We don’t know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild. Here’s why

A new census — carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and …

'Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s accuracy of description is very much in question'

Bruce D. Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is also an …

Home is where AIDS care is in Uganda

Instead of treating AIDS patients in hospitals, an organisation in Uganda is effectively extending health care to them in their own homes

Climate Warriors: After Greta, now meet Hilda

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a 22-year-old Ugandan college student, who recently delivered a powerful speech in Copenhagen on the climate crisis

Cadavers in the water

The thousands of corpses of the brutal gun-and machete civil war in Rwanda have been dumped into the second-largest fresh water lake in the world.

The great hunger

The largest continent on the earth also has the maximum number of mouths to feed despite the 21st century knocking at the door

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak: WHO

Uganda recorded a total of 164 cases & 55 deaths since the outbreak began September 20, 2022

The vanilla's meeting

High prices and illegal shipments of inferior quality have badly affected Madagascar's status as premier vanilla producer.

HIV fears

HIV -infected persons with low virus levels in their blood are less likely to pass the virus to partners

Antibiotic use in Uganda high: Action is needed

Less than 30% antibiotic prescriptions complied with Uganda’s clinical guidelines, finds survey

Flood situation in East Africa still remains grim

Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are facing fresh bouts of flooding besides facing hardships due to earlier bouts

Problems faced by the Bahima, a nomadic pastoral community of Uganda

Elizabeth Katushabe, a cattle keeper from Uganda, talks to Down To Earth about erratic weather patterns, which is affecting the cattle reared by …

How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

'The surveillance team has to enter the mind of a typical villager from the DRC who knows they’re infected and is trying to escape to …

Ugandan farmers going commercial way in apple production

Currently, the Uganda government is promoting apple production under the National Agricultural Advisory services programme in the highlands of …

Fall Armyworm attack: Uganda’s concerted efforts at curbing infestation

The spread of FAW is alarmingly high in Uganda but the African country is also looking at every possible solution to fight the infestation

What’s driving Africa’s population growth. And what can change it

What’s driving population growth on the continent, and what can be done to slow the trend, is one of the subjects that will be addressed …

Africa fails its young scientists by not investing in their innovations

Unless African governments put their money where their mouths are, innovative advances from young scientists on the continent will be stifled

Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda

Lack of registry, sub-standard health facilities, poor cold storage, limited expenditure on health, irrational antibiotic use and lack of …

Climate change may be behind devastating floods in Rwanda, Uganda: Expert

136 die in two East African countries after torrential rain; warming climate, plastic pollution and encroachment possible reasons for floods 

Penicillin can prevent latent rheumatic heart disease from progressing in children: Study

Further research needed to assess real-world implementation, population-based screening and initiation of prophylaxis

In the future there will be more rain, but less water, in the Nile Basin

About 250 million people are reliant on the Nile’s waters in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt

Climate extremes, population rise to cause water, food scarcity in Upper Nile: Study

While the region is expected to receive heavy rainfall, it will be too slow to result in significant changes in runoff demand, researchers said

Now, Ebola case surfaces in Uganda

Five-year-old child who travelled from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, down with  disease

Rwanda's gorillas have figured out where to find their sodium fix. But it's dangerous

In Volcanoes National Park, gorillas have been leaving the confines of the protected area to raid crops 

The circular economy: How Rwanda tries to chart its course in hostile global waters

Wanting to move away from being a dumpyard of used clothings has meant angering Donald Trump's USA. The small east African country is trying to …