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☆ African leaders say elephants need to die for food. Critics says it’s cruel and won’t work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300 zebras. Crops have failed, livestock has died and nearly 70 million people are desperately in need of food. They say it’s the opposite: reducing numbers will help protect remaining animals as the drought shrinks food and water resources. Both Namibia and Zimbabwe say professional hunters will ensure entire groups are killed to prevent this.

Persons: —, Badru Katumba, El Niño, ”, Elizabeth Mrema, Mrema, Chris Brown, ” Brown, It’s, Romeo Muyunda, ” Muyunda, Brown, Izak Smit, Zinyange Auntony, Farai Maguwu, ” Maguwu, Elisabeth Valerio, Maguwu, Megan Carr, Keith Lindsay, Muyunda, “ Organizations: CNN, Getty, United Nations Environment, “, Namibian Chamber, Environment, Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry, Tourism, Desert Lions Human Relations, for Natural Resource, cullings, EMS Foundation, Martin Locations: Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Europe, Murchison, Uganda, AFP, Damaraland, Kaokoland, slaughterhouses, Namibian, Dete, Hwange, Hwange Park, African, Halali, Etosha

☆ Landslide at landfill in Uganda’s capital kills eight people
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —A landslide at a landfill in Uganda’s capital Kampala has killed eight people, the city’s authorities said on Saturday. The incident happened late Friday after heavy rainfall when sections of the landfill collapsed, covering some nearby houses, Ugandan media reported. Kampala Capital City Authority said government and Red Cross personnel were searching the site and had rescued 14 people. People look on as an excavator helps search for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala on August 10, 2024. Footage from NTV Uganda television showed people walking on a section of the landfill that had crushed parts of a house, while pictures from UBC Uganda showed an excavator attempting to dig up garbage.

Persons: Reuters —, Badru Katumba Organizations: Reuters, Authority, Red Cross, Getty, NTV Uganda, UBC Locations: Uganda’s, Kampala, Kampala Capital, AFP, UBC Uganda, Uganda

☆ Eddy Kenzo, Uganda’s first Grammy nominee, recounts his journey from sleeping on the streets to global stardom
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Vanessa Offiong | Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

I’ve always known that I’ll make it in music because I could feel the creativity in me. But I knew that one day if I ever went into a studio, I would produce good music. Eddy Kenzo (center) pictured here in Uganda with members of the Ghetto Kids dance group, during a music video rehearsal in 2023. Eddy Kenzo, pictured here attending the 65th edition of the Grammy Awards show on February 5, 2023, became Uganda's first-ever Grammy nominee last year. A Grammy nominee is a Grammy nominee.

Persons: Miriam Makeba, Eddy Kenzo, Uganda’s, Matt B, ”, Edrisah Kenzo Musuuza, Kenzo, CNN’s Larry Madowo, Larry Madowo, I’ve, Badru Katumba, ’ I’ve, It’s, Matt Winkelmeyer, Matt, Greg Organizations: CNN, Best, Big Talent Entertainment, Uganda National Musicians Federation, Getty, EK, The Recording Academy Locations: Uganda, Kampala, AFP, Chicago, Los Angeles

☆ Climate Change Made Their Homes Unsafe. Who Pays for Their Move?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Photographs Badru Katumba For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

BUDUDA, Uganda—On a steep slope dense with coffee and banana plants, farmer Irene Muyama starts each day by carefully checking a 5-inch-wide crack that recently appeared on a path her children take on their way to school. She has packed the family’s meager belongings into a pile of handwoven baskets, preparing to move to a new, safer home. The fertile highlands of Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano straddling Uganda’s border with Kenya, have become too dangerous for people to live and farm on, the Ugandan government says. The mountain has long produced some of the world’s finest Arabica beans for U.S. brands like Starbucks and Blue Bottle Coffee. But a series of deadly landslides that climate scientists say were caused by extreme changes in local rainfall patterns have thrust this mountain—and the people who live here—to the center of one of the most divisive battles in international climate negotiations.

Persons: Irene Muyama, Mount Elgon Locations: BUDUDA, Uganda, Mount, Kenya

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☆ Uganda, Other African Nations Push for Fossil-Fuel Projects
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Photographs Badru Katumba For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK, Uganda—A herd of elephants stomped through savannah grasslands to the throbbing sounds of bulldozers preparing oil wells that will soon start feeding a 900-mile pipeline from this wildlife and nature reserve. The $10 billion project has become a flashpoint in the global battle against climate change, as some African governments with unexplored natural resources seek to resist a global push to limit investment in new fossil-fuel projects.

☆ Un ministru din Uganda a fost rănit într-o tentativă de asasinat în care a fost ucisă fiica lui
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Radio 4 Uganda / FacebookUn ministru din Uganda a fost rănit într-o tentativă de asasinat în care a fost ucisă fiica luiMai multe persoane înarmate au deschis focul asupra unei mașini în care se afla ministrul Muncii și Transporturilor din Uganda, rănindu-l pe fostul comandant de armată și ucigând-o pe fiica lui, dar și pe șoferul autovehiculului, a anunțat un purtător de cuvânt al armatei, citat de publicația The Guardian. Patru atacatori pe motociclete au tras asupra mașinii care îl transporta pe generalul Katumba Wamala printr-o suburbie a capitalei Kiasasi, a relatat televiziunea locală NBS. „S-a tras asupra lui... El a fost rănit și transportat la spital, iar șoferul lui a fost ucis", a spus Flavia Byekwaso, purtător de cuvânt al armatei. Tentativa de asasinare a lui Wamala a avut loc în aceeași suburbie a capitalei unde în 2017 mai mulți bărbați aflați pe motociclete au deschis focul asupra mașinii în care se afla un înalt ofițer de poliție. Felix Kaweesa a fost ucis în atac, alături de șoferul lui, scrie digi24.ro.

Persons: Katumba, El, ., Chris Baryomunsi, Wamala, Felix Kaweesa Organizations: Facebook, Muncii, Transporturilor, Guardian Locations: Uganda, Kiasasi

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