Special Report
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1.9KWorld Environment Day: How ESAFF is championing plastic fight in Amuru
Amuru, Uganda: In commemoration of World Environment Day, ESAFF Uganda Thursday, 5th June, spearheaded a grassroots campaign to tackle plastic pollution in...
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8.2KStigma, USAID exit, deny sex workers access to critical health services
Caro (not real name), one of the affected women, shared with DailyExpress her distressing ordeal, explaining how stigma is driving a silent...
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1.9KPWDs advocacy groups dispute 2024 census figures, demand action on Marrakesh Treaty
Kampala, Uganda: Advocacy groups for people with disabilities in Uganda, led by the National Union of Disabled Persons Uganda (NUDIPU), have contested...
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1.8KMenstrual stigma still fueling teenage pregnancy, school dropouts in Uganda
Buyende, Uganda: As Uganda joins the world to commemorate Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, stakeholders have raised concern over the persistent...
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1.3KHow foreign aid cuts are forcing East Africa’s Refugees into danger
Summary: In Uganda’s overcrowded camps, refugees survive on shrinking rations. But going home means walking back into war. This story was originally...
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1.7KGulu Mortuary attendant turns to football to cope with trauma of daily exposure to death
Gulu, Uganda: For over 15 years, George Oroma has worked as a mortuary attendant at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, handling up to...
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931Epilepsy becomes excuse for Husband’s domestic abuse, narrates victim
Gulu City, Uganda: Nancy Akello, a mother of four from Gulu City, has opened up about how her battle with epilepsy led...
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896New study shows sidewalks, street lights beat road designs in reducing crashes
A new study by university researchers has found that pedestrian and roadside facilities, such as sidewalks, crossing points, and street lighting, play...
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1.6KCould Uganda’s Budongo Forest Be Ground Zero for the Next Global Pandemic?
In Summary: Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing...
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1.1KLoss of US Aid Highlights Africa’s Slow Progress on Medical Research Goals
Summary: Could the loss of US funding be the catalyst countries like Uganda need to more fully fund their own research, and...
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1.1KPeter Makumbi: Comparing Educational Needs of Underprivileged Children in Uganda & USA
A Comparative Analysis of the Educational Needs of Underprivileged Children in Uganda and the USA: Insights from Nakaseke District, Uganda, and Underserved...
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618Study shows money poured into preventing HIV infection in girls not working
Kampala, (UG): All the money injected into social interventions to help protect girls and young women from contracting HIV has not yielded much,...
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1.1KNamutumba leaders worried over rising number of teenage pregnancies
Namutumba, (UG): Leaders in Eastern Uganda’s Namutumba District have decried the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the area, attributing it to...
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1.4KReport shows 70 Ugandans below 25 contract HIV/Aids daily
A recent report released by the Uganda Aids Commission indicates that an average of 70 individuals below 25 years are diagnosed with...
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1.6K70% of defilement cases in Busoga fail to reach court
Busoga North, (UG): The police in Busoga North policing region have committed themselves to fighting Gender Based Violence (GBV) amidst the challenges...
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1.0KBusoga East police decry increase in defilement cases, call for action
Iganga, (UG): Police in Busoga East region have said there is an increase in the number of reported defilement cases in the...
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2.1KWomen Face Sexual Assault in Ugandan Mental Health Hospitals
Rape is common inside facilities, patients and others say. But accusers frequently aren’t believed, and justice is rare. This story was originally...
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2.8KThe Green Gold of Acholi: Locals form cooperatives to conserve the “Wonder Shea Tree”
Northern Uganda: A long time ago, nut collectors from Northern Uganda searched the dark forests for a wonder tree which could satisfy...
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1.2K2,000 killed in road carnage over the last six months
KAMPALA, (UG): A police report by the Traffic and Road Safety Directorate indicates that road accidents across the country have killed 2042...
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1.2KEnsuring Patient Safety: Mbarara Hospital sets bar high in Pharmacovigilance
MBARARA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health has been making efforts to instil a culture of reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to safeguard...
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1.8KUganda makes record with second-youngest population in the world
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has put Uganda’s population growth rate as the second youngest...
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917Mediation therapy reinvigorates fight against gender-based violence in Ankole Region
Mrs Hellen Wambooka is a resident of Buremba Cell, Rwemigina Parish in Mbarara City Western Uganda. She was abandoned by her husband...
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822164 countries ranked on prosperity, freedom
SPECIAL REPORT: Is freedom a precondition of prosperity? Do countries that become freer also become more prosperous? How are freedom and prosperity...
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99789% of female inmates battling domestic violence cases – Mutuuzo
According to a report read by the minister, most of such cases are a result of men wanting to deprive women of...