Uganda

In Uganda, refugees’ need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it

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NAKIVALE, Uganda — Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands of refugees from unsettled neighbors. Twagirayesu’s family has grown from two children when they arrived more than a decade ago to eight now, … Read more

A boozy banana drink in Uganda is under threat as authorities move to restrict home brewers

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MBARARA, Uganda (AP) — At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown into a wooden vat carved like a boat, and the patriarch steps in with bare feet. The sweet juice he presses out is filtered and … Read more

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

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging artists struggled to get into. Now, there are at least six in Kampala, including one whose curator recently exhibited the sculptor’s contrarian work. Nabulime’s show, which has attracted … Read more

Parenting tips from a dad who’s fostered 36 kids — by himself

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Peter Mutabazi and some of the children he has fostered or adopted. Peter Mutabazi Peter Mutabazi has fostered or adopted 36 children in the past seven years — by himself. Right now, he’s caring for kids aged two, three, seven, eight, 10, 17 and 19 years old, three of whom are his adopted children. His … Read more

Victims of Uganda faculty assault buried as hunt for rebels continues

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Touch upon this storyComment NAIROBI — Households throughout western Uganda’s Kasese district early this week held funerals for college students among the many 42 folks killed in an obvious assault by militants on the Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty late Friday. Not less than 37 college students died and 6 had been kidnapped within the raid in … Read more

Uganda president indicators anti-homosexuality invoice into regulation

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Touch upon this storyComment Uganda’s president signed into regulation a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ invoice on Monday that imposes life imprisonment for same-sex exercise and the demise penalty in some instances, signaling an intensification of the East African nation’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ individuals regardless of widespread worldwide condemnation of the regulation. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 punishes these … Read more