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46 killed in western Uganda road crash involving multiple vehicles
At least 46 people were killed early Wednesday when two buses and two other vehicles collided on a highway in western Uganda, police said, marking one of the worst road accidents in the country in recent years. Police initially gave the death toll...
63 Persons Killed After Multiple Vehicles Head-On Crash In Uganda
The police said on Wednesday that several others were injured and have been taken to hospitals in the western town of Kiryandongo. About 63 people have died after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda. The police said on Wednesday...
Collision involving multiple vehicles on Uganda highway kills 46 people
Two buses travelling in opposite directions on the Kampala-Gulu Highway collided head-on while overtaking. Published On 22 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 | Updated: 26 minutes agoUpdated: 26 minutes ago At least 46 people have been killed in a major road...
46 dead after bus collision in Uganda
Two buses collided on a major highway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring several others, police said, lowering the death toll from 63. The East African country has a notorious road safety record, frequently recording bus...
At least 46 dead after two buses collide on Uganda highway
Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said. Ugandan police had earlier reported a death toll of 63 but later reduced it to 46, saying some victims found...
Why Uganda must confront the illicit alcohol crisis
Samples of illicit alcohol on the Ugandan market. Photo: X.com/CEOEastAfricaAcross Uganda, alcohol is part of the cultural connection and, in many ways, the social lubricant that drives interactions, closes business deals and celebrates victories....
How Anita became Uganda’s most powerful woman and most controversial speaker
In Bukedea, her home district in eastern Uganda, Speaker Anita Annet Among is greeted like royalty. The crowd parts as she steps out of a black convoy, the air filled with songs praising “Mama Speaker.” To her supporters, she is the woman who...
63 killed in horrific road crash along Kampala–Gulu Highway
KIRYANDONGO — At least 63 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a devastating road accident that occurred early Tuesday morning at Kitaleba Village, near Asili Farm, along the Kampala–Gulu Highway. The tragedy...
Uganda Bus Crash Death Toll Lowered To 46 After Initial Miscount Of 63, Say Police
Ugandan police have revised the death toll from a devastating bus crash on a major highway, lowering it from an initial count of 63 to 46. The crash occurred just after midnight on the busy road connecting the capital, Kampala, to the northern...
63 people killed in huge road crash after two buses 'attempt to overtake in opposite directions' in Uganda
This story is developing, more to follow By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 02:09 EDT, 22 October 2025 | Updated: 02:53 EDT, 22 October 2025 A road accident involving two buses on one of Uganda's busiest highways killed at least...
63 people killed in crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda
People gather at the scene of a multiple vehicles collision that left at least 63 dead near Gulu, northern Uganda on Oct 22. (AP) KAMPALA, Uganda, Oct 22, (AP): Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western...
More than 40 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda
Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda, the police say. The police revised down an earlier death toll of 63, saying they had mistakenly included victims who were unconscious and were now being...
63 dead, scores injured as two buses collide on Kampala-Gulu highway
Author: Staff reporter | Published: 9 minutes ago A screen grab of a TikTok video recorded at the scene of the bus crash on the Kampala-Gulu highway on October 22, 2025. PHOTO/ COURTESY At least 63 people were killed in an accident involving...
‘Head-on’ bus collision kills at least 46 in Uganda
Two buses collided on a major highway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring several others, police said, lowering the death toll from 63. The east African country has a notorious road safety record, frequently recording bus...
63 people killed in Uganda road accident
Two buses collided on a major motorway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 63 people and injuring several others, police said. The incident occurred on the Kampala-Gulu highway just after midnight, when two buses "met head-on during the...
President Museveni Mourns Victims of Kampala–Gulu Highway Crash as 46 Confirmed Dead
President Museveni has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic road crash that claimed 46 lives and left several others injured along the Kampala–Gulu Highway in the early hours of 22nd October 2025. In his condolence message, the President extended...
Rockefeller Foundation and International Development Research Centre Advance Solutions to Protect People’s Health from Climate Change Impacts in Senegal and Uganda
$1.4M collaboration supports strengthening governance, evidence generation, and investment readiness of the two countries’ national health systems Builds upon Senegal’s and Uganda’s efforts to advance climate and health agendas in Africa NAIROBI |...
At least 63 people killed in multiple vehicle crash in Uganda, police say
Two buses and two other vehicles crashed in western Uganda, killing at least 63 people, police said, in one of the worst road accidents in the East African country in recent years. Several other people were injured in the crash that happened after...
More than 40 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda
Watch: Four vehicles were involved in the crash on a major highway on the Kampala-Gulu Highway Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda, the police say. The police revised down an earlier death...
Accident: 63 killed in head-on bus collision on Kampala–Gulu highway
At least 63 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a devastating road accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Kitaleba village, near Asili Farm along the Kampala–Gulu highway....