NATIONAL DAY – UGANDA
Uganda’s National Day is celebrated on October 9th every year and marks the anniversary of the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Explorer Henry Stanley discovered Uganda in…
40% OF CHILDREN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA NOT IN SCHOOL
UNICEF estimates that 40 per cent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID19-induced closures and pre-pandemic levels of out of…
UGANDA JOINS CLEAN SEAS CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE PLASTIC POLLUTION
Uganda has joined the Clean Seas Campaign, demonstrating the country’s commitment to curbing the flow of marine litter and plastic waste entering lakes, rivers, and the ocean. The Clean Seas Campaign,…
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION KEY TO EAST AFRICA RECOVERY
When the COVID-19 pandemic crisis started, most people were extremely pessimistic. They thought that the region would drown in terms of trade declining catastrophically. But in actual fact the East…
UNICEF LAUNCHES GLOBAL #REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN
An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…
ADOPTING REMOTE TEACHING IN UGANDA AND ZAMBIA
Originally published by UNESCO This year’s World Teachers’ Day, celebrated on the 5th of October under the theme, ‘Teachers: leading in crisis, reimagining the future’, has a different focus than in…
H.E. Yoweri Museveni – President of The Republic of Uganda
THE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE “It is a pleasure for me to discuss issues pertaining to young people and their contribution towards the development of nations. The Commonwealth brings…