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‘Very disturbing’: Crackdown on oil pipeline protests in Uganda concerns UN rights expert

Students in Kampala have been beaten and arrested for marching against a 900-mile pipeline co-owned by a French company.

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Uganda charcoal ban disrupts a lucrative but destructive business

The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders.

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East African crude oil pipeline: Campaigners warn of environmental and human disaster

A huge fossil fuel project in East Africa has sparked fierce push back. A string of banks and insurers have refused their backing and environmental groups warn the project is a global warming, ecological and human rights disaster.

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​A more climate-resistant coffee rises in Africa ​

As global warming threatens the two main varieties, coffee growers in Uganda are betting on a type that can stand up to heat, drought and pests.
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For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out

A trek through tropical forest, mud fields, and scree reveals the last remnants of the once-sprawling ice fields in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains. Their loss has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
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Refugees are replanting trees in Northern Uganda

In the Palorinya Refugee Settlement, efforts to reduce deforestation and increase tree coverage help the ecosystem and improve refugees’ quality of life.
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Uganda coffee exports in November drop by 15pc, hurt by drought

The Uganda Coffee Development Authority says a two-year drought has led to increased incidences of pests and diseases that affected coffee yields.

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