snows of Kilimanjaro
The mountains of East Africa are being dissolved by climate change, Jason Patinkin reports.