Africa Uganda In Karamoja, located between South Sudan and Kenya, one of Uganda's most unstable and long-suffering regions, over half a million people - 40% of the population - suffer from hunger; the figures contrast sharply with those of the rest of the country
Africa Uganda Amid growing discontent over economic situation and rising cost of living, President Museveni declared that his government won't intervene to ease the burden on the nation, as government subsidies or removing taxes on imports would crash the economy
Africa Uganda Since 9 May, teachers from 6 secondary schools and 46 primary schools in Lira have been on strike over the government's non-payment of their March and April salaries, and have now refused to return to class until all outstanding salaries are cleared
Africa Uganda More than 1.000 elderly women will benefit from an empowerment programme in the Rubanda district in the south-west: they are given microfinance loans and housing
Africa Uganda Ugandan media and NGOs are reporting a significant increase in the number of journalists arrested in a crackdown on those who oppose President Museveni's government
Africa Uganda In a laboratory in Mbarara, a team is using a demo to listen closely to vascular sound in dialysis patients, using an early detection device designed by Mbarara University of Science and Technology to curb stroke
Africa Uganda Uganda Tourism Board launched the new brand 'Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa', in Dubai as part of a tourism and media event
Africa Uganda Electronic passports, driving licenses and other security documents will soon be produced in the country, under a plan by the Ministry of Works and Transport that will see the completion of the Uganda Security Printing Company USPC factory in Entebbe
Africa Uganda Human Rights Watch reports in a new document the detention and possible torture of government critics, opposition members, and peaceful protesters; the information has been gathered with personal and telephone interviews with dozens of citizens
Africa Uganda Equity Bank Uganda and Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom - a subnational, traditional monarchy - have signed a development collaboration in the areas of business and financial inclusion, energy, environment, food and agriculture, education, health, oil and gas
Africa Uganda A new government policy encourages girls who have given birth to return to class and allows parents to sue school headmasters who refuse; according to the UN Population Fund, the country recorded 290.219 teenage pregnancies from January to September 2021
Africa Uganda Jewish volunteers offer Ugandan students alternative learning methods, with classes focusing on creativity and open-mindedness, taught by informal Israeli teachers, many of whom are serving in the military at home
Africa Uganda Ugandan authorities are seeking to make vaccines legally compulsory in a new bill, yet to be passed, that would include a six-month jail term for failure to comply with vaccination requirements during outbreaks of diseases