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Residents of the Albertine region blame the damage to farmlands on global warming, as well as the mass felling of trees to make way for the massive infrastructure

While welcomed in principle, the abrupt charcoal ban has left both traders and buyers unsure of where to turn

Floods submerged farms near TotalEnergies 700-acre industrial area. The oil major has compensated 88 people. Officials say thousands were affected. Floods first ripped through Sam Akuguzibwes three-acre garden in May last year. His family had farmed tha...

* Ugandan climate activists rally against planned pipeline * They accuse government of 'silencing' them with arrests * Authorities reject criticism and say 'the law is clear' By John Okot BULIISA, Uganda, Jan 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U gandan environmental campaigner Judith Bero-Irwoth has spent years warning of the risks of a planned crude oil pipeline and its impact on communities in the west of the country. Protests by activists like Bero-Irwoth have ramped up in ...

Northern Ugandas revered shea trees are under threat from climate change and illegal loggers who turn the wood into charcoal and sell the fuel for use in cooking

Northern Ugandas revered shea trees are under threat from climate change and illegal loggers who turn the wood into charcoal and sell the fuel for use in cooking

Despite a government ban on the cutting and transportation of shea trees in 2018 - and the sale of shea logs and products - they are still being felled in great numbers by charcoal dealers in northern Uganda, according to local leaders and experts. Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall are making matters worse as the trees produce less fruit and drought-hit farmers turn to the wood for additional income.

Mixed fortunes for Pakwach, Mbarara iconic solar eclipse sites Latest Magazines Saturday May 22 2021 Summary The unique solar eclipse sites in Uganda that were to promote tourism, have witnessed mixed fortunes. While the hybrid solar eclipse monument in Pakwach has been vandalised, the one in Mbarara has been given Shs150m by UNDP to spruce up its architectural radiance, Bamuturaki Musinguzi writes. Although Uganda is blessed with two solar eclipse monuments, one celebrating a recent and the ...

John Okot Ojok Okello attends to a client at a small, subsidized market he opened in Okere, when others shut down due to the countrys COVID-19 lockdown. First steps After that first visit in 2013, Mr. Okello spent several years bouncing between Uganda – where he worked for international NGOs like War Child UK and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – and England, where he earned a second master’s at the London School of Economics and worked as a consultant for Christian Aid. But the poverty...