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Amy Fallon works from Helsinki, Finland. I like water. PhD researcher at @AaltoWAT @AaltoUniversity exploring Finland in between researching water governance and climate variability. UEA alum! Amy Fallon has over 239 followers on Twitter.
Citizens win case for safe childbirth
In Uganda 16 women in labour die each day. One woman, backed by a civil society organisation, took the state to court
Uganda rows over Museveni’s rule
As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets
Ugandan medics seek Libya payday
The brain drain to North Africa threatens to hobble the nation’s health system
Uganda justifies brain drain
Judgment has been postponed indefinitely as a battle wages over the ‘export’ of health workers.
Uganda: NGO takes govt to court for brain drain
Uganda’s biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.
Antiporn law screws risque Ugandan singer
Jemimah Kansiime’s livelihood is now under threat as her Rihannaesque antics could lead to jail time.
Ugandan MP’s lonely anti-gay law battle
A court overturned the anti-gay Bill on a technicality, and the politician who fought it plans to fight a bid to have it passed again.
Cold comfort for Rwanda
So much of the world is familiar with ice cream that it is difficult to imagine discovering it for the first time, as these Rwandan women did.
Africa to get its own web encyclopedia
The online encyclopedia will serve as a repository for the continent’s rich traditions, crafts and culture.
East Africa ups the fashion stakes
Fashion Weeks in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi provide a showcase for local designers and are spurring similar events in neighbouring countries.
Idi Amin: The tour of terror (ticket please)
Uganda’s tourism board wants to cash in on those who are fascinated by the dictator’s brutal reign.
Anti-gay law puts Uganda tourism at risk
Uganda could suffer a backlash from tour operators in the West angered by President Yoweri Museveni’s new law against homosexuality.
US preachers lit homophobia fuse
American evangelists were responsible for fostering a turning point in Uganda’s attitudes towards LGBTI people.
Uganda’s outrage skirts the law.
President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-pornography Act is no laughing matter despite a spirited protest against the miniskirt ban, writes Amy Fallon.
Kampala’s bodaboda drivers put a new spin on streetwear
Kampala’s bodaboda drivers dress in trendy, colourful clothes to ?attract customers.