Central Ugandan city on Lake Victoria; historic seat of government during the Protectorate
Japanese Red Army member Kozo Okamoto has died in Lebanon at 78, according to the PFLP. The Lod Airport attack of 1972 killed 26 people and shaped decades of militancy and regional politics. Okamoto lived in Lebanon under asylum, later facing forgery charges, and was celebrated by supporters as a fighter for the Palestinian cause.
Uganda's army chief has unveiled a statue of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu outside Entebbe's old terminal to honour his role and death in the 1976 rescue raid. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has framed the monument as a tribute to courage and stressed improved Uganda–Israel ties; Israeli guests attended the ceremony.
Nigeria has confirmed a new Ebola case in Abuja, with a Ugandan-born woman who travelled via Kampala and Addis Ababa having tested positive. Kenya reports nine infections and a fatality as investigators trace potential links and a wider outbreak across East Africa. Authorities are tracing contacts and seeking the source of infection while genomic sequencing is under way.