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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...

NCD pandemic kills 7 out of 10 people globally

The World Health Organization-WHO has welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and Government Group to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development...

Hon Miria Matembe: NO TO MANDATORY VACCINATION  

Former Minister for Ethics and Integrity (1998 to 2003), and member of the Pan-African Parliament representing Uganda for over 2 decades beginning in 1989,...

IN-DEPTH: Defiled for Ugx5000

In this story, Aaron Ainomugisha investigated how "Young girls working as barmaids were sexually abused during COVID-19 lockdown". Some being those who were previously...