One in two South Sudanese severely hungry and dependent on food aid, and one in three displaced
Donors sought for world's third largest refugee crisis after Syria and Afghanistan
The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for a baby's first six months and continued breastfeeding up to two years of age. Uganda's parliament has been promoting breastfeeding with a free, day care center for female legislators and staffers. Halima Athumani reports for VOA.
Uganda Red Cross says it has begun registering Kenyans who have fled their country in anticipation of violence surrounding elections set for Tuesday and plans to set up receiving sites at border towns of Busia, Tororo
Term limits have already been repealed for Museveni
Country’s civil servants now have to dress more conservatively or risk a dressing-down, even though form of penalty not clear
Country struggling to host 1.2 million refugees, most from conflict-ridden South Sudan
Of 93 recommendations made by Uganda Human Rights Commission, government departments have fully complied with just one in the past five years
The Ugandan government has found itself at loggerheads with a tribe from the eastern part of the country this month after a state official threatened to ban the tribe’s centuries-old traditional rite of passage. Halima Athumani has the story for VOA from Kampala.
President calls for halt to alleged abuses by law enforcement personnel
Medical needs remain high as more South Sudanese refugees pour into country
Stella Nyanzi was accused of cyber harassment following a Facebook post about the president
Case of university lecturer jailed last month for allegedly insulting president on Facebook has revived concern over what civil society groups say are growing efforts to limit freedom of expression
An HIV activist in Uganda has come up with a novel approach to encourage young people to protect themselves against the disease. She calls it “pill power.” Halima Athumani has the story for VOA from Kampala.
Kampala merchants say Chinese shops are unfair competition; government promises to investigate
Three recent university graduates in Kampala are developing a 'smart jacket' they say can diagnose pneumonia in children faster and more accurately
According to charge sheet, Stella Nyanzi insulted President Yoweri Museveni in Facebook post
Government estimates that 30 percent of Ugandan girls from poor families miss school because of lack of sanitary towels
