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As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged

Bagungu people who farm and worship in an oil-rich, remote region in Uganda are worried about the future of their sacred natural sites

The Independent UK

African Electric Motorcycle Startup Spiro Is Gaining Momentum

Ugandan e-mobility startup Spiro is building momentum across Africa, with plans to set up charging and battery swapping stations in multiple African countries.

RideApart

Hospital detentions for new mothers challenged in Ugandan court

Two cases to be heard this month could serve as legal precedent to outlaw the holding of patients against their will for unpaid bills

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Uganda arrests four people over 'acts of homosexuality'

Ugandan police on Monday arrested four people for allegedly engaging in same-sex activity following a raid on a massage parlour. The arrests come three months after the introduction of repressive anti-gay legislation triggered an international backlash.

Radio France Internationale

World Bank freezes loans to Uganda because of anti-gay laws. But it doesn't mean it's becoming a human rights watchdog

Many people may be tempted to view the World Bank’s recent announcement that it will freeze new loans to Uganda because of the country’s vicious anti-LGBTIQ+ law as a harbinger of the Bank taking a more progressive approach to human rights issues.

The Conversation

What does it take to be a heroine of health? Education, dedication ... a stealth plan

We interview two honorees from this summer's Women Deliver conference: a community health worker with an innovative strategy and a nurse who aims to heal the sick and bolster her profession.

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Ugandan leader defiant after World Bank cuts off loans over anti-LGBTQ law

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has denounced the World Bank's decision to suspend new funding in response to a law targeting LGBTQ+ people, accusing the lender of using money to try to "coerce" the country's government.

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Uganda defiant after World Bank halts funding over anti-LGBTQ law

President Museveni says the country will reduce borrowing and not give in to pressure from foreign institutions.

Al Jazeera

'I just kept on fighting until they burned me out in the legs' - Ugandan cycling’s great hope on his World Championships debut

Kamya Richard of Masaka Cycling Club opens up on his journey from racing in Kampala to the Glasgow Worlds

Cycling Weekly

World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over anti-gay law

The World Bank says it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned

The Independent UK

World Bank halts new loans to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law

US-based lender says controversial anti-gay law contradicts its values.

Al Jazeera

‘Now the tyrant’s abuse will continue’: Uganda’s president under attack over closure of UN human rights office

Forced closure described as ‘a huge blow’ to human rights as country fosters hostile environment for activists, journalists and LGBTQ+ people

The Guardian - UK

Uganda revives colonial-era railway after Chinese funds fall through

Uganda has begun restoring a disused branch of a railway line built under the British Empire, which it hopes will offer a cheaper way to transport goods to neighbouring countries.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda’s Mary Cholhok: ‘Netball transformed my life into something amazing’

The 6ft 7in goal shooter on how she fled South Sudan as a refugee, avoided being ‘married off’ and made her name at World Cup

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Al Jazeera

Uganda restoring colonial-era rail after China fails to fund another line

The line was built during British colonial rule and hasn’t been in use for nearly four decades.

The Independent UK

UN closes its human rights office in Uganda as government ends an agreement allowing it to operate

The United Nations' human rights chief says his office in Uganda will close this weekend after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement allowing it to operate

Al Jazeera

Lake Victoria boat accident kills at least 20 in Uganda; several missing

Police say five people still missing after overloaded boat sinks on Africa’s largest lake.

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Netball World Cup: Tougher challenges await Ferns

A 61-goal win over Singapore completed the Silver Ferns' first stage of the Netball World Cup. But it only gets harder from here, Merryn Anderson reports.

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Evening Standard

Netball World Cup 2023: When does it start and how to watch England play live

England will ultimately be hoping to progress to Pool F and compete against Australia, who have won the Netball World Cup 11 times

The Conversation

Africa at the Netball World Cup: four teams are set to inspire the continent

The Netball World Cup was first held in 1963. It’s the largest women’s sporting event on the planet – and for the first time it’s being hosted in Africa. Four African teams have made the final 16 of the 2023 tournament, which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from…

Radio France Internationale

France's TotalEnergies starts drilling for oil in Uganda

French oil giant TotalEnergies has started drilling oil wells in Uganda as part of the massive East African Crude Oil Pipeline project that has been opposed by environmental and human rights groups.

The Independent UK

UN panel says it's concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years

Human rights violations in Uganda in recent years ranging from the arrest of government opponents to extrajudicial killings have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts

The Hindu

Japanese Foreign Minister to visit India this week, discuss vision for Global South

At a press conference in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that his focus during the visit to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, South Africa, Uganda, and Ethiopia was on enhancing ties with “South West Asia and Africa”.

Al Jazeera

Concern mounts in East Africa over halted Black Sea grain deal

Analysts say East Africa could experience food shortages due to complications from Russia exiting the grain initiative.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a huge sign of progress’: the battle to decriminalise suicide

In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of four countries to overturn its law in a year, others could follow

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