A young woman abducted and repeatedly raped by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda told the Security Council on Wednesday how she became a rifle-toting child soldier. She urged the U.N.’s most powerful body to stop the suffering of children in wars.

Uganda began withdrawing troops hunting brutal Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in neighboring Congo after the deadline for them to there expired Sunday, a Ugandan army spokesman said .

Police say a building has collapsed in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, killing at least five people. Dozens are trapped under the rubble.

A cargo plane carrying equipment for peacekeepers in Somalia caught fire and crashed into Uganda’s Lake Victoria shortly after take off Monday, authorities said. There were at least seven people onboard but conflicting reports on casualties.

A cargo plane caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria near Uganda’s main airport on Monday, killing seven people, an army spokesman said.

Police say a cargo plane has crashed near Uganda’s main airport into Lake Victoria. There is no immediate word on casualties.

The first U.S. case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Colorado, and authorities say the patient _ who contracted the rare illness while traveling in Uganda _ has since recovered.

Congo’s president says troops from former enemies Rwanda and Uganda who are carrying out joint operations against armed militias in the east must leave by the end of February.

The Ugandan army charged Monday that Ugandan rebels are suspected of torching a Catholic church crowded with worshippers in eastern Congo, killing some people.

The Ugandan army says Ugandan rebels torched a Catholic church crowded with worshippers in eastern Congo, killing some people inside.