Motherhood roles cause women to lag behind in academics
Uganda has seen a significant shift in its political landscape regarding the role of women in the past years.
Author: By Okello Jesus Ojara
Pamoja founders project awards US$90,000 seed grants to 6 food security champions in Africa
Pamoja Founders Project and our partnership with IREX has lifted up 12 African food and agricultural entrepreneurs through a rigorous training program.
Gov’t revitalises proactive approach against corruption
Several efforts to combat corruption and misconduct in public offices, including the formation of the Anti-Corruption Inter-Agency Forum are in place.
Lamwo school gets new solar grid to improve access to quality education
Francis Ogik, the school’s headteacher, told this publication that one of their dreams had come true with the solar grid connectivity, which had proven difficult for them.
Museveni expected to commission a shs40b regional cancer institute in Omoro
The journey to establish the Northern Regional Cancer Centre began in 2017, when the UCI board of directors wrote to the administration of Koro sub-county in Omoro district (then Gulu district) requesting land.
Expedite your entry to custom union, Kadaga tells South Sudan
Beny Gideon Mabor, the Under Secretary in South Sudan’s Ministry of East Africa admits that there are gaps in the customs points both at the border in Elegu and Nimule.
How community seed bank is empowering farmers in Lamwo
The seed bank is governed by a handwritten constitution of 30 farmer members with a majority of 25 female and 5 male farmers.
Why climate change severely affects women?
Florence Amungo, 45, is one of tens of thousands of South Sudanese displaced by catastrophic harsh war and living conditions aggravated by both war and climate change in South Sudan in early 2019.
How community service sentence saved 39-year-old convict’s family
Said Barigye has said there is a need for community sensitization on the importance of community service sentences.
Why Acholi leaders will be sensitised on land matters
Boundary issues on land remain contentious across the country and in particular where infrastructure projects are being rolled out.
Gov’t pushes for win-win campaigns in land compensation
Agnes Oyella, the Gulu City Physical Planner told tndNews that one of the major challenges affecting Gulu City is the land tenure system whereby communities are over-demanding compensation.
Herp Fauna Foundation determined to mitigate human-snake conflict in Uganda
In 2017, the World Health Organization added snakebite envenomation to its priority list of neglected tropical disease.