The proliferation of automatic weapons throughout the Karamoja region has led the Ugandan government to initiate a regional disarmament programme, but onging tensions between tribes-people and government forces offer little hope for longlasting peace in the region.

Bishops from Sudan and Uganda have lashed out at Ugandan MPs for insensitivity to the plight of Sudanese refugees in Uganda.

Uganda's world famous rare mountain gorilla tourism has received a US$2 million (sh3.6billion) boost from the USA for the conservation of the endangered primates in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Parks in southwestern Uganda.

AN estimated 2,000 DR Congolese refugees have fled Bundibugyo district following ethnic clashes between Hema and Lendu in Ituri region, reports The New Vision newspaper.

In the context of the Know How Conference 2002 held last week in Kampala, Uganda, on the collection and dissemination of information relevant to women, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has denounced the limited access by rural women to the new information technologies.

Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have killed 42 civilians in an attack in northern Uganda, says the Ugandan army. The army said the rebels attacked a village near the northern town of Kitgum last Wednesday and used machetes and clubs to cut and beat their victims to death.

The World Bank yesterday approved two credits totaling US$250 million to help Uganda fight the abject poverty that afflicts 35 percent of the country's population overall, and 66 percent of the population of Northern Uganda. Uganda will receive US$150 million for the Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC2), which is second in a planned series of three World Bank PRSC operations, to support Uganda's medium-term development and reform program. Meanwhile, the US$100 million Northern Uganda Social Action Fund credit will specifically address service delivery problems in the North.

Corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)- where over four percent of revenue is lost to corrupt staff every year - is motivated by greed not poor pay, deputy Commissioner General Justin Zake says.

The CID is investigating the possibility that sh48,293,700 was paid by the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) to a ‘ghost’ insurance agent who allegedly handled the presidential jet insurance.

In December last year Jane Kayomberera did a course on fruit preservation, later joining hands with Edith Munube to start a local women's group called the Entebbe Cottage Industry. This year, the women reaped their first harvest and paid school fees for the first term.

Tanzania has expelled another group of 400 Ugandan illegal migrants who have now pitched camp at the Kamwema border post in western Mbarara district.

Launched in March, 1996, the RESCUER programme was a referral project designed to address the high maternal mortality rate in Uganda. Centred in the Iganga District, it worked in six health units and one referral hopsital to empower Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). Uganda is one of the least urbanised countries in Africa. Over 80 percent of the population (which totals 20 million people) live in rural areas. Uganda's economy depends mainly on agriculture; women contribute 60-80 percent of the labour. Women's health, therefore, has vital social and economic implications for national development. In this context, it is notable that the maternal mortality rate among Ugandan women is 506/10,000. Sixty-two percent of births are attended by TBAs and relatives.

The Uganda Artists Asociation organizes weekly art meetings every Thursday from 4-8pm: it's a forum for artists and art lovers, making connections, and supporting networks.

Knowledge about AIDS is dangerously low among rural Ugandan women and girls who have dropped out of school. The 'senga', the father’s sister, used to give sexual advice to young girls, but this tradition is dying out in central Uganda. Could it be revived and adapted to provide information about HIV?

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has suspended wildlife exports following international and local pressure after suspected irregularities in the trade were exposed.

Former energy minister Richard Kaijuka has said a US$10,000 amount deposited into his London bank account, said to have been a bribe,was his son's.

You will have extensive background in media, information, communications, an understanding of conflict management issues and a conceptual grasp of contemporary development discourse. Panos Eastern Africa works with the media, policy-makers and international agencies throughout East Africa and the Horn to provide information and stimulate debate on developing issues.

Africa's forest cover has reduced by 30 percent in the last 30 years causing climate change, danger to tourism and human welfare, the Africa Environment Outlook report has revealed. President Yoweri Museveni launched the report recently. It also indicates that 126 animal and 123 plant species have become extinct and 2,018 animal and 1,771 plant species are threatened by extinction.

The number of AIDS orphans in Uganda has increased five-fold from 177,000 in 1990 to 884,000 at the end of 2001, a joint report by three development agencies indicates.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to talks with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), but stressed his government will continue to pursue the group. This comes amidst worries over the governments continued military action and security concerns from refugees in northern Uganda, reports IRIN.