In Uganda's Small But Fast-Growing Cities, 'One Planner Is Not Enough'
Tabitha Kakuze is the only planner in Jinja, Uganda. She hopes more staff will come when the central government officially designates Jinja a "city." (Amy Fallon) JINJA, Uganda—Located on Lake Victoria...
View ArticleIn Ugandan district noted for ritual murder, residents drum alarms to rescue...
Published June 22, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 In this photo of Wednesday, June 18, 2014, Juliet Nabirye wipes tears from her face as she sits with her son, during an interview with the...
View ArticleUgandans drum alarms to rescue abducted children
Share PhotoReddit✉ In this photo on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, a community leader demonstrates an alert given to the community when a child is abducted using a large drum, in Kampala, Uganda. When a...
View ArticlePlight of 11-year-old mother in Uganda reignites calls to stop child marriage
By Yasin Kakande KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As coordinator of a shelter for pregnant teenagers in central Uganda, Ritah Ssetumba has seen thousands of young girls struggling to cope with...
View ArticleWorldwide Nearly 6 Million Babies are Born and Die Each Year Without Birth or...
(Source: Save the Children Federation Inc) New Lancet Series finds counting births and deaths is an indicator of progress towards ending 3 million preventable infant deaths Media Contact Phil Carroll...
View ArticlePregnant and homeless: South Sudan's women refugees
Josephine Maziku arrived at Uganda’s Nyumanzi Transit Centre in June this year six months pregnant and with only the dress she was wearing. “I wish I had managed to carry clothes. At least I would use...
View ArticleUganda: End Police Obstruction of Gatherings (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Anti-riot police fire canisters of colored teargas to disperse supporters of opposition Forum for Democratic Change during a procession to welcome their leader Kizza...
View ArticleInside Uganda's war on gay men
PA Photos Comment / Reportage Inside Uganda's war on gay men Tweet Pin It By Jonathan Heaf 12 December 14 There must be no distinguishable markings on the outside of the building. Nothing indicative of...
View ArticleThere's an App for That!
Rural Africa presents changemakers with intractable challenges across sectors, but one American investor, Grameen Foundation, believes it all comes down to access to information. Grameen Foundation has...
View ArticleLove’s runaways: the gay Ugandans forced into exile
Banished from home and beaten, gay teenagers have sought refuge in Kenya. But instead of finding acceptance, they are treated with suspicion and contempt...
View ArticleTraditional Healers Arrested Over Impersonation
According to Jamir Buyondo,the General Secretary Uganda Neddagala Lyayo an Umbrella body for traditional healers, the suspects have been operating illegally Three Traditional healers from Buikwe...
View ArticleUganda: Ensure Free and Fair Elections (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Ugandan poll workers count ballot papers at Nakasero Market polling station in Uganda’s capital Kampala on February 18, 2011. © 2011 Reuters (Kampala) – The Ugandan...
View ArticleKathryn Joyce
In 2011, a young Ugandan woman I’ll call Evelyn learned she was HIV-positive when she was six months pregnant. Her husband’s family blamed her for the diagnosis, and declared they would find him a new...
View Article99 in Uganda in isolation after Marburg virus death
October 7, 2014 -- Updated 2347 GMT (0747 HKT) Kampala, Uganda -- (CNN) -- Three days after a fatal case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever was diagnosed in Uganda, 99 people are under isolation in four...
View ArticleIn Ghana, what you do defines you in life... and death
December 8, 2014 -- Updated 1202 GMT (2002 HKT) This hen coffin was created by Ghana-based designer Kudjoe Affutu who has been in the business since 2007. Based in Awutu, a small town in Ghana's...
View ArticleParliament Creates 19 Municipalities (Parliament of the Republic of Uganda)
(Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda) Parliament has approved the creation of 19 municipalities intended to improve administration and delivery of services to the people. The Minister of Local...
View ArticleVacancies (october 2014) (UCDA - Uganda Coffee Development Authority)
(Source: UCDA - Uganda Coffee Development Authority) The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is mandated UCDA to: "Oversee the coffee industry by supporting research, promoting production,...
View Article'My mother did everything but she was left to bleed to death after giving birth'
As the World Health Assembly nears, people in Uganda and beyond are mobilising to demand progress on reproductive health and childcare...
View ArticleUganda: UPR Submission (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) UPR Submission Uganda Addendum to UPR Submission Uganda October 2016 Since Human Rights Watch's March 2016 submission ahead of Uganda's next Universal Periodic...
View ArticleWeight gain between pregnancies linked to stillbirths and infant deaths
Swedish research shows women who put on weight after first pregnancy increase risk of stillbirth by 30-50% and likelihood of infant death by up to 60%...
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