KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years.

The World Bank will give Uganda over $2 billion in new financing in the next three financial years to fund economic development, a top ministry of finance official said on Tuesday. The global lender resumed loans to the east African country,

A tragic road accident involving multiple vehicles has claimed at least 63 lives on a highway in western Uganda. The collision occurred when a bus driver attempted to overtake a lorry, leading to a head-on crash.

Connie Frisbee Houde, left, board president, and Diane Reiner, founder of Jajja's Kids, provide a home, food, supervision and education to 20 former street kids from the slums of Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda's electoral commission on Tuesday gave January 15 as the date for the country's general election, at which octogenarian President Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his rule to nearly half a century.