By Libino Byamukama apearlnews.com Kabale district vice chairperson Miriam Akankwasa Tugume has appealed to the district task force to offer food relief to the Batwa community in Butanda sub county,…
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Drake Drayko, a life shortened?
By Anthony Kushaba apearlnews.com Just like any other fresh graduate, Drake Turyaheebwa alias Drake Drayko brought a smile to his parents on the 28th of May 2021 after graduating with…
COVID-19: Rukiga records 41 teenage pregnancies
By Libino Byamukama apearlnews.com Rukiga district has recorded a total of 41 teenage pregnancies since march 2020 when the first lockdown was put in place to check the spread of…
South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
By APN&Agencies apearlnews.com Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance than ever before, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on…
SCOSP supports vulnerable people hit hard by COVID-19 lockdown
By Anthony Kushaba apearlnews.com Site for community services Program –Uganda has supported vulnerable people hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdown. The beneficiaries of the support are mainly persons with albinism,…
Need for trauma healing and transitional justice in Karamoja
By Charles Donaldson Ogira apearlnews.com Karamoja sub-region is one of the highly pronounced conflicts in Uganda after the war-ravaged LRA lords subjected the country to instability. The communities in Karamoja…
DEFOHR Launches radio campaign on human rights in Uganda
By Alex Mbabazi apearlnews.com Having received many cases of human rights violations during the lockdown since COVID 19 broke out in Uganda in March 2020, Defence For Human Rights (DEFOHR)…
Kyokwijuka cup postponed
By Alex Mugisha apearlnews.com The organizing Committee for the Kyokwijuka cup has put on hold all the preparations for the tournament which was slated for September 2021. The move follows…
Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
By APN&Agencies Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for…
Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis, says UN labor agency
By APN&Agencies Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs and working hours than other sectors, the UN labour agency ILO said on Tuesday. Ten…