Africa Uganda Many farmers, with government assurance, have switched their sugarcane crops to Hass avocados; the soil and climate favour avocado cultivation and they are considered among the best even compared to the world's top ten exporters, like neighbouring Kenya
Africa Uganda WHO authorised clinical trials of three vaccines against the Ebola virus in Uganda, where an outbreak of the Sudanese strain of the virus was declared on 20 September and has already claimed more than 50 lives
Africa Uganda Ugandan climate activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Vanessa Nakate warned against new fossil fuel projects on the African continent at the UN climate summit on Wednesday, arguing that oil and gas are "a dangerous distraction"
Africa Uganda Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng visited the new Ebola treatment centre, built by the charity Doctors Without Borders, along with US Ambassador to Uganda Natali Brown and other health agency officials
Africa Uganda Monica Nabakooza, fly a multi-engine aircraft and dreaming to serve with the police air wing, makes a point out of inspiring young women who would like to pursue a career in the male-dominated field
Africa Uganda The 4th annual arts and culture festival of Uganda's National Cultural Centre, UNCC, closed over the weekend with three days of celebrations, processions, traditional dances and other performing arts enlivening the streets of Kampala
Africa Uganda Parliament has passed a bill that will allow for human organ donation and transplantation: the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill 2021; it aims at regulating organ, cell and tissue donation and transplantation
Africa Uganda An outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mubende district, in the centre of the country, has been confirmed by authorities after the death of a patient
Africa Uganda The Nyege Nyege electronic music festival, supposed to start today, has been banned, claiming that it would affect the morality of children country because of its contents with regards to sex, drugs and LGBTQ+ issues
Africa Uganda According to the African Development Bank, the country loses about 200.000 hectares of forest cover every year and this has led to a 16,5% reduction in forested land since the 1980s
Africa Uganda European Commission has allocated €150.000 in humanitarian funds to help families most affected by the recent heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in several districts of eastern Uganda near Mount Elgon
Africa Uganda The Ugandan government has suspended the country's leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of not being registered with the authorities
Africa Uganda At least 24 people were killed in the floods that hit eastern Uganda last weekend, according to a recent assessment by the Ugandan Red Cross and the government