RODNEY MUHUMUZA

June 28, 2020 at 1:51 am

Women ‘on precipice’ in developing countries amid COVID-19 VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rebecca Nakamanya rolls her eyes, dismissing a question about school fees. What really worries her is how to feed three children...

June 7, 2020 at 2:07 am

Africa’s essential truckers say they face virus stigma VIEW

NAMANGA, Kenya (AP) — They haul food, fuel and other essential supplies along sometimes dangerous roads during tough economic times. But Africa's long-distance truckers say...

May 21, 2020 at 9:30 am

Locusts, COVID-19, flooding pose ‘triple threat’ in Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Locusts, COVID-19 and deadly flooding pose a “triple threat” to millions of people across East Africa, officials warned Thursday, while the...

May 16, 2020 at 12:34 am

Burundi defies COVID-19 for election ending a bloody rule

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Burundi is pushing ahead with an election on Wednesday that will end the president's divisive and bloody 15-year rule. When President...

April 28, 2020 at 10:18 pm

China silent amid global calls to give Africa debt relief VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African leaders are asking what China can do for them as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to destroy economies and wipe out...

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April 10, 2020 at 12:58 am

New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the...