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Bududa, Uganda | AFP | At least 41 people were killed after a river in eastern Uganda burst its banks, sending a torrent of mud and rocks barrelling into homes, disaster officials and survivors said Friday. Rescue teams continued picking through the rubble late Friday, searching for survivors and victims …

THIS WEEK: Mudslides claim lives in Sironko The mudslides that ravaged the mountainous district of Sironko in Eastern Uganda on Aug.28 is said to have left about four dead yet others were still missing by press time. According to Aid Organisation Red Cross, the mudslides destroyed villages of Marobo and …

THIS WEEK: Displaced Bududa landslide victims living in uncertainty The deadly landslides that occurred in 2010 in the eastern district of Bududa forever changed the lives of those displaced. The calamity claimed over 100 lives and now those who were relocated to Kiryandongo district are now returning to Bududa saying …

By Patrick Kagenda Region was leading Arabica producer in Uganda before landslide On March 2 several villages in Bududa district, which sits on the edge of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda Bugisu region were buried under a landslide that killed approximately 350 people and destroyed, infrastructure, buildings, businesses, crops and …

By Dicta Asiimwe Who takes care of the roaming lonely orphans? He is wearing threadbare rugs. Thats all he owns for clothes. Kutosi is the only name that identifies the 13-year-old boy whose parents and five siblings died in the Bududa mudslides. In the African setting, orphans without both parents …

By Joseph Were The day the mountain Moved One survivor said it sounded like a bomb explosion. Another said the mud moved so fast that victims had no chance to escape. One man was in a church praying when he saw the mountain of rocks, debris, and mud pummeling downhill. …