Uganda

News coverage about Uganda accounts for 0.074% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is up 14.0% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.20 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.074%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+14.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.20
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Uganda coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.07% on 2026-10-040.000.250.50Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Uganda coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.20 on 2026-10-04+50-5Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Uganda: 53 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-10-020.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 11Sep 23Oct 2

Diplomacy (78/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Uganda: 90 days, latest 78.00 on 2026-10-030.00250500Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

Coercion & force (24/day latest)

Coercive events located in Uganda: 90 days, latest 24.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Uganda, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 18% of the coverage about Uganda came from outlets based in Uganda — the rest was written from abroad (3,753 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Uganda from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 29.55 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

Share of articles about Uganda produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Kampala (2)
  • Murchison Falls (1)

Places named in coverage about Uganda on 2026-10-04 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Uganda

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$62.0B
World Bank, 2025
Population
51.4M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
50.2%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.9%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
8
best estimate
Civilian deaths
3
within the above
Recorded events
6
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
12,792
originating from Uganda
Refugees hosted
1,936,719
from other countries
Asylum seekers
35,249
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 10,284 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Uganda-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).