Articles tagged with "uganda"
Uganda: Dutch Tourist Dies from Marburg Virus Contracted in a Cave
By Larry Habegger | July 23rd, 2008 |
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A Dutch woman who was brushed by a fruit bat in a cave in the Maramagambo Forest died of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The deadly Marburg virus is similar to the... [Read this entry]
Uganda: Wildlife Official Says Rwenzori Region Safe from Ebola
By Larry Habegger | December 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Some 116 people have caught the deadly Ebola virus in western Uganda’s Bundibugyo district, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 30 have died. Wildlife officials in the popular Rwenzori... [Read this entry]
Uganda: British Tourist Killed in Murchisons Falls
By Larry Habegger | November 13th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
A British tourist was killed and foreigners and non-government organizations (NGOs) have been threatened in northern Uganda by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), an insurgent group that has been fighting the... [Read this entry]
Uganda
By Larry Habegger | December 17th, 2003 | Add a Comment »
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala received a report of a threat against the embassy and the American Club, but the credibility of the information has not been confirmed. The embassy... [Read this entry]
Uganda
By Larry Habegger | January 21st, 2003 | Add a Comment »
An outbreak of cholera in Kampala that killed two people has been blamed on locally bottled water or juice that was contaminated. Samples of both showed high counts of e.... [Read this entry]
Uganda
By Larry Habegger | June 12th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
The U.S. Embassy has received reports that individuals are planning terrorist attacks against facilities and events associated with or funded by Americans and Britons in Uganda. The information has not... [Read this entry]
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By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
After a notorious rebel attack on a tourist group in March 1999 in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, security has been significantly increased in national parks across the country. But a recent... [Read this entry]
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