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January 16, 2023
Uganda: How the Case of a Former Child Soldier Exposed Weaknesses in International Criminal Law
Guilt and innocence are rarely clear-cut, even in the most heinous of crimes. The recent appeal of Dominic Ongwen, former commander in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), shines a… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Africa: ICC Upholds Jail Term for Ugandan Rebel Commander Ongwen - Why It Matters for Africa
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld its 25-year jail term against former Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. In a decision delivered on 15 December, the ICC… Read more »
Uganda: The ICC Upholds 25-Year Jail Term for Ongwen - Why It Matters for Africa
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld its 25-year jail term against former Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. In a decision delivered on 15 December, the ICC… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Uganda: Ebola - Schools Were Closed for Two Years During Covid, Now They Face More Closures - Something Must Change
Children in Uganda missed out on more school because of the COVID pandemic than their peers anywhere else in the world. An estimated 15 million pupils in the East African nation… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Uganda: Ebola - Lessons From Covid Show That Heavy-Handed Lockdowns May Be a Bad Idea
Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has topped 127 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital… Read more »
October 23, 2022
Uganda: Ebola in Uganda - Why Women Must Be Central to the Response
"No time for that" was the constant refrain heard by gender and women's health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal… Read more »
October 08, 2022
Uganda: Fuel Smugglers - Are the Opec Boys (Anti-)heroes of the Marginalised?
Smuggling in the Ugandan border region of West Nile has a long and chequered history. It straddles the fine line between legitimacy and legality. Governance and conflict researcher… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Uganda: Uganda's Owen Falls Dam - a Colonial Legacy That Still Stings, 67 Years Later
Uganda's Owen Falls hydropower plant has a rich history that predates the country's independence in 1962. The plant is located across the White Nile and sits between the towns of… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Uganda: Uganda - an Ancient Circumcision Ritual Is Key to Imparting Communal Knowledge
Music, dance, drama and poetry are important elements of ritual in African societies. Imbalu, the centuries-old circumcision ritual of Uganda's Bagisu people, is no different. When… Read more »
October 02, 2022
East Africa: Massacre Offers Window Into the Past and Future of the DRC Conflict
For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed and an estimated 5.6 million others displaced… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Uganda: Nation Well Prepared for Ebola Outbreak
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda's ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead),… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Uganda: Efforts to Address Vitamin A Deficiency Miss the Mark
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea. There are… Read more »
August 21, 2022
Uganda: Idi Amin's 'Economic War' Victimised Uganda's Africans and Asians Alike
Fifty years ago - in early August 1972 - President Idi Amin summarily decreed the expulsion of Uganda's "Asian" (that is, Indian and Pakistani) community. Over 50,000 people were… Read more »
June 16, 2022
Uganda: What the 100-Year-Old Makerere University in Uganda Reveals About Culture
Makerere University, which marks its centenary this year, is well-known as the oldest university in East Africa and as a cradle of political elites. Its alumni include presidents… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Uganda: Martyrs' Day - How Life in Uganda Today Mirrors the Dark Old Days of Kabaka
Martyrs' Day in Uganda commemorates the bold decision of some early converts to Christianity to give up their lives for the sake of the gospel. The day, marked on 3 June every year… Read more »
May 22, 2022
Uganda: Museveni's First Son Muhoozi - Clear Signals of a Succession Plan
On 8 March 2022, Ugandan politics was sent into a spin by 49 words tweeted by President Yoweri Museveni's only son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Read more »
May 08, 2022
Uganda: Antibiotic Use in Uganda Is High - Action Is Needed
Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains of disease-causing organisms. This has… Read more »
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