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Another fire at Kawempe Muslim School

A mysterious fire swept through a boys’ dormitory at Kawempe Muslim Secondary School Wednesday evening, the second in just under one week. The cause of the recent fire had not been established by press time. Kawempe Police chief, Siraj Bakireke had reported that the extent of the damage by the…

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6 more Ugandans admitted with possible Ebola

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six more patients suspected to have Ebola have been admitted to the hospital days after investigators confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious disease in a remote corner of western Uganda, a health official said on Monday. Stephen Byaruhanga, health secretary of the affected Kibaale district,…

THE FIRST SUNFLOWER and a visiting bee...(2011, Khula Darma)

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The importance of Natural Farming in Our Socio-Ecological Crisis

Written By Tim Wigely (Natural Farmer in the Eastern Cape, South Africa and member of the Khula Darma Community): Farming with Nature the only way out of our current crisis. Natural farming is a fairly broad term for methods of farming that work with nature rather than trying to fight…

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Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes. The officials and a World Health Organization representative told…

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, A woman demonstrates how she ties her two kids on a rope suffering from nodding disease in order for them to minimize their movement. Uganda this week hosts a four-day international conference on nodding syndrome that health officials believe will lead to a clearer understanding of the mysterious disease. The disease is called nodding syndrome, or nodding head disease, because those who have it nod their heads and sometimes go into epileptic-like fits. The disease stunts children and destroys their cognition, rendering them unable to perform small tasks.

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Mysterious nodding disease afflicts young Ugandans

KITGUM, Uganda (AP) — Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the kind of raw emotion that the head of the family rarely displayed. "What is traumatizing us," he…

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Ugandan choir's sound does travel

By Ami Mizell-Flint for gosangelo - visit thier site http://www.gosanangelo.com SAN ANGELO, Texas — Ten children from Uganda visited San Angelo last week, looking to help change the world. The Ugandan Orphans Choir, on a tour of seven states over eleven months, performs in churches and cultural venues throughout the…