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NEWS ABOUT: Uganda

Uganda stories: 13 news summaries

 Mountain Gorillas 
 Take Fight to 
 Survive 
 Online 

Ugandan animals' advocates embrace social networking

Sep 28, 09 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas.... More »

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endangered species • Africa • Facebook • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • Twitter • Congo • Jason Biggs

 Toxic Booze 
 Kills 40 Ugandans 

Victims of adulterated spirits include much-loved radio host

Sep 25, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toxic alcohol has killed at least 40 drinkers in the last month in the the African party capital of Kampala, where all-night bars sell cheap spirits. Among the victims who suffered sudden blindness followed by organ failure was one of the country's best-loved media personalities, lonely-hearts radio host DJ ... More »

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Africa • alcohol • Uganda • Kampala • poisoning

Ugandan Child Murders Linked to Witch Doctors

US-backed task force struggles to quell brutal surge

Sep 6, 09 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ritual murders and kidnappings continue to haunt Uganda despite police efforts to battle the horrors, the Guardian reports. Often linked to organ trafficking and witch doctors, some 300 cases were reported last year, and only 18 taken to court. A US-backed task force started this year has failed to stem... More »

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Africa • murder • organ trafficking • ritual • Uganda • human sacrifices • witch doctors • child murder

 Fungus Poised 
 to Kill Off 
 World's Wheat 

US scientists race to find plants resistant to the Ug99 fungus

Jun 14, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rust-colored fungus could destroy 80% of the world's wheat crops in a few years unless scientists counter it with genetically resistant strains, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Ug99 fungus—an ancient wheat-killer that rose up again in Africa 10 years ago—is already threatening 19% of the world's... More »

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fungus • wheat • crops • genetic research • Uganda • Ug99 • stem rust

US Funded Failed Attack
on Ugandan Rebels

LRA escaped 'poorly planned' attack, massacred civilians

Feb 7, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military helped fund and plan a disastrous attack on a Ugandan rebel group that resulted in reprisals against civilians, the New York Times reports. Uganda had hoped to rout the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army from the Congolese national park it was hiding in, but it failed... More »

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US military • Uganda • US military aid • rebels • Congo • Lord's Resistance Army

 Baby Born on 
 Transatlantic Flight 

Passengers cheer as Boston-bound flight gets an extra passenger

Jan 1, 09 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Passengers on a Boston-bound plane from Amsterdam got a New Year's surprise when a woman on board went into labor, the Boston Herald reports. Two doctors on the flight informed the pilot that the baby would come before the aircraft could make an emergency landing. Passengers cheered after the woman... More »

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flight • Northwest Airlines • baby • birth • plane • Uganda • airplane

10 Places Already Feeling Global Warming's Heat

Hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast has taken the brunt of climate change so far

Dec 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:
  • Darfur: The deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.
... More »

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Darfur • politics • global warming • hurricane • Northwest Passage • Gulf Coast • Uganda • Alps • Great Barrier Reef

Female Thieves in Uganda Use Chloroformed Bosoms

Ugandan crooks rob Lotharios knocked out by chemical on female conspirators' breasts

Dec 2, 08 6:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Ugandan men, particularly traveling salesmen with hefty wallets, have been beset by bandits employing femmes fatale outfitted with chloroform-laden bosoms, the Telegraph reports. After being stripped and relieved of all his possessions, a typical victim “just remembers being in the act of romancing” and nothing after, says one official. More »

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Africa • crime • robbery • business • Uganda • chloroform

(AP) - The strategic Congolese city of Goma descended into chaos today, raising the likelihood of a bloody regional war. Government soldiers commandeered cars, taxis, and motorbikes in a retreat from advancing rebels, joining tens of thousands of terrified refugees struggling to stay ahead of the violence. Tutsi rebels said they had... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Rwanda • Uganda • Congo

Uganda Threatens Ban on Miniskirts

Distracted drivers are causing car accidents, official complains

Sep 18, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Uganda government is considering a ban on miniskirts because the sight of a shapely thigh is causing traffic accidents, according to officials. The minister for ethics and integrity is pushing to make wearing a short skirt an act of public indecency. Other vices he has targeted include sub-standard service,... More »

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Uganda • miniskirt • Kampala • Nsaba Buturo • Makerere University

Nations Unite to Save Gorillas

10-year effort is the first to help dying species

Feb 25, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Three African nations where the world's last 720 wild mountain gorillas live are finally working together to save the critically endangered animal, the Guardian reports. Until the 10-year plan was announced last week, mistrust and conflict had kept Rwanda, Uganda and the Congo from collaborating as another 10 apes were... More »

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endangered species • conservation • poaching • Democratic Republic of Congo • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • charcoal trade • rebel fighters • Central Africa • Virunga Park

Scramble for Peace
After Kenya Carnage

African Union boss in talks today in bid to control spiraling violence

Jan 2, 08 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Political leaders scrambled yesterday to contain violence in Kenya as rioting and retaliation over an election dispute appeared to leave the nation teetering on the edge of bloody chaos, the BBC reports. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. At least 300 people have been killed, including 30... More »

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Africa • Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Uganda • Raila Odinga

Africa Nations
Move to Ban
Plastic Bags

90% don't make it to dumps, clogging sewers, littering streets

Dec 2, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - With garbage rotting in the streets and being burnt in toxic bonfires, many African countries are looking to ban plastic bags. Kenya produces 48 million every year, and is now trying to follow Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by outlawing them. In Nairobi’s slums, bags even clog channels leading out... More »

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Kenya • plastic bags • Nigeria • Tanzania • ban • Nairobi • Uganda

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