Uganda declared a state of emergency in the worst flood-affected areas of the country today, as humanitarian workers tried desperately to reach villages that have been cut off by water.

A TRUCK carrying soldiers and their families overturned in eastern Uganda, killing 72 people and injuring 40 others, the army spokesman said yesterday.

At least 72 people were killed when a truck carrying soldiers and their families overturned in eastern Uganda, an army spokesman said today.

Flooding in eastern Uganda has forced 2,000 people from their homes and affected 50,000 during the heaviest rains there for 35 years, humanitarian agencies said today.

A speeding bus crashed into a group celebrating a circumcision ritual in eastern Uganda, killing 10 people, including four children.

A minibus collided with a fuel truck in eastern Uganda, killing 30 people, a senior police officer said today.

OVER 2.7 million children in Uganda are engaged in child labour, with eastern Uganda being the worst affected.

Eighteen people were killed when a rear tyre burst on a speeding mini-bus, plunging it into a swamp in eastern Uganda, police said today.

One of the numerous sons of former dictator Idi Amin is running for mayor in a small town in eastern Uganda, a reports said.

At least 31 people have been killed and 71 injured after a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in eastern Uganda.