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Farming & Agriculture

Retired UPDF Soldier Michael Katungi extradited to U.S. in mega Arms & Drug scandal

Michael Katungi Mpeirwe, a retired Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier and former African Union policy adviser, has been extradited from Uganda to the United States on Saturday, September...

Tooro at a Crossroads: Let History,Justice & the Will of King Oyo Prevail – Barnabas Taremwa Bwaniaga

11/09/2026, by Senior Global Citizen Barnabas Taremwa Bwaniaga. The unfortunate death of His Majesty King Oyo Rukirabasaija and...

SUCCESSION PLAN? Ex-Intelligence Chiefs Abel Kandiho and Charles Bakahumura arrested

The arrest of two former commanders of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) Rtd Maj Gen Abel Kandiho...

Senior Global Citizen Barnabas Taremwa: Tooro Kingdom must survive its King & the King’s wishes must be honored!

By Barnabas Taremwa Bwaniaga, Senior Global Citizen. I have been in great pain since the loss of my...

Over 600,000 people in Karamoja experiencing severe hunger

For the past three years, the Diocese of Gulu and Northern Uganda has intensified missionary efforts in Karamoja,...

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE & ANTHRAX RAVAGE THE CATTLE CORRIDOR

CATTLE CORRIDOR. Authorities in Kazo district western Uganda have imposed a total ban on movement and sale of livestock and their products for two...

CAN AFRICAN FARMERS EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE?

African farmers have been challenged to embrace different efforts through climate action to effectively manage plastic waste, as the continent and the world at...

CENTRAL UGANDA: PANIC ENGULFS FARMERS AS DESTRUCTIVE CATERPILLARS ATTACK VILLAGES IN LWENGO

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has launched the emergency control of tail caterpillars in Lwengo district central Uganda as the destructive...

5 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO SUSPECTED ANTHRAX

Five people have been hospitalized after consuming beef of a dead cow suspected to have been infected with anthrax in Ibanda district western Uganda. Vincent...

Rift Valley fever kills 5 in Mbarara as foot-and-mouth disease also threatens the cattle corridor

Farmers and other stakeholders in Mbarara district & city, Kiruhura, Kazo, Isingiro, Greater Bushenyi, Ibanda, Lyantonde and other parts of the cattle corridor have...

NEW DETAILS EMERGE ON NEW FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK IN KAZO DISTRICT

Authorities in Kazo district western Uganda have confirmed the new outbreak of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease in Bwantama cell Kyabahura ward Buremba town council where...