Uganda
1 regional event not shown — no location within UgandaOpen on the live globe ↗Brief · 19 September 2026
This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.
Uganda is dealing with two ongoing hazard situations this week: an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus affecting Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a regional drought spanning Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania. Both are classed as new activity as of this reporting period.
Outbreak Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is active in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with WHO tracking the outbreak since it was first reported on 14 September 2026.
Drought A drought affecting Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania has impacted an area of 159,974 km2, according to GDO via GDACS data, with the situation first tracked on 29 July 2026.
- An Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, first reported on 14 September 2026, is still active.
- A drought affecting Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania, first tracked on 29 July 2026, is ongoing.
Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 8
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- OutbreakEbola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo & UgandaNew15 Nov, 00:01 UTC
- DroughtDrought in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, UgandaNew12 Nov, 08:29 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
19| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 42 | RED | steady4 escalating · 17 steady · 21 new | 3h ago |
| Tanzania | 10 | RED | steady4 steady · 6 new | 3d ago |
| Nigeria | 3 | RED | new3 new | 3h ago |
| Kenya | 3 | RED | new3 new | 3h ago |
| Uganda | 8 | RED | new8 new | 3h ago |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20 | RED | new19 new | 3h ago |
| Ethiopia | 2 | ORANGE | steady1 steady · 1 new | 3d ago |
| Sudan | 2 | ORANGE | new2 new | 3h ago |
| Chad | 2 | ORANGE | new2 new | 3h ago |
| Central African Republic | 2 | ORANGE | new2 new | 3h ago |
| Rwanda | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Niger | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
and 7 more
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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