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News Articles: Uganda

Climate activist Hilda Flavia Nakabuye speaks at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen in 2019. She and a group of Ugandan activists are calling on high-income countries to commit to bigger and faster emission cuts ahead of COP26, the climate change summit taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, this week.

A climate change disaster led this shy 24-year-old from Uganda into activism

When Hilda Flavia Nakabuye was a girl, a severe storm flooded her family's farm. Now she realizes that climate change was a factor — and she's become an advocate for change.

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  • Lauren Sommer
Zambian neurosurgeon, John Baptist Mukasa, passed away on TKTK.

Pandemic Loss: Pioneering Ugandan Neurosurgeon Was A 'Servant Of The People'

John Baptist Mukasa is one of the 4 million-plus people around the globe who have died because of this pandemic. His death is a reminder of the devastating toll of COVID-19.

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  • Adela Wu
An oxygen cylinder plant in Kampala, Uganda. The Ugandan army has started producing oxygen for state-run hospitals to ease the burden existing plants as COVID-19 cases — and demand for oxygen for severe illness — keep rising.

Africa Is Running Out Of Oxygen

As COVID surges, so does demand for oxygen. And oxygen manufacturing plants simply can't keep up. That's bad news not only for severely ill COVID-19 patients but others in need, including newborns.

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  • Jason Beaubien
Soldiers patrol outside presidential challenger Bobi Wine's home in Magere, Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 16, after President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the election.

Uganda Security Forces Ordered To Stop Detention Of Losing Presidential Candidate

A judge ruled Monday that security forces surrounding the home of Bobi Wine, who lost a disputed election to President Yoweri Museveni, must leave. It's not clear if the ruling will be obeyed.

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  • Mark Katkov
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been in power since 1986. His police chief has warned that anyone causing trouble on election day "will regret being born." Museveni is facing a formidable electoral challenge from Bobi Wine, who has been arrested multiple times and said Tuesday that the military had killed his driver and that his home was raided.

Uganda's Ruler Museveni Defends Violent Crackdown In Bid For 6th Term

President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, spoke to NPR ahead of Thursday's election. His main challenger, Bobi Wine, said Tuesday the military had killed his driver and his home had been raided.

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  • Eyder Peralta
Renee Bach, who is 31, was sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in the U.S.

U.S. Missionary With No Medical Training Settles Suit Over Child Deaths At Her Center

Renee Bach ran a treatment center for severely malnourished children in Uganda. Over five years, 105 died. This week, a lawsuit by two mothers who each lost a son was settled with a cash payment.

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  • Nurith Aizenman