By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Observer
Kampala International University remains Uganda’s highest-ranked private university in the July 2026 edition of the Webometrics ranking. It ranks second nationally and is among Africa’s top 50 universities, following its community’s participation in the Erasmus+ exchange programme in Türkiye.
Uganda’s Ministry of Health says the country has no confirmed active Ebola cases after a patient who travelled through Uganda was reported in Nigeria. Ugandan authorities say where she contracted the virus remains to be determined and are stepping up health checks at points of entry, according to their statement issued in Kampala on 20 October 2026.
🇺🇬 Uganda · Source: Vanguard ·
Annet Nsimiire, a Ugandan woman from Kikuube, says a misdiagnosis cost her her baby and uterus; she is now in hospital in Kampala with failing kidneys. She cannot afford the tests and care she needs, and NTV Uganda shared her case on Facebook on 21 October 2026.
🇺🇬 Uganda · Source: Tuko ·
Uganda is asking Nigeria for the itinerary and medical history of a Nigerian traveller who tested positive for Ebola and passed through the country after staying in eastern DR Congo. Uganda’s health ministry says no active case has been confirmed there and that the place of infection remains to be established, according to its statement published in Kampala on 20 October 2026.
🇺🇬 Uganda · Source: Punch ·
Ghanaian gospel singer Bernice Ofeibea Offei will be buried on 14 November 2026 at the Legon Interdenominational Church in Ghana. Aged 63, she died on 12 September at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, reports The Ghana Report.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Theghanareport ·
Former Ugandan MP Charles Matovu dies during election petitionCharles Matovu, a former Ugandan MP for Busiro South, died as the High Court examined his petition against the 2026 election results. National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi confirmed the death without specifying its cause, according to the Daily Monitor.
Madagascar honours 20 evangelical artists for their cultural contributionMadagascar’s Ministry of Communication and Culture has honoured 20 evangelical artists for their contribution to culture and society. Eleven were made commanders and six others received a distinction, L’Express de Madagascar reports.The week in Africa
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