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African MPs asked laws to solve hunger crises

Our ReporterNovember 28, 2019November 28, 2019

African legislators must enact relevant laws to reverse the high prevalence of malnutrition currently at 20 per cent on the continent and the highest in the world. The Uganda Country...

Business

Oulanyah: absurd Uganda a food basket suffers hunger

Our ReporterJuly 25, 2017

The World Food Programme (WFP) has pledged support to end hunger in Uganda. The support is in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) No.2 of putting an end to hunger,...

Special Reports Videos

Hungry Rukungiri woman sells her body for paw paws

Our ReporterJuly 10, 2017July 10, 2017

A woman in Rukungiri district was forced to sell her body in order to purchase paw paws to feed her hungry children. Known to some as papaya, paw paws [scientific...

South Sudan

1 million S.Sudan refugees traumatic, hungry in Ugandan camps

Our ReporterJune 21, 2017

The nearly 1 million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda face shortages of food, water and medical care, but they have also brought with them the trauma of the war they...

Somalia

UN seeks funds for Amisom troops, hunger in Somalia

Our ReporterMay 18, 2017

The humanitarian crisis in Somalia is worsening, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council, calling for more than $800 million in aid to offset the impact of a...

Special Reports

Hunger kills child as Kanungu residents eat grass

Our ReporterMay 17, 2017

At least one child is reported to have died in Kanungu district due to the hunger that is grinding the residents to near demise. According to Uganda Radio Network [URN,...