Environment
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Shs 1.2bln earmarked for tree planting in districts hosting EACOP
HOIMA, July 2, 2024 – As the Ugandan government gears up to drill first oil in the Albertine Graben next year, the implementers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [ EACOP…
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AfDB secures US$ 18mln GEF funding for Zambezi Basin and E-waste projects
ABIDJAN, June 27, 2024 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has secured more than US$ 18 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility [ GEF ] for two major projects aimed…
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Transforming Africa’s mineral wealth: From extraction to end use
CAPE TOWN, June 24, 2024 – Global demand for critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies is expected to grow more than three-fold by 2030. For Africa – a continent rich in…
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EUDR: US demands delay to protect food businesses
BRUSSELS, June 24, 2024 – The US government has reportedly urged the European Union [EU] to delay its Deforestation Regulation [EUDR], which is set to come into force in December, because the…
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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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