Australian found dead in Uganda hotel

An Australian man was found dead in his hotel room in Uganda after making a stop on his way home after working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

An Australian believed to be travelling home from the Congo has died in a Ugandan hotel.

The man was identified by local police as Christopher David Kirkman, 30, of Western Australia.

"The information we have so far gathered is that Kirkman was working in a goldmine in Democratic Republic of Congo," Uganda police Metropolitan spokesman Patrick Onyango told AAP on Thursday.

"He was on transit from Congo to Australia."

Mr Onyango said Mr Kirkman arrived at Entebbe airport in Uganda, booked into the hotel and later collapsed in his room.

A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of a 30-year-old Western Australian man who died in Uganda.