By Geoffrey Mutegeki

Kyenjojo and Kabarole districts in western Uganda have also borne the blunt of the drought that has affected most parts of the country.

“I planted maize and beans early last month expecting rainfall, but we were hit by the dry spell. All the crops are stunted and drying up. I am planning to dig them up because I don’t expect any harvest,” said John Kamara, a farmer in Kyenjojo district.

Over the last two days, somel parts of Kyenjonjo received rain, but most farmers said the rain had no impact.

06/15/2013 22:21 GMT

BANGUI, 15 juin 2013 (AFP) - Au moins 16 personnes ont été tuées jeudi dans une attaque de l'Armée de résistance du seigneur (LRA), rébellion ougandaise, dans le centre de la Centrafrique, a-t-on appris de source militaire centrafricaine samedi.

"Des éléments de la LRA ont attaqué jeudi deux villages dans la région de Bria (région minière du centre), et ils ont tué six personnes, blessé près d'une dizaine d'autres, pillé les maisons d'habitation", a déclaré la source militaire.

06/16/2013 02:54 GMT

BANGUI, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in Central African Republic, a military source said late Saturday.

LRA fighters attacked two villages in the central mining region of Bria on Thursday, initially killing six people and wounding about 10 others as they looted houses, said the source.

"The rebels were pursued and caught by villagers armed with rifles... who killed four of them," the source added.

06/14/2013 18:31 GMT

LIBREVILLE, 14 juin 2013 (AFP) - Le président centrafricain Michel Djotodia, qui a pris le pouvoir fin mars, a affirmé vendredi que la situation se normalisait à Bangui, où les anciens rebelles étaient "en train d'être désarmés", à l'ouverture d'un sommet des chefs d'Etats d'Afrique centrale à Libreville.

By Amy Fallon

KAMPALA
, Jun 13 2013 (IPS) - Children around the world may complain about attending school and doing their homework, but not 14-year-old Raya*. For two years she was forced by her illiterate parents to spend every day, rain or shine, selling sugar cane from the family garden to customers on the streets of Entebbe, about 35 km outside the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

KAMPALA, 12 June 2013 (IRIN) - Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections and several crucial diagnostic tools for HIV care, according to a recent Ministry of Health stock status report.

The UN refugee agency is alarmed by the fighting that has been on-going in Jonglei State, South Sudan since March between government troops and armed groups. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced. In Pibor County in particular, we have seen increasing tension and serious allegations of a break-down in law and order, evidenced among other things by indiscriminate abuses and looting of civilian property. Most of Pibor County’s 148,000 people are affected and many have been displaced more than once by the hostilities.

LONDON, 7 June 2013 (IRIN) - There should be many reasons for governments to improve public services like water, healthcare and sanitation; these services make citizens happy and politicians popular. But too often, conflicting systems, confusion about roles, perverse incentives and other constraints block desired improvements. What, if anything, can aid agencies do to help?

Karamoja, Uganda [ACTED News] – An ACTED-initiated agreement to coordinate cross-border animal health activities between Uganda and Kenya was signed into force by the Kenyan Director of Veterinary Services and the Ugandan Director of Animal Resources. Since 2011, ACTED has been working with local and national governments in Kenya and Uganda to support the development of a mechanism to allow for cross-border coordination to prevent and respond to animal health disease outbreaks.