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Published on March 5, 2010 No Comment
Uganda diaries: Monica Atto

Monica Atto was abducted by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as a child but escaped and now lives in a suburb of Gulu, northern Uganda, with her five children, eking out a living making paper beads.


Published on February 14, 2010 No Comment
Where the lake is feared more than the virus

Stephen Mukasa, 23, a fisherman on East Africa’s Lake Victoria, is more terrified of drowning than he is of dying from an AIDS-related illness.


Published on February 3, 2010 No Comment
Kapchorwa District farmers incurring big losses

Eastern Uganda’s mountainous district of Kapchorwa has huge agricultural potential, but farmers perennially suffer crop losses due to vermin, poor or non-existent storage and drying facilities, and lack of transport, say officials.


Published on January 14, 2010 No Comment
Museveni distances himself from “cruel” anti-gay bill

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he will not back a bill that would impose the death sentence for the crime of “aggravated homosexuality” – when an HIV-positive person has sex with anyone who is disabled or under the age of 18.


Published on January 12, 2010 No Comment

There is a joke among Africans about how colonialism began. A Christian missionary came with a Bible in hand, told our ancestors to bow their heads for a prayer, and when they opened their eyes their land was gone.


Published on January 8, 2010 No Comment
“Flying toilets” still not grounded

The lack of adequate sanitation facilities in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has led to increased use of polythene bags – known as “flying toilets” – for human waste disposal, local officials said.


Published on January 6, 2010 No Comment

This place stinks’; a graffiti in a Kampala public toilet curtly tells its story. But nature’s call is defiant, and so people simply ignore the warning.


Published on December 22, 2009 No Comment
“Less noisy” female condom proves a hit

Ten months after being re-launched, a new brand of female condom has proven popular among a test group of Ugandan women, according to a study.


Published on December 14, 2009 No Comment
Eritrea heads Africa’s list of shame in press repression

On December 1, 25 journalists were imprisoned in Sub-Saharan Africa because of their work. Nearly 90 percent of these journalists were detained without charges in secret detention facilities, according to an annual census of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) based in New York.


Published on December 11, 2009 No Comment

A Ugandan bill that proposes the death penalty for homosexuals has sparked international condemnation. Enraged opponents of the bill have been advocating that Uganda reject passing such a severe law.


Published on December 4, 2009 No Comment
Indians give UGX 200 Million to heart patients

A ray of hope finally shone on the parents of 11 juveniles suffering from heart diseases that needed heart surgery. Many of the parents had earlier on given up accessing treatment for their children, citing inadequate funds.


Published on December 1, 2009 No Comment
Government boost for PMTCT, paediatric services

In a bid to reduce the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child, Uganda will now give all pregnant women highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).



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