Archive for the ‘Uganda’ Category
ARVs made easy in Uganda?
Here’s something that piqued my interest: Yesterday, Ugandan drug manufacturer Quality Chemicals announced that it’s going to manufacture a single pill to replace the cocktail of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs used to prevent the progression of HIV. A central problem in treating HIV is making sure patients take the right drugs at the right time. Public [...]
If you want to #coverthenight, also read this — Beyond #Kony2012: Advocacy, Activism and Africa
I’m thrilled to join the company of some stellar thinkers, doers and writers in “Beyond Kony2012.” I’ve offered a chapter called “Ethical or Exploitative: Stories, Advocacy and Suffering,” an analytic look at trauma stories in journalism and advocacy contexts. The book is free for two weeks, via LeanPub,. Go download it. Share it with others. [...]
Following Ugandans on foot as they #walk2work
My occasional internet addiction finally proves useful as I follow the news in Uganda, where Museveni’s biggest challenger in the February elections is now an even more formidable opponent — a man around whom varieties of Uganda’s popular discontent can coalesce and lead to movement. Literally. Walking has become a kind of protest in Uganda, [...]
Let’s play, “Why is this news?”
In this report from Uganda (slow down! 20 clicks a month!) we learn that: A man tried to steal a motorcycle in Kampala. A crowd gathered. They beat him. Then they set him on fire. Then the police showed up, and they fired into the crowd. Maybe they meant it to be a warning shot. [...]
Uganda finds easiest Security Council sanctions loophole ever
In order to comply with UN sanctions, Uganda froze the assets of Tropical Bank, “99.6875 percent” owned by Libya, according to Bloomberg. (The other “0.3125 percent” belongs — shocker — to the Ugandan government.) Then it took the bank over. Why? Bloomberg reports on a statement from Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile: The measures [...]
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