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UGANDA: 4 out of 10 children suffer stunted growth due to malnutrition

Locals in Isingiro district,western Uganda and other parts of the country have been challenged to embrace better feeding for children. ALSO READ - POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination...
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A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic...
Social Justice

INSIDE THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MODERN-DAY UGANDA

By Hyowon Park , International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).  In March 2023, the Ugandan...
Environment / Climate

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes...
Environment / Climate

How Africa is facing disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

By World Meteorological Organization. Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for...

FATAL: KAMDINI BUS CRASH KILLS 16

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OYAM DISTRICT, NORTHERN UGANDA. At least 16 people have been confirmed dead in a midnight bus crash at Kamdini on the Kampala-Gulu highway. Several others...

EX-POPE BENEDICT XVI DIES AT 95

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VATICAN CITY, ITALY, Dec 31,2022. Ex-Pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, died on Saturday...
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