Africa Uganda Vaccine hesitation left hundreds of doses unused in hospitals across the country after a mass vaccination campaign against the mosquito-borne disease, yellow fever, was launched in April, hoping to reach millions of people
Africa Uganda A Ugandan court has ignored an earlier request for a stay of execution and ordered the demolition of the home of Fred Balikenda, one of 42 people who according to a December 2023 verdict would be evicted to make way for the Tilenga oil project
Africa Uganda Uganda was named the best investment destination in Africa at the Annual Investment Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Africa Uganda A study conducted by the Universities of Stirling and Wisconsin-Madison on a forest in western Uganda shows that indiscriminate, large-scale logging of forests and natural environments inevitably causes changes in animal behaviour
Africa Uganda Uganda signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency the Country Programme Framework for 2024-2029 for medium-term planning of technical cooperation
Africa Uganda The government is trying to exploit bamboo production, which has positive implications both in terms of grow and productive potential and for the environment, as for example burning it instead of eucalyptus can be a viable alternative to save forests
Africa Uganda The country is home to Africa's largest refugee camp, populated by 1,6 million people - 3,6% of its population - a figure double than the European Union in terms of percentage on total population
Africa Uganda The Parliament has to decide on a bill to restrict the use of surrogacy to women who are infertile or have health problems that prevent them from having children; the law provides for penalties of up to five years for doctors who oppose the new provisions
Africa Uganda The almost 50.000 victims of Commander Dominic Ongwen, leader of Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army should receive over €52 million in compensation, according to the ICC; beneficiaries include former child soldiers and those born after rapes
Africa Uganda The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hillary Onek, appealed to the international community to increase funding for Uganda to enable it to feed its growing refugee population
Africa Uganda Peter Oloya, a former child soldier who survived the horror of being kidnapped by the LRA, is now an internationally renowned artist and his art is expressed through working with clay
Africa Uganda Government minister Henry Okello Oryem was criticised for calling those who starved to death in his country 'idiots'; in 2022, more than 2.200 people died of starvation and related diseases in north-eastern Uganda
Africa Uganda Over 5,6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, purchased by the Ugandan government for $7,3 million with a World Bank loan, have expired and will now be withdrawn from health facilities and destroyed