Tag: Uganda
Extinction Rebellion activists attack BNP Paribas, financier of Total
Environmental activists in France continue their mobilization against the Tilenga and EACOP projects of TotalEnergies in Tanzania and Uganda, contested for their environmental and human impacts. This Friday, January 20,…
CHAN 2023: Senegal held back by Uganda
In group B, the Senegalese have not chained a second affiliate success against Uganda this Wednesday, January 18 in Annaba. They were beaten by the Cranes (1-0). Ugandan striker Milton…
nine dead, including children, in New Year stampede
New Year celebrations turn tragic in Uganda. At least 9 people, including children, were killed and several others injured in a stampede at a shopping center in the capital, Kampala.…
TotalEnergies again in court for its oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania
The French firm TotalEnergies was before the French courts this Wednesday, December 7 following a legal action launched in 2019 by a group of six French and Ugandan NGOs against…
People affected by AIDS still very stigmatized in Africa
More than forty years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, people living with the disease in Africa face a stigma that is still very present, despite the work of…
controls reinforced after the appearance of the first cases of Ebola in Kampala
Since the end of October, the Ugandan capital has recorded 14 cases of the Ebola virus, which has already killed 49 people in the country, according to the government. A…
Six siblings from the same family contracted the Ebola virus in Uganda
In Uganda’s capital, Kampala, health officials said six siblings from one family had contracted Ebola. For weeks, paramedics had been calling for tougher measures to prevent the spread of the…
European Parliament slams TotalEnergies megaproject in Uganda, Kampala stiffens
Kampala reacted on Friday, September 16, to the resolution adopted the day before by MEPs which singled out the TotalEnergies oil exploitation megaproject in Uganda and Tanzania, in particular because…
The Nyege Nyege festival returns after a three-year hiatus
In Uganda, the Nyege Nyege festival (“ the uncontrollable urge to dance ” in Luganda) is back from this Thursday, and until Sunday, September 18, after two editions interrupted by…
Several dead after mudslide in Uganda
Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen The rescue work in Kasese in western Uganda. Photo: Red Cross in Uganda/AP/TT At least 15 people, mainly women and children, have…