climate change
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Health
Climate change: Governments urged to invest in mental health infrastructure
NAIROBI – African governments need to urgently invest in mental health infrastructure so that they can tackle the rising but hidden cases of climate-related stress among farmers and livestock keepers. At the…
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Environment
Kasese residents lose property as River Nyamwamba bursts banks again
KASESE – Kasese district residents are counting losses after River Nyamwamba burst its banks again last week, washing away crops and destroying houses in Mahango and Rukoki sub-counties. For several years, Kasese…
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International
SSA growth to decelerate to 3.6 percent
WASHINGTON- Amid a global slowdown, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa [ SSA ] is expected to decelerate to 3.6 percent before rebounding to 4.2 percent in 2024 in line with a global recovery, subsiding…
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Environment
Museveni blames West Nile leaders over bush burning
ARUA – President Yoweri Museveni has blamed political leaders in West Nile Sub-region for failing to enforce the by-laws against bush burning that has become so common in the region. Museveni said…
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News
African govts urged to invest in Agroecology
KAMPALA – Biovision Africa Trust [BvAT], the African Union Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative, and Agroecology Partners have urged African countries to invest in organic agriculture, saying use of synthetic fertilisers harms the…
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News
Ugandan Arthur Larok is new Secretary General of ActionAid International
KAMPALA-ActionAid International has announced that Arthur Larok, who has been interim Secretary General at ActionAid International for the past year, has been appointed to lead the charity on a permanent basis from…
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Development
Gulu bee farmers advised to embrace climate-smart agriculture
GULU-Bee farmers in Gulu district have been urged to embrace climate-smart agriculture [CSA] to mitigate the current effects of climate change and environmental degradation due to tree cutting. CSA is an integrated…
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Agriculture
Inside government plans to boost food security
KAMPALA-Food insecurity is one of the major challenges Uganda is still grappling with, according to Uganda Food Security Outlook Report for June 2022 to January 2023. The report says season bimodal harvests…
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Agriculture
Prices of green vegetables rise in Teso
SOROTI– The prices of green vegetables in Teso Sub-region have shot up due to the low supply arising from a dry spell that does not support rain-fed agriculture. Green vegetables such as…
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News
2023/2024 budget: Mpuuga pledges to support social protection funding drive
KAMPALA-The Leader of Opposition in Parliament [LoP], Mathias Mpuuga has committed to supporting efforts geared towards funding social protection in the 2023/2024 national budget. This was during a meeting where the Uganda…
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