Tag: Uganda
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…
Several dead after mudslide in Uganda
The landslide was caused by heavy rain and occurred in the town of Kasese on Wednesday. Several homes are said to have been destroyed in the landslide and the rescue…
Cinema: “Bobi Wine: President of the Ghetto”, presented at the Venice Film Festival
Twenty-three films are in the running at the Venice Film Festival for the prestigious Golden Lion. Alberto Barbera, the artistic director, said it: this edition is ” a window open…
The NGO Save The Children warns of the food crisis in north-west Uganda
More than 40% of people are affected by hunger in this poor region. About 90,000 children and more than 9,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women suffer from malnutrition, according to the…