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Uganda is open to leisure tourists and visitor numbers are recovering strongly, but travel right now requires planning and caution. The main issues are security risks in some regions, Ebola-related health controls, and practical hassles such as visa processing and uneven card acceptance.
terrorism warnings in western Uganda and near the DRC borderviolent crime and civil unrest concernsEbola-related health screening and travel disruptionborder-area restrictions and a closed DRC borderpayment/cash-card friction in some areas
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