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Articles about Uganda


08/10/2007: Next we will be displaced by a famine
George William Odeke is a local councilperson in the flooded village of Adurukoi in the eastern Ugandan district of Katakwi. “I don’t know what will happen next year because the food is just finished. If the rain continues, we will undoubtedly need food relief,” said Mr.
Odeke. Read more...


18/09/2007: Worst flooding in any recent memory
Recent heavy rains have caused extensive flooding and damage throughout much of west, central and east Africa. The floods have destroyed homes, farmland and local infrastructure, while displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Read more...


18/09/2007: 88% in Karamoja illiterate
Research in literacy levels in Karamoja region using population projections and visits at every Manyatta reveals that eighty eight percent of the people in the region cannot read and write the Moroto district Education Officer, Mr. Paul Abul has said. Read more...


17/09/2007: Video: Visit Karamoja in Uganda
Watch how the Ugandan NGO KADP works with drought preparedness in Karamoja and how they help improve the quality of life for the Karamojongs, who are among the poorest groups in Uganda. Read more...


06/09/2007: Milk goats
A milk goat project funded by the DanChurchAid, a Danish Charity Organisation for women groups in the districts of Moroto and Nakapiripirit has improved the quality of life in more than 100 families. Read more...


05/09/2007: Karamoja could drop pastoralism for Agriculture
One thing you notice on returning to Karamoja after a year or so is that someone has splendidly done well out of selling agriculrural products, sorghum, millet, beans, Sim sim rice and potatoes. Read more...


05/09/2007: Cattle rustling spreading cattle diseases in Karamoja
Authorities in Moroto district have blamed the outbreak of infectious livestock diseases in the entire Karamoja region on cattle rustling across the borders to Kenya. Read more...


05/09/2007: Strange livestock disease breaks out in Moroto
An infectious livestock disease has broken out in the district of Moroto and other parts Nakapiripiriti districts killing hundreds of animals, the Livestock development assistant, Mr. Simon Peter Louse has said. Read more...


05/09/2007: Karamoja seeks to mend relations with Kenya Turkana, Pokot
Local leadership in Karamoja region are seeking plans to end the long running cattle rustling battles with their neighbours, the Pokot and Turkana of Kenya. Read more...


05/09/2007: 8 killed, 318 livestock raided in June
Despite the intensity of the ongoing disarmament exercise in Karamoja region through cordon and search method, 8 people have been killed and 318 livestock have been raided in Moroto district in the month of June alone. Read more...