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OPINION: The Patriot’s Focus on Uganda’s Unemployment Question

Article By, Gad Kanyesigye_The Patriot_ a community empowerment advocate.  To begin with, many Ugandan parents are not business-oriented, which is a significant reason why their children often finish school...

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...

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...

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...

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...

National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024: Where Are the Gaps?

MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU, Parliament Watch. On Thursday, 24th October 2024, Parliament voted to advance the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which proposes the dissolution...

UGANDA: WHY FARMERS MUST EMBRACE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY & SMART FARMING & AGRICULTURE  

Still relied on as the backbone of Uganda in terms of generating income and being a leading source of food, farming and agriculture across...

WHAT IS HINDERING UGANDA’S FIGHT AGAINST FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE?

Leaders from over 10 districts of Ankole sub-region have decried gaps in the fight against foot-and-mouth disease-FMD ravaging the cattle corridor, which led to...

OVER UGX30 BILLION COFFEE MONEY SCANDAL: HOW NELSON TUGUME OF INSPIRE AFRICA COFFEE TRICKED PRESIDENT MUSEVENI

On March 23, 2023, President Museveni held a meeting at State House Entebbe with National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Regional Whips to promote the...

BILLIONS OF COFFEE MONEY STOLEN: INSIDE INSPIRE AFRICA COFFEE & ITS CEO NELSON TUGUME’S $20 MILLION SCANDAL

Coffee farmers and investors in Uganda have accused the CEO Inspire Africa Coffee, Nelson Tugume for pocketing US$20m (Ugx76,152,840,000) meant to finance coffee export...

INSIDE EAST AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVE USE OF OFF-GRID SOLAR

This explainer is produced as part of African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to...