Jessica PhelanDecember 4, 2012 12:54

Eritrea's national soccer team disappears, believed defected

Almost the entire Eritrean squad is missing after a tournament in Uganda.

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In December 2009 a dozen players from Eritrea's national football team (above) went missing after a competition in Kenya. Now, 17 members of the national squad have disappeared after playing a tournament in Uganda. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

Most of Eritrea's national soccer team has disappeared, believed to have defected after a tournament in Uganda.

Seventeen of the squad's 22 players, plus the team doctor, failed to turn up for their flight home today, BBC Sport reported.

They haven't been seen since Sunday, the day after they played their final match in the Cecafa Cup, a regional tournament organized by the the Council for East and Central Africa Football Association and held this year in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

Uganda drops death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' from anti-gay bill

Jessica PhelanNovember 23, 2012 10:15

Ugandan lawmakers have reportedly dropped the clause allowing the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" from a controversial anti-gay bill.

Uganda to withdraw peacekeepers from Somalia over controversy

Alexander BesantNovember 3, 2012 13:06

Uganda said that it would be withdrawing its peacekeepers from Somalia Saturday after the UN accused the country of supporting rebels in Congo.

Congo demands sanctions on Rwanda, Uganda over rebel support

Priyanka BoghaniOctober 17, 2012 13:24

The M23 movement, led by an indicted war criminal, has forced around 470,000 people to flee their homes since March.

Dr. Christine J.D. OndoaOctober 12, 2012 06:23

The greatest threat to Uganda's future? The mosquito

Commentary: International partnerships to control the disease are essential.

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A mother holds her seven-month-old daughter underneath a mosquito tent while at the hospital on August 16, 2011. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

KAMPALA, Uganda – This week marks the 50th anniversary of Uganda’s independence, and the capital of Kampala has been noisy with celebration. My country has overcome a violent past, but hope is daily threatened by a force more deadly than any warlord or civil unrest. The greatest threat to Uganda’s future is the common mosquito.

Uganda releases David Cecil, British theater producer jailed over gay play

News DeskSeptember 17, 2012 09:23

Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda, and gays and lesbians have long faced serious discrimination.

Ivory: Ugandan army suspected of elephant slaughter

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 4, 2012 11:31

According to conversation groups, poachers are killing tens of thousands of elephants a year, and the underground ivory trade is becoming increasingly militarized.

Lord's Resistance Army kidnaps dozens in raids in Central African Republic

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 3, 2012 16:26

The news comes a day after reports that the Ugandan army destroyed the base of a key general in the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic.

Erin Conway-SmithAugust 26, 2012 14:29

Man steals phone from Ebola patient at Uganda hospital, gets Ebola

A man stole a mobile phone from an Ebola patient in an isolation ward at a Western Uganda hospital. The thief — surprise! — also became infected with Ebola.

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Officials from the World Health Organization wear protective clothing on July 28, 2012 as they prepare to enter Kagadi Hospital in Kibale District, about 200 kilometres from Kampala, Uganda, where an outbreak of Ebola virus started. The World Health Organization has said there is no need to panic and that everything has been done to contain the situation. In a statement yesterday,Ugandan President Museveni urged the public to desist from physical contact, such as shaking hands, in order to prevent a further spread of the disease. (ISAAC KASAMANI /AFP/Getty Images)

A man stole a mobile phone from an Ebola patient in an isolation ward at a Western Uganda hospital. The thief — surprise! — also became infected with Ebola.

Ebola outbreak may have spread at baby's funeral

Mariya KarimjeeAugust 3, 2012 07:16

The Ebola outbreak that's currently terrifying residents of western Uganda is believed to have spread widely at the funeral at the first known victim, a 3-month-old girl whose mother also died from the disease.