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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...

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...

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...

OVER UGX390 MILLION SCANDAL: PENTECOSTAL BISHOP SIRIBALEKA AARON SENT TO PRISON

A Ugandan Pentecostal Bishop, Siribaleka Aaron who is the Chief Director of the Youth Vulnerable Children and Orphans Alliance Africa in Kampala, has been...

Eid Mubarak: What you have to know as you celebrate Eid al-Fitr!

Eid al-Fitr message from Sheikh Yahya Matsiko, the leader of RUNYAKITARA DA’WA AGENCY western Uganda. Eid al-Fitir celebrations are on Monday, May 2,2022 &...

2nd Wife & Children: MP Ephraim Biraaro dismissed from West Ankole Diocesan Synod

The West Ankole Bishop, Rt. Rev. Johnson Twinomujuni has dismissed the Member of Parliament-MP for Buhweju West in Buhweju district, Hon. Ephraim Biraaro Ganshanga...