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,…
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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…
‘Demystify’ albinism and end discrimination – UN chief
By APN and Agencies On International Albinism Awareness Day, Sunday, the UN chief reiterated his “solidarity with persons with albinism”. Albinism, a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited condition found in both…
Good Samaritan Uganda donates food to Grace Villa Girls
By Sophan Niwamanya apearlnews.com Kabale based nongovernmental organization Good Samaritan -Uganda, on Sunday donated food to Grace Villa Home and Sanctuary for Vulnerable Girls Kabale. Grace Villa Girls is a…
57% of children in Kigezi living below the poverty line
By Sophan Niwamanya apearlnews.com The National Children Authority -NCA has revealed that 57% of children in the Kigezi region are living in Poverty. Martin Kasagara Kiiza, the Executive Director of…
Zulu Queen: Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu buried amid succession row
By BBC The Zulu Queen, Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, who died unexpectedly last week, has been buried in a private ceremony in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. She was appointed regent of the…