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Articles about Uganda


14.09.2009: Adopted son makes father proud
Taking in a 13-year-old orphan has turned out to be a true blessing for a poor family in Uganda. Read more...


20.10.2008: Africa Commission policy notes
The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa. Read more...


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: 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...