BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024 The Uganda National Academy of Science (UNAS), an independent, non-profit and nonpolitical organization that prides in advancing academic excellence and societal transformation through evidence-based research and policy formulation has received a boost of new breed of scientists whom it has enrolled into …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KAMPALA: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024 At a slummy suburb of Uganda’s Capital City, Kampala, Dr Charles Niwagaba, an associate professor of civil engineering at Makerere university is spearheading research basing on human urine as a source for cheap fertilizer. It is hoped that this could bring a …
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BY DOREEN BAZIO ADJUMANI: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024 In West Nile, a sub-region of Uganda that is prone to drought and adverse vagaries of weather, the food security situation is worsened by the hosting of a large number of refugees in the country. Many households receive only 30% of food …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND DRAMADRI FEDERICK ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024 For the second time during routine inspections, Hon Mario Obiga Kania, the State Minister for Lands in-charge of Urban Development has extended the deadline for completion of the two bridges on Enyau River in Arua district and Arua City. …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2024 The Lions club in Arua has called upon the public to embrace the forth coming general eye clinic that has been organised by the Ministry of Health to commemorate the World Sight Day. Dr Amos Nyathirombo, an eye specialist and member of …
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Abundoned 6 in 1 fish cages floating on River Nile in Obongi districtBy Dramadri Federick ARUA: Friday, October 11, 2024 At Namsaiya cell, Roma ward in Obongi town council, a water logged area is shrouded in thickets as it straddles the shores of River Nile. It is where one of …
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Whether in Uganda or Burundi, gold mining remains predominantly artisanal and rudimentary. Many miners do not care about their health, less about the environment. By Richard Drasimaku and Renovat Ndabashinze November 15, 2023 This story was produced with support from the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center From the far …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Monday, July 31, 2023 Augustine Guma was only 15 years old when tragedy befell Ombaci on Wednesday June 24, 1981. He survived the massacre and after the war he went back to school while at the same time doing petty business to pay his fees. In …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, JULY 06, 2023 Uganda is among twelve countries across different regions in Africa that are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the vaccine alliance, GAVI, have announced in a …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2023 Dr Severin Kalonga, the project lead for Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa initiative of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasized the role of environmental journalists to help halt and reverse the negative trend of degradation and biodiversity loss in …
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