Conservationist starts venture to use up 65% of harvested trees that often goes to waste Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s tropical high forests have been declining rapidly and conservationists have been relentless in sounding the alarm over their imminent disappearance in the next two decades unless something is …
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Why Pope Francis met two young Ugandan women activists determined to stop it Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Groundwork on keystone oil and gas infrastructure projects is beginning to take shape in western Uganda after TotalEnergies and CNOOC in February signed off the necessary Final Investment Decision (FID). But …
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The east African nation hopes to start oil production in 2025 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda finally launched its national oil spill contingency plan, detailing its preparedness to respond in the event of an oil spill. The East African nation hopes to produce its first oil in the …
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Why indigenous group is still struggling to shake off a 100 year-old British injustice Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Francis Cheptoek, 71, is one of the prominent elders of the indigenous Benet community from Kabarak, a village perched on the contoured northern slopes of Mt. Elgon in Kween District …
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Police records 2000 road accidents and over 250 dead in three months Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In a shocking wave of road crash events, a Spanish photojournalist, a Swedish diplomat and a young lady looking forward to her wedding have all perished on Uganda’s roads in recent days, …
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The electoral body wants to clear disputes over names and boundaries Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | With the women council and committee elections coming up later this year, the Electoral Commission (EC) has begun verifying all administrative units right from the smallest village to Kampala City. The verification is …
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Can govt tap into the country’s relentless population boom? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda has the second youngest population in the world and this is only expected to increase over the coming decades as the number of children, adolescents and youth in the country is forecasted to rise from …
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Experts look for solutions underground Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | What should East African countries do when their rivers and lakes dry up, as is predicted to happen in the next 20 years? Experts who recently met in Entebbe, Uganda, for the Second Water Forum of the IGAD region …
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Paris court petitioned as EAC court dallies Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Several European environmental groups have filed a law suit in Paris against French energy giant, TotalEnergies, accusing the company of “misleading consumers about its efforts to fight climate change.” In May, last year, senior executives of the …
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Study shows why it matters to young African women Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A new HIV prevention study has found that when young women have access to and experience with two biomedical prevention options, the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring (DVR) and Truvada, an oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug, almost …
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