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Suspected swine fever hits Otuke

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over one hundred pigs in Otuke district have succumbed within three weeks to a suspected African swine fever outbreak.  The cases have been reported in Olilim and Ogwete sub-counties. The disease that starts manifesting by general body weakness is accompanied by nasal dryness, bleeding …

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Ending Female Genital Mutilation

How COVID-19 undermines cross border efforts to curb the vice Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As countries introduce more comprehensive anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) laws and policies, cross-border FGM has emerged as a new trend among practising communities to evade prosecution. And it has been escalated by the COVID-19 …

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Human traffic still low at Rwanda-Uganda border

Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human traffic is yet to pick up at the Uganda-Rwanda border more than two weeks after the Rwandan authorities reopened the borders. The Rwandan authorities reopened the border on January 31st, 2022. President, Paul Kagame closed the borders on February 27, 2019, accusing Uganda …

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Hundreds commemorate St. Janani Luwum day in Kitgum

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government and religious leaders were noticeably silent on commenting directly on present day cases of human rights abuses, as Uganda commemorated one of the biggest critics and victims of torture – Archbishop Janani Luwum. Luwum, the former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, …

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Police warn on rising number of child murders

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have expressed concern over the increase in cases of infanticide and child murders. Statistics at Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) indicate that for the last three years, there has been a gradual increase in incidents of killing infants, toddlers, and children. Although CID …

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