Special Report Archives

Gov’t launches major programs to protect the gains, boost service delivery

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Rubanda, Uganda: The NRM Government has officially launched its nationwide #ProtectingTheGains campaign,...

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Over 10,500 Ugandans get jobs as Tilenga Oil Project Expands Community Support

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Tilenga oil project has employed over 10,500 Ugandans and...

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Anger at home drove me here: Gulu mortuary attendant shares story of survival

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Gulu, Uganda: Babra Isomu, a 30-year-old mortuary attendant at Gulu Regional Referral...

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Why Ugandans Keep Electing Lawmakers’ Relatives

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. SERERE, UGANDA —...

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Uganda’s Medical Universities are falling behind – Here’s Why

Summary: A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities’ abilities to update equipment and to offer certain programs. Medical...

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Uganda’s military denies extrajudicial killings, but deaths keep coming

Summary: The rule of law is often at the end of a gun barrel in a country where the military increasingly gains...

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Bamasaaba rank lowest in Uganda voter education, NGO Forum survey reveals

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Mbale City, Uganda: A new survey conducted by the Bugisu NGO Forum...

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UNFPA report shows global fertility crisis rooted in lack of choice, not lack of desire

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. New York, United States: Millions of people across the world are having...

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World Environment Day: How ESAFF is championing plastic fight in Amuru

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Amuru, Uganda: In commemoration of World Environment Day, ESAFF Uganda Thursday, 5th...

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Stigma, 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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PWDs advocacy groups dispute 2024 census figures, demand action on Marrakesh Treaty

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Kampala, Uganda: Advocacy groups for people with disabilities in Uganda, led by...

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Menstrual stigma still fueling teenage pregnancy, school dropouts in Uganda

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Buyende, Uganda: As Uganda joins the world to commemorate Menstrual Hygiene Day...

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How 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. Advertiser's Message Your browser...

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Gulu Mortuary attendant turns to football to cope with trauma of daily exposure to death

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Gulu, Uganda: For over 15 years, George Oroma has worked as a...

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Epilepsy becomes excuse for Husband’s domestic abuse, narrates victim

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Gulu City, Uganda: Nancy Akello, a mother of four from Gulu City,...

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New study shows sidewalks, street lights beat road designs in reducing crashes

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. A new study by university researchers has found that pedestrian and roadside...

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Could 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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Loss 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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Peter 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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Study shows money poured into preventing HIV infection in girls not working

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Kampala, (UG): All the money injected into social interventions to help protect girls...

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Namutumba leaders worried over rising number of teenage pregnancies

Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Namutumba, (UG): Leaders in Eastern Uganda’s Namutumba District have decried the rising...