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"After the closure of USAID in the country — we normally think big and act fast — we started providing psychological first aid to former staff," Lucy Onen said.
A study published Monday found that the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more ...
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As the U.N. marks its 80th anniversary this month, its humanitarian agencies are facing one of the greatest crises in their ...
Aviation engineers across Africa have called for collaboration and the embracing of digital transformation in the sector. This was one of the major outcomes of the 15th IFATSEA Africa Region Meeting ...
Ugandan health authorities acknowledge that one challenge for CHEWs is transportation, part of a larger burden of poverty that can leave health facilities lacking ambulances or even gas to move them.
Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025 During her remarks from the Senate floor this month, Senator Amy Klobuchar sounded off on President Trump over his catastrophic cuts to USAID.
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has organised a public lecture to examine the implications of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration—particularly its second term—on Uganda, with a ...
Amy Grant, the Grammy Award winning singer and a contemporary Christian music pioneer, joined other artists June 18 for a free concert supporting HIV/AIDS relief.
LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to ...
Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WSACCO) has launched a financial literacy and empowerment campaign for Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) troops deployed in Somalia. UPDF troops ...
The government is hopeful that Uganda will have a fully operational national space agency by 2026. Uganda’s first satellite, PearlAfricaSat-1, was launched into orbit in 2022.