uganda
‘Very disturbing’: Crackdown on oil pipeline protests in Uganda concerns UN rights expert
Students in Kampala have been beaten and arrested for marching against a 900-mile pipeline co-owned by a French company.
Uganda charcoal ban disrupts a lucrative but destructive business
The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders.
East African crude oil pipeline: Campaigners warn of environmental and human disaster
A huge fossil fuel project in East Africa has sparked fierce push back. A string of banks and insurers have refused their backing and environmental groups warn the project is a global warming, ecological and human rights disaster.
A more climate-resistant coffee rises in Africa
For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
Refugees are replanting trees in Northern Uganda
Uganda coffee exports in November drop by 15pc, hurt by drought
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority says a two-year drought has led to increased incidences of pests and diseases that affected coffee yields.