UGANDA: Overcrowded prisons heighten TB risk

4 July 2008, 11:43 am

Dr Michael Kyomya is responsible for the health of almost 5,000 inmates in Uganda's Luzira Prison, but his caseload is not the biggest challenge - the architecture is.... read more

Uganda: Govt Unable to Reap From High Cotton Prices

3 July 2008, 11:12 pm

Charles Kazooba Nairobi Kampala is conducting crisis meetings between public and private sector players to exploit a boom in global cotton prices after the country registered its lowest crop yield in the past ...... read more

Ugandan women shunning hospitals to give birth traditionally

2 July 2008, 10:35 pm

By Henry Wasswa, Kampala , July 3 : Milly Nalwadda believed that when she checked into a hospital in Uganda instead of using a traditional birth attendant, she was doing the best thing for her unborn child.... read more

Somali attack Ugandan troops, kill 47 civilians

2 July 2008, 5:16 pm

Kampala/Mogadishu At least 47 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ugandan peacekeepers and Ethiopian troops in separate battles, a human rights group said yesterday.... read more

Gunmen torch press of Ugandan tabloid

1 July 2008, 10:14 pm

Ten to 15 men armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the offices of the Ugandan tabloid daily Red Pepper on Saturday, setting fire to a generator and the printing press, according to news reports and CPJ interviews.... read more

South Sudan says Ugandan behind attacks on civilians, orders them to leave

1 July 2008, 2:08 pm

Vice President of southern Sudan government has pointed figures at the Ugandan army saying they are responsible of recent attacks in the border areas with Uganda.... read more

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