February 14
Uganda: Extreme Weather Events Squeezing Farmers
Uganda has experienced heavy and longer rains since September 2023. Even though forecasts indicate dry and sunny conditions in early 2024, the Uganda National Meteorological… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Uganda: We Have Turned Climate Change Into a Climate Crisis
Have you seen or suffered unusual temperatures, rain, drought, landslides, earthquakes or floods lately? Blame climate change. Read more »
August 16, 2023
Uganda: Charcoal Crisis Hits Kampala
On May 24, President Yoweri Museveni issued Executive Order Three of 2023, banning all charcoal burning and trade in Northern and Northeast Uganda. Read more »
May 17, 2023
Uganda: Environmentalists Want Mandela Millers Prosecuted Over Busega Wetland Encroachment
Environment Shield, a civic organisation, has petitioned the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) calling for the prosecution of the proprietors of Mandela Millers and… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Uganda: Restructured Nema Set to Triple Its Manpower
The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) is in advanced plans to triple its staff numbers as part of its ongoing reforms aimed at handling the increased challenges in… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Uganda: How Can Uganda Meet Its Climate Change Financing Needs?
Climate change is currently one of the greatest challenges facing all countries worldwide. According to the World Bank, climate change could force about 216 million people to… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Uganda: Climate Crisis and How It Affects Uganda's Economy
To enlist the expression of Chinua Achebe in describing the state of affairs in his native Nigeria, this time in the Ugandan context, and through a meteoric frame of reference;… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Uganda: Kampala Should Learn Wetlands Conservation From Kigali
Does the pearl of Africa have some environmental lessons to pick from the land of a thousand hills? I answer in the affirmative. Read more »
August 05, 2022
Uganda: Govt Moves to End Isingiro's Water Crisis
The government has moved a step closer to ending the water crisis in Isingiro district after signing a contract for the multi-billion Kagera Water infrastructure construction… Read more »
May 30, 2022
Uganda: MTN in Partnership With Buganda, Catholic Church to Clean Up Masaka City
MTN Uganda has signed a partnership with the Office of the Mayor of Masaka, Pokino of Buddu and the Catholic Church geared towards maintaining sanitation and hygiene of the city. Read more »
May 20, 2022
Uganda: Here's Uganda's Top 5 National Parks
Uganda remains one of the best travel destinations in the world due to her security, natural beauty and unique attractions and through travel companies like Standardgorilla… Read more »
May 11, 2016
Africa: Stop Use of DDT, Say Activists
Environmentalists and health activists have renewed calls for government to stop the use of DDT to eliminate malaria, saying it is harmful to the environment. Read more »
August 18, 2013
Uganda: Jiggers - Busoga's Ignored Crisis
As Sulaiman Kakaire reports in the first dispatch of a two-part series, the problem is bound to escalate as many are living in denial, frustrating any efforts to find a remedy. Read more »