More threads to follow but some good weekend news for Dan, Emmanuel, Prankur, Rico, Kyla, & me. This IDinsight evaluation of GiveDirectly's work in Kiryandongo, #Uganda is now out in #WorldDevJournal.
More details about the whole project here: https://www.idinsight.org/project/unconditional-cash-transfers-in-kiryandongo-refugee-settlement-uganda/
East Africa News Week Of 3 September to 9 September 2023 #FocusNewsAfrica #Kenya #Rwanda #Tanzania #Uganda #Rwanda #Ethiopia #News #Africa https://focusnewsafricacom.wordpress.com/2023/09/09/east-africa-news-week-3-september-9-september-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1SS5F9UOUBQEiNvBjreuIo587kXp0ZvIGjth1h0HRhrCzj9ZC0jpF4lkc_aem_AcXvd2yvdSaN0-nNa1tEyS6RqCDfOMALLMoOFyeOzQAJ4uRma6-hG_z-XVRYUkr96oA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
#focusnewsafrica #Kenya #rwanda #Tanzania #uganda #Ethiopia #news #Africa
Pink News: EU’s continued funding of Uganda sparks backlash from LGBTQ+ campaigners https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/10/uganda-anti-gay-law-lgbtq-activists-eu-funding/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #ugandananti-homosexualitybill #anti-homosexualitylaw #EuropeanUnion #Activism #Politics #Africa #Europe #Uganda #World #News
#lgbt #LGBTQ #trans #lesbian #2SLGBTQ #ugandananti #anti #europeanunion #activism #politics #africa #Europe #uganda #world #news
#Ugandans asked to stop ‘strangers’ in worship places. UGANGA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to be vigilant in the wake of terrorism threats, asking that all visitors be checked before entering places of worship and recreational facilities.
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, President Museveni asked Ugandans not to allow any “strange” people to churches and mosques and report them to the police. https://tinyurl.com/2mea9va8 #News #Africa #Uganda
#ugandans #news #Africa #uganda
The ongoing scuffle over aflatoxins between #Uganda and #SouthSudan will likely negatively impact income tax and road user levy, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) commissioner customs Abel Kagumire has said. Ban of agric goods over aflatoxins to impact taxes. https://tinyurl.com/bd99pxph #Africa #News
#uganda #SouthSudan #Africa #news
#BBCNews - #Uganda 's NDA found #HIV drugs in meat but didn't issue warning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66744520
Minns ni reportaget där kläder lämnade i HM:s insamlingsboxar hade fått GPS-sändare och ett plagg hamnade i Ghana?
Även i Uganda är det här uppenbarligen en realitet. Men är ett förbud mot import lösningen? Bobby Kolade, modeformgivare från Uganda tycker inte det. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/07/a-ban-on-used-clothing-imports-isnt-the-answer-uganda-must-find-homegrown-solutions #fashion #fashionindustry #secondhand #uganda
#uganda #secondhand #Fashionindustry #fashion
#Uganda makes first arrest for ‘aggravated #homosexuality,’ a crime punishable by death under new anti- #LGBTQ+ law
#Antitheism #atheist #atheism #womensrights #humanrights #lgbtq #homosexuality #uganda
Of Course Renee Bach Defends Herself in Savior Complex #2023_09_06 #vulture #jennifer_zhan #savior_complex #hbo #documentaries #renee_bach #uganda #trailer_mix #coming_soon
#2023_09_06 #vulture #jennifer_zhan #savior_complex #hbo #documentaries #renee_bach #uganda #trailer_mix #coming_soon
Some good articles in this special issue on 'Expanding the Boundaries of Digital Inclusion: Perspectives From Network Peripheries and Non-Adopters', including one from my #Makerere colleagues and I on #digital inclusion for #refugees in #Uganda. All open access. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/issue/view/357 #digitaleducation #mscde
#Makerere #digital #refugees #uganda #digitaleducation #mscde
"Früher hatten die Menschen hier Häuser, Bauernhöfe, eine gute Ernte. Und sie gingen zur Schule. Aber jetzt haben sie nichts mehr." Nicholas Omonuk von #EndFossilOccupy #Uganda zur #Klimakrise, die #Klimaflucht auslöst. "Ihr müsst eure Regierungen dazu drängen, alles in ihrer Macht Stehende zu tun, um die Finanzierung von Projekten mit fossilen Brennstoffen in Afrika und in den Entwicklungsländern zu stoppen." #Neokolonialismus #Klimakatastrophe https://rdl.de/nicholas-omonuk-end-fossil-occupy-uganda
#endfossiloccupy #uganda #KlimaKrise #KlimaFlucht #neokolonialismus #klimakatastrophe
ALERT: NULAND IS ATTACKING UGANDA
🇺🇸🇺🇬 The US embassy in Uganda has warned that "there remains a threat of terrorist attacks in Uganda and throughout the region", as Ugandan police on Monday evacuated a business centre in the capital, Kampala, on suspicions that there was an explosive inside.
The US embassy has also told US citizens to stay alert and avoid large public gatherings, a day after Ugandan police thwarted a suicide bombing attack in Kampala.
@africaintel
‘Facebook’s contractor forced me to work alongside my rapist’
Two women working for Facebook’s content moderator in Kenya allege they were sexually assaulted by a colleague.
#Meta #Facebook #Kenya #Moderation #News #Women #Assault #Uganda #Police
#meta #facebook #Kenya #moderation #News #women #assault #uganda #Police
Hace ya unos cuantos meses que desde las Organizaciones Internacionales venimos advirtiendo de la peligrosidad de la llamada “Ley Anti-Homosexual”... #LGBT #LGTBIQ #uganda #homosexuality #death https://observatoriolgtbi.com/2023/09/04/uganda-la-atrocidad-en-marcha/
#lgbt #lgtbiq #uganda #homosexuality #death
Ser condenado/a a muerte por ser LGBTI. Parece una pesadilla, pero puede ocurrir en Uganda. Pedimos que se retiren los cargos, ¡ya! #LGBTI #Uganda
https://t.co/PuD4rb3X1G
First #NatWest and #Coutts, then #JPMorganChase, now #BankOfAmerica #debanking #IndigenousAdvanceMinistries #Uganda
https://newstarget.com/2023-08-28-bank-of-america-debanks-conservative-christian-charity-uganda.html
#Natwest #coutts #jpmorganchase #bankofamerica #DEBANKING #IndigenousAdvanceMinistries #uganda
#Uganda: Two men may face death penalty after 'aggravated homosexuality' charge | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/africa/ugandans-charged-aggravated-homosexuality-intl/index.html
#uganda #lgbtq #humanrights #africa