Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...
Uganda’s war industry expands further with manufacture, commissioning of new fighting vehicle
The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has commissioned the locally manufactured Chui (Leopard) infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), which is based on Twiga’s recently launched Nyati but incorporating elements required by the Land Forces of the UPDF. The Chui was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni, Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, during a...
Glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Rwenzori to melt in two decades – WMO report
Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave three per cent off continental GDP by mid-century, the UN climate agency warned on Tuesday. The latest report on the state of Africa’s climate...
Manchester United boss under fire for starting unfit Harry Maguire in loss to Leicester
Gary Neville believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s decision to start Harry Maguire in Manchester United’s 4-2 defeat to Leicester was his “biggest mistake” given the defender was “absolutely nowhere near” match fit. Maguire returned from a month on the side-lines to play alongside Victor Lindelöf at the heart of United’s defence...
Domestic violence: Virtual reality enables batterers feel what it’s like to be attacked, learn some empathy
“I have to come home every day and look at your shitty face,” the man barks to his partner. “When we married, you were hot. Look at you now. You look like shit.” The man advances, knocking the phone to the ground, until his face looms menacingly close. This harrowing...
