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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. Photo: X

Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging

Museveni who has been in power since 1986 won the elections with 71.65 percent

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. Photo: X

Uganda’s Museveni: seven times a president, still wants another term

As he runs for president yet again, his NRM party aims to boost the economy and uplift citizens but critics say that the people have lost faith in him

Karamojong shepherd. Copyright: Lainey 777, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ugandan eye doctor restoring sight to nomadic herders

Ugandan eye doctor restoring sight to nomadic herders

Women working in the advanced animal health laboratories of ILRI, in Nairobi, Kenya. Copyright: ILRI/David White, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Why science ‘needs to listen to African voices’

New research projects should focus on building stronger bridges between scientists in the Global South, says Connie Nshemereirwe

(Dr Mfundisi Neurosurgeon, Facebook)

Brain surgery is ‘peppered with moments of joy’, says South Africa’s third black female neurosurgeon

Coceka Mfundisi wants governments to invest in her field to help patients avoid long-term impairments and health problems

Professor Nana Aba Appiah. (Sottie STAK – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90181613)

‘So many things’ encumber women, says Ghanaian academic

Women need support to overcome systemic barriers, argues 51-year-old Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, the first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana

A 20-year-old woman who sells bananas along a street poses in Kampala, Uganda. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Head of Uganda’s banana-research programme wants more girls to enter science

‘Girls need to be encouraged; to look at themselves as equally good,’ says Ugandan scientist Priver Namanya Bwesigye, who was mentored by her father

School for the disabled. Copyright: Kopano Tlape GCIS, CC BY-ND 2.0

A future in Uganda where kids with rare diseases can play and grow

African role models: A young scientist in Uganda dedicates her work to helping children with disabilities, especially girls

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is contributing to conservation not only with her veterinary skills but also by supporting community development

Africa’s Role Models: Uganda’s first wildlife vet wants to change world

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is contributing to conservation not only with her veterinary skills but also by supporting community development