UGANDA: NORTHERN UGANDA PRONE TO GLOBAL WARMING AS CHARCOAL BUSINESS INCREASES
Police officers setting logs on fire during a recent crackdown on illegal charcoal burning AGAGO -UGANDA: As you approach Adilang Sub –County in Agago District, it seems God has deserted it, looking at the rising cases of tree cutting for charcoal burning. What was once a very beautiful place is now destroyed by the looters of the environmental products. In fact, Adilang like many places in Northern Uganda has been turned into a ‘Black Gold’ charcoal market. This environmental destruction has left the region with very few indigenous tree species like shea nut trees and Afzelia Africana....
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