Conservation

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY 28, 03, 2026 A Chocolate factory is coming in one year to process cocoa beans into powder and chocolate in Koboko district. This was disclosed by James Baba, Former Internal Affairs State Minister and Member of Parliament for Koboko County. Baba who has been one …

By Timothy Eodu-Karamoja As the new season is returning, climate information is very vital to help farmers plan for their season to avoid risks that may be associated with the changes. Along the Karamoja cluster 1 for instance, changes in the climate tend to be harsh in both wet and …

By Timothy Eodu The community leaving within Moroto Municipality was left in shock on Wednesday evening as two minors were swept by flash floods due to a heavy downpour that flooded Lia seasonal river, which runs in the middle of Moroto town. Water flowing from one of the Bridges after …

Bare-chested miners dig pits to look for gold in Odupi sub county, Uganda. Image by Richard Drasimaku. Whether in Uganda or Burundi, gold mining remains predominantly artisanal and rudimentary. Many miners do not care about their health, less about the environment. By Richard Drasimaku and Renovat Ndabashinze November 15, 2023 …

  Iwe nchini Uganda au Burundi, uchimbaji wa dhahabu unasalia kuwa wa kisanaa na wa kawaida. Wachimba migodi wengi hawajali afya zao, hata kuhusu mazingira. This story was produced with support from the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center  Na Richard Drasimaku (Uganda) na Rinovat Ndabashinze (Burundi)  Kutoka …

  While growing up as a child, Ben Afidra Amorimvapi, a resident of Degiya village, Olali parish-Ogoko Sub County developed fondness for White Rhinos. With his village home sitting on what was a controlled hunting area of Ajai wildlife reserve, Amorimvapi points to a bare ground next to his house. …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2023 Dr Severin Kalonga, the project lead for Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa initiative of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasized the role of environmental journalists to help halt and reverse the negative trend of degradation and biodiversity loss in …

BY OUR REPORTER Police in Kikuube district yesterday arrested one Ayebare Joseph, a senior official working with National Forestry Authority (NFA) attached to Bugoma forest for assaulting an Indian investor RAEHA RAMASAMY KRSHANA. The Indian investor is attached to Hoima Sugar and a farm manager of Nsozi farm where Hoima …

BY EDWARD AKAKI, TIMOTHY EODU- MOROTO A 2021 survey by National Population Council shows that Karamoja has the highest fertility rates in Uganda standing at Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 7.9 compared to the country’s average of 5.2.Also, 46% of pregnancies in Uganda are unintended with the mean desired total …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections in Uganda’s West Nile and parts of South Sudan. However, the river shores along Enyau, a tributary of river Nile …