Three people die of hunger in Moroto
Three elderly women have died in Nadunget Town Council in Moroto District amid a hunger crisis that has left some vulnerable households without government food relief. Tw...
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MPs Urge Government to Prioritise Irrigation and Disaster Preparedness
Members of Parliament have called on government to invest more in disaster preparedness and irrigation than repeated reliance on emergency food relief, which is unsustain...
Govt urges refugees to return home as humanitarian support declines
KAMPALA: The Government through the Office of the Prime (OPM) has urged refugees to return to their countries as humanitarian funding declines. Speaking at the opening of...
Windstorm Leaves Rukungiri Farmers Counting Losses
Windstorm Leaves Rukungiri Farmers Counting Losses’A violent windstorm has destroyed banana, cassava, sweet potato and sugarcane plantations belonging to more than 300...
Mukono District Chief Lukooya, LCI Chairperson Solomon Serwanja Engagement Promises Roads, Water, and Youth Schemes
Mukono District Local Government leadership has pledged major infrastructure, water, and economic interventions to address long-standing service delivery challenges in Ky...
Majority of the population in Karamoja faces Acute hunger
Oxfam said only 54.1% of households still had food stocks, with supplies in most districts expected to last less than a monthThe Karamojong at a recent event in MorotoNea...
Kampala, Kasana-Luweero Dioceses Donate 11 Tonnes of Food to Hunger-Stricken Karamoja
The Catholic Dioceses of Kampala and Kasana-Luweero have donated 11 tonnes of food relief to hunger-stricken communities in Karamoja, with CARITAS Uganda warning that mor...
Uganda, Kenya Issue El Niño Alerts, Urge Early Preparedness for Heavy Rains
Uganda, Kenya Issue El Niño Alerts, Urge Early Preparedness for Heavy RainsMeteorological authorities in Uganda and Kenya have issued early warnings over an expected E...
Shs1.5bn Water Project to Benefit 15,000 in Nakivale
At least 15,000 refugees and members of the host community in Nakivale Refugee Settlement are set to benefit from a new Shs1.5 billion water project aimed at improving ac...
Uganda Among African Countries Mislabelled in AI-Generated U.S. Map at AIDS Conference
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Uganda was among African countries wrongly depicted on an artificial intelligence-generated map used during an official U.S. State Department pres...