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Death Toll From Uganda Rubbish Dump Collapse Reaches 18

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 18, police said on Sunday, amid claims the site was a disaster waiting to happen.

International Business Times

Landslide at Uganda rubbish dump kills at least 18 people

Search for survivors under way after landslide at Kampala landfill engulfs people, animals and homes.

Al Jazeera

Uganda Landfill Landslide Death Toll Rises To 13

Uganda confirms 13 deaths in Kampala landfill landslide, highlighting need for better waste management and disaster preparedness.

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Two Children Among Eight Dead In Uganda Landfill Collapse

Eight people including two children were killed when mountains of garbage collapsed at a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Saturday, the city authority said.

International Business Times

Scores arrested in Uganda at banned rally inspired by Kenya protests

Police in Kampala stop and detain anti-corruption demonstrators after earlier round-up of opposition MPs

The Guardian - UK

Uganda Police Detain Protesters As Anti-graft Rallies Begin

Ugandan police detained several demonstrators in the capital Kampala on Tuesday, according to an AFP journalist, as scattered anti-corruption rallies began despite being banned by authorities.

International Business Times

A growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope

A community of breast milk donors has formed in Uganda after women struggled with finding ways to keep their babies with health issues alive

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‘A small respite in the face of horror’: Sudanese artists fleeing war find a safe haven

An arts centre in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has given some of Sudan’s best known creatives a chance to work in peace – and find inspiration again

The Guardian - UK

‘Humour is powerful’: Cartoons take on Uganda’s repressive government

Huge potholes and rundown hospitals are actually getting fixed – thanks to online satirical campaigns

Al Jazeera

Oscar nomination gives Bobi Wine new hope of toppling Uganda’s regime

After years of repression, a film about Bobi Wine’s heroic stand against Yoweri Museveni has given new life to the opposition

The Guardian - UK

Uganda’s first Oscar-nominated film tells story of Bobi Wine persecution

Film retells political persecution of popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine as he takes on the longtime Ugandan leader.

Al Jazeera

Jaishankar meets newly-appointed Bangladesh Foreign Minister

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Bangladesh Foreign Minister in Kampala, hailing growing bilateral relations.

The Hindu

Non-Aligned Movement criticises Israel’s war on Gaza at Kampala summit

Foreign ministers within the 120-member bloc have adopted a resolution at the summit, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza..

Al Jazeera

‘If I go out, I’ll be a target’: fear stalks Uganda over brutal anti-gay laws

Despite sharp international condemnation, the new legislation – its measures include the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ – has found support elsewhere in Africa

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Sisters in support: Decriminalising sex work from inside Kampala brothels

In Uganda, sex workers face stigma and abuse. But a sisterhood within the brothels is helping them navigate challenges.

The Independent UK

A vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom as more collectors show interest

A growing list of artists in Uganda is contributing to a feeling among curators of an exciting moment for art in the East African country

The Conversation

Terror in Uganda: what's driving the Islamic State-linked rebels

The Islamic State Central Africa Province recently attacked and killed two foreign tourists and a citizen in a Ugandan nature park. Located in the country’s west near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Queen Elizabeth National Park is about 400km from the Ugandan capital Kampala.

The Guardian - UK

Where have all the grasshoppers gone?: Uganda’s insect traders struggle to find protein-rich bugs

Professional trappers find it increasingly hard to fill their sacks for market as the country’s forests, grassland and swamps where the insects breed are lost

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‘Very disturbing’: crackdown on oil pipeline protests in Uganda concerns UN rights expert

Students in Kampala have been beaten and arrested for marching against a 900-mile pipeline co-owned by a French company

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: 50 years after my grandparents were expelled from Uganda, I visited their old home

I grew up thousands of miles away, hearing stories of the family bungalow in Kampala and of Idi Amin, the dictator who had driven us out of it. What kind of welcome would I find there?

Al Jazeera

In Uganda, scramble for land intensifies in fields surrounding Kampala

Urban expansion and the commodification of land are driving disputes in areas near the Ugandan capital.

The Conversation

Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Africa’s fourth-longest-serving head of state in 2023 – has cemented his place in history. He brought an end to two tyrannies: in 1979 his militia helped to oust Idi Amin’s famously bloody regime; and in the 1980s his army won a guerrilla campaign against the…

Cycling Weekly

'I just kept on fighting until they burned me out in the legs' - Ugandan cycling’s great hope on his World Championships debut

Kamya Richard of Masaka Cycling Club opens up on his journey from racing in Kampala to the Glasgow Worlds

Bangkok Post

In Uganda, Iran president attacks West on LGBTQ rights

KAMPALA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday launched into a condemnation of Western attitudes on homosexuality during a visit to Uganda which has just introduced some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world.

Bangkok Post

Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre

KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

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