Uganda, Africa

Charles Opira was 10 years old when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted him as he walked to school in Gulu, northern Uganda, in 2000. He...

Aid workers in northern Uganda could scale down operations if a fuel shortage persists, officials told IRIN. "Our operations for the past two weeks...

Agatha Locham, 23, sits with her two weak and malnourished children a few steps from the entrance to a bank in Kampala. “Mpayo ekikumi [give me a...

Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border are overstretched as...

Marauding elephants in northern Uganda have added to the challenges faced by civilians trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of 20 years of civil...

John Kibwola, 14, braves the scorching afternoon sun as he sells his collection of plastic bottles along Acholi Street in the northern Ugandan town...

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu called cluster munitions "an abomination whose manufacture and use should not be tolerated by any government", amid...

Among this year's awardees is Andrew Mwenda, founder andmanaging editor of the newsmagazine The Independent, is one of Uganda ’s most outspoken and...

Bad hygiene and lack of adequate sanitation facilities in northern Uganda, a region still recovering from two decades of conflict, have fuelled the...

Ray Apire fought for the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for 10 years, rising to the position of major and commander, until he surrendered in...