2024 in Uganda

2 January – A Ugandan People's Defence Force helicopter crashes in the village of Nyamisigiri, Kabarole District, Uganda, killing two people on board the helicopter and one person on the ground.^[2]
January – 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement^[3]

23 February - The Financial Action Task Force removes Uganda from its "gray list" of countries not fully complying with measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.^[4]

3 April – The Court of Appeal of Uganda upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.^[5]

8 July – A United Nations report formally accuses the Uganda People's Defence Force of providing military support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uganda denies the claims.^[7]
23 July – At least 45 people are detained and some are charged while participating in anti-corruption protests in Kampala that involve marching to the Parliament building.^[8]^[9]
26 July – 11 August: Uganda at the 2024 Summer Olympics^[10]

5 August –
- Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[11]
- Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests in July.^[12]
9 August – Kiteezi Landfill landslide: At least 35 people are killed and 28 others are reported missing following a landslide caused by heavy rains at the Kiteezi Landfill in Kampala.^[13]^[14]
13 August – A panel of the High Court in Gulu convicts former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo of 44 counts of war crimes made from 1992 to 2005.^[15]
20 August – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development confirms the presence of oil exploration activities in the Moroto-Kadam and Kyoga Basins.^[16]

3 September – Leading opposition leader Bobi Wine is seriously injured after being shot in his leg with a tear gas canister by police during an altercation in Bulindo, Wakiso District.^[17]
5 September – Athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies after sustaining burns from a petrol attack by her partner in Kenya almost a month after her participation in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[18] Her partner also dies from injuries sustained in the attack on 9 September.^[19]

22 October – A fuel truck overturns and explodes while passersby try to collect its contents in Kigogwa, killing 11 people.^[20]
25 October – The High Court convicts former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo of war crimes committed during the group's insurgency and sentences him to 40 years' imprisonment.^[21]
29 October – Eight people are killed in an attack by suspected cult members on the village of Mizizi A in Kagadi District.^[22]
30 October – Three children are found beheaded in Kiryandongo.^[23]

2 November – Fourteen people are killed in a lightning strike during a church service in Palabek Refugee Settlement.^[24]
20 November – Opposition politician Kizza Besigye appears in a court martial in Kampala after reportedly being abducted in Kenya on 16 November.^[25]
27 November – At least 20 people are killed while 113 others are reported missing in landslides in Bulambuli District.^[26]^[27]

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