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Bududa Landslide Victims Thrown Out by Host Families

26 Jan 2020 · More than 120 victims have now established a camp in a piece of land which was donated by one of the residents in Luwambi cell, in Nangako Town Council after going through the same ordeal. They have built temporal shelters made of tarpaulins, with each small shelter accommodating between seven and 14 people sleeping on banana fibres and leaves as beddings.

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26 Jan 2020
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26 Jan 2020

Bududa Landslide Victims Thrown Out by Host Families 2 5

Environment Health Local government Bududa, Eastern Region, Uganda
More than 120 victims have now established a camp in a piece of land which was donated by one of the residents in Luwambi cell, in Nangako Town Council after going through the same ordeal. They have built temporal shelters made of tarpaulins, with each small shelter accommodating between seven and 14 people sleeping on banana fibres and leaves as beddings.
25 Jan 2020
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Ugandan Activist Accuses Media of Racism After She is Cropped Out of Picture 2

Media Human rights Environment Kampala, Uganda
The photo, where Vanessa Nakate stood with other prominent climate activists Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Loukina Tille, and Isabelle Axelsson was distributed when she was cut out. They were attending the annual World Economic Forum.
24 Jan 2020
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24 Jan 2020

Kasese Farmers Receive Three NAADS Tractors 2 3

Agriculture Environment Misc Kasese, Uganda
The three groups are Basaija Kweyimukya Cooperative from Mubuku, Bigando Agricultural Cooperative Society from Kitswamba sub-county and Hima Barracks Women’s group from Hima. The farmers will contribute 20 per cent of the unit cost of each tractor valued at 80 million Shillings.
24 Jan 2020
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24 Jan 2020

Young Innovators Appeal for Regular Mentoring in Science, Technology Gulu High School 1 3

Business and finance Environment Science and technology Gulu, Uganda
The youths appealed during the ongoing science and technology innovation high-tech camp at Gulu High School. The two weeks’ camp organized by Oysters and Pearls Uganda, a Gulu based science and technology NGO has brought together more than 30 youngsters from secondary schools across the country.
24 Jan 2020
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24 Jan 2020

Nwoya District Auctions 300 Bags of Impounded Charcoal 1 1

Business and finance Environment Northern Nwoya District, Uganda
Nwoya District Chairperson Patrick Okello Oryema told URN that each charcoal bag was sold between 10,000 and 15,000 Shillings depending on its size. He says that the district raised up to four million Shillings from the sale, which was held at Nwoya district headquarters on Thursday.
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Environment Northern Kitgum, Uganda
Paul Poppy Arop, the Pagen Clan Chief, in Kitgum district who also doubles as the chairperson of all cultural leaders in East Acholi says such practices have partly led to the current change in the rainfall patterns being experienced.
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Locust Invasion Sparks Uncertainties in Northern Uganda desert locusts 3 1

Business and finance Environment Local government Gulu, Uganda
The UN agency added that the locusts now wandering into Turkana County, pose threats of a likely spill over into Karamoja sub-region in North-Eastern Uganda, which also shares a common boundary with Acholi, Lango and Teso sub-regions. It’s for this reason that many residents in northern Uganda are living in uncertainty.

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