05/20/2013 21:00 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - The Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday.

The guerrilla group led by Joseph Kony, whose global notoriety was increased by the Invisible Children Internet video, is also blamed for the abduction of between 60,000 and 100,000 children and the displacement of 2.5 million people.

Written by Richard Nsubuga

Two suspected cholera cases have been reported in Kasese District as Uganda Red Cross Society intensifies social mobilisation campaign to control the spread. The 1 May floods washed away most water sources and latrines. The very few exisiting water facilities do not have running water.

The suspected patients are admitted at St. Paul Health Centre IV in isolation tents. According Kasese health officials, the two suspected patients are from Saluti B village, Kanyangeya parish and Acholi quarters, Nyakasanga II parish Nyamwamba Division.

Posted by Elizabeth Corley, SHOPS on Saturday, May 18th 2013

Posted by Ruwaida Salem, Senior Technical Writer, K4Health and Steve Goldstein, Senior Consultant, K4Health on Friday, May 17th 2013

During the month of May, IMPACT will be highlighting USAID’s work in Global Health. Below features the important role of mothers and partnerships in Global Health.

A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) has just landed in Uganda as continuous heavy rains in the western Kasese region have caused the ‘worst flooding since 1976’, according to the country’s authorities and media reports.

Uganda National Rotary alerted ShelterBox Operations department describing the disaster:

‘… Rains have wreaked havoc in Kasese District… at least six people have been killed… thousands of homes washed away, a hospital inundated, and roads made impassable… the immediate needs are shelter, blankets, water filtration…’

May 17, 2013

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum today presents the report of the International Conference on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe which took place from the 4th to the 6th of October 2012. The conference was organised to bring together various stakeholders to deliberate on the way forward for transitional justice in Zimbabwe.

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

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A documentary shows the importance of sports in uniting conflict-affected communities

“When I joined the rebels, I was 12 years old. I went there because we didn’t have enough food at home,” says Ismael Bikomati in Scoring for Peace, a documentary seeking to spread the message of peace globally.

The PCV immunization programme is expected to reach as many as 1.4 million children and save thousands of lives.

By Proscovia Nakibuuka Mbonye

A new immunization programme against pneumonia is expected to reach as many as 1.4 million children and save thousands of lives.