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Rwanda: Wildlife Left Outside Akagera Fence Fuels Conflict With Community
[New Times] When Akagera National Park completed fencing its boundaries in 2012, conservationists hailed the project as a milestone in protecting one of Rwanda’s most important ecosystems. The fence was intended to secure wildlife, curb illegal activities and restore ecological balance inside the park.
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Uganda: Unsafe Abortions Continue to Claim Lives As Experts Call for Better Reproductive Health Education
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — At the age of 16, Sharon Namyalo found herself facing an unplanned pregnancy while still in secondary school. Fearful of her parents’ reaction and the stigma associated with teenage pregnancy, she turned to unsafe methods in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy — a decision that nearly cost her life.
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Mauritius: Dr. Shekhar Ramjutun – ‘In Digital Healthcare, Trust Is Everything’
[L’Express] What if visiting a doctor were as simple as walking into your local pharmacy? That was the vision Dr. Shekhar Ramjutun had when he co-founded Doc2Us, turning it into a platform that connects 1,700 pharmacies to virtual doctors across Malaysia. A former commercial pilot turned tech CEO, he argues that digital healthcare is not
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Uganda: Parents, Teachers Protest Survey Amid Threat of School Demolition in Buikwe
[Nile Post] Parents and teachers in Sugu Village, Ssi-Bukunja Sub-county, Buikwe District, are living in fear that their community school could be demolished at any time due to an ongoing land dispute affecting local residents.
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Uganda: DPP’s Office Clarifies Fate of Man Arrested At Parliament With Child’s Head
[Nile Post] The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has clarified that Joseph Nuwashaba, the man who was arrested at Parliament carrying the severed head of a child, was convicted in 2024 and is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence.
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Uganda: August CAF Inspection Will Find Us Ready, Says Ogwang After Hoima Stadium Visit
[Nile Post] State Minister for Sports Peter Ogwang has dismissed concerns over Hoima City Stadium’s readiness for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), insisting Uganda remains on course to meet all Confederation of African Football (CAF) requirements ahead of a crucial inspection scheduled for August.
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Uganda: AfDB Backs $180 Million Arua Airport Upgrade in West Nile Sub-Region
[Independent (Kampala)] Arua — Uganda secured €155.99 million (Shs 677.4 billion) in financing from the African Development Bank Group to transform Arua Airport into an international gateway, a project aimed at boosting trade, tourism and regional integration in East and Central Africa.
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Africa: Rwanda and South Africa – From Diplomatic Frost to Strategic Partnership and Greater People-to-People Mobility
[allAfrica] After more than a decade of diplomatic estrangement, Rwanda and South Africa appear to be taking meaningful steps toward rebuilding a relationship long marked by suspicion, political tensions, and missed opportunities. Recent high-level engagements between Kigali and Pretoria suggest a growing recognition that Africa’s future is better served by cooperation than confrontation. As both
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Tanzania: My Christian Father, My Muslim Mother, and My Country’s Truth
[allAfrica] My father is a devout Lutheran. My mother is a practicing Muslim. I was educated at a Catholic school. This is not an unusual story in Tanzania – it is a very ordinary one.
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Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Urge Australia’s Griffith University to Disassociate With Judi Rever
[New Times] Genocide survivors’ organisations from Rwanda and across the diaspora have called on Australia’s Griffith University to sever any association with Judi Rever, a Canadian author and journalist known for promoting narratives that distort and deny the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.