Environment
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EAC tests activation of regional rapid response mechanism to infectious disease outbreaks
ARUSHA, June 22, 2024 – The EAC table-top simulation exercise [TTX] organised by the EAC Secretariat and Partner States and other technical partners successfully tested the activation of the recently established regional…
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Ugandan chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants
KAMPALA, June 21, 2024 – Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda –…
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Otuke residents want shea trees fully protected
OTUKE, June 20, 2024 – The people of Otuke district want their leaders to fully implement laws established to protect the environment, especially protection of the shea trees that they say are…
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Heavy rain destroys houses in Sironko district
SIRONKO, May 20, 2024 – Several families in three sub-counties in Sironko district are out in the cold following heavy rains that continue to pound Bugisu Subregion. The heavy rain, characterised by…
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Meet Alfred Bolo, a pawpaw farmer in Kenya who has deployed wasps to fight pests
NAIROBI, June 19, 2024 – Alfred Bolo is a father of two children, an agricultural officer by profession, and a practising farmer in Kwale County, Kenya. He grows over 400 pawpaw [papaya]…
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Kapelebyong RDC reaping big from watermelon production
KAPELEBYONG, June 18, 2024 – The Resident District Commissioner [RDC] of Kapelebyong, Tom Olinga Otukol is reaping big after a thoughtful plan to invest in watermelon production. In March 2024, Olinga decided…
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Nebbi vendors threaten to stage demonstration over uncollected garbage
NEBBI, June 17, 2024 – Over 100 market vendors in Nebbi Municipality whose businesses are being affected by the accumulated garbage at a nearby primary collection point have threatened to a stage…
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Regional bodies sign MoU to implement COMESA Biotechnology Implementation Plan
LUSAKA, June 16, 2024 – The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa [ACTESA] has signed a memorandum of understanding [MoU] with the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications [ISAAA AfriCenter] to…
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Digital Earth Africa announces major advancement in the observation and monitoring of Africa’s waterbodies
JOHANNESBURG, June 16, 2024 – Digital Earth Africa has the launch of its innovative Waterbodies Monitoring Service. This service is a world-first developed in – and for – the African continent. The…
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Complying with EUDR: Smallholder coffee farmers at risk of being excluded from EU market
KAMPALA, June 15, 2024 – Smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda and the rest of the world are at risk of being excluded from the European Union [ EU ] market due to…
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