Tag: Uganda

Francis Mugwanya: The man providing wheelchairs for the poor disabled in Uganda

Francis Mugwanya, a Ugandan is challenging the attitudes and views towards people…

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Betty Bigombe’s quest to turn war to peace In Uganda

Betty Bigombe, a former Ugandan politician, a peacemaker and a World Bank…

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Isaac Nabwana: Meet the man who put Uganda’s Wakaliwood on the map

I did not know how to write a script but I thought…

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‘I really want to see my children. They have been my strength’

"In September 2003, life was good. I was happy, healthy and my…

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The first Ugandan female aeronomical engineer to lead UNAIDS

Ugandan Winnie Byanyima, the head of the UK charity Oxfam and the…

Betty Bigombe: The woman who befriended a warlord

When Betty Bigombe was growing up in northern Uganda in the late…

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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail

How do women get men who are standing in the way of…

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda diagnosed with virus

A five-year-old boy in Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, the World…

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My family and I received death threats because I am an LGBT rights activist

In 2009 Ugandan MPs tried to introduce new laws against homosexuality that…

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The hidden lives of domestic workers in Kenya

In Uganda, young women are leaving their homes to try and find…

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