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Wales scraps controversial Uganda tree-planting scheme
The Welsh government has given more than £4m to the scheme since 2015, but will end it due to budget pressures.
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Making history in Dakar 2026: Six young refugees, one Olympic dream
The medals are already being won at Dakar 2026. But beyond the scores and the celebrations, some athletes have overcome far greater challenges. Members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team, now living in Uganda and Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp after fleeing conflict, are proving that the Games are about much more than sport.
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‘I will not delete my posts’: Inside Uganda’s crackdown on online critics
Uganda’s online critics allege abductions and intimidation as families search for missing relatives.
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Uganda withdraws its troops from Somalia as fight against rebels persists
Kampala announced on Monday it had begun pulling its troops out of Somalia. Uganda was the first country to send deployments to help Mogadishu when the African Union set up an international military mission in 2007 to battle al-Shabab extremist rebels. But what is prompting Kampala to withdraw its troops now, as the battle against the militants continues? FRANCE 24’s Georga Calvin Smith is joined by Horn of Africa geopolitical analyst Anwar Abdifatah Bashir.
World
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo
The Bundibugyo strain has spread to Kenya and Uganda, while two in Nigeria returned negative results.
Politics
Uganda withdraws troops from peacekeeping mission in Somalia
In tonight's edition: Uganda starts drawing down troops just days after the UN ends its political mission in Somalia. Also, upcoming municipal elections in South Africa risk solidifying growing political fragmentation. Plus the drought gripping Chad could be the country's worst in more than 40 years.
Politics
Uganda begins withdrawing troops from Somalia after two decades
Ugandan troops first deployed to Somalia in 2007 as part of an international military coalition to battle Islamic insurgents. But the mission has faced mounting pressure since a US decision to withdraw funding.
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Uganda begins withdrawing troops from Somalia after 20 years
The country was the first to contribute troops to the AU mission established to stabilise Somalia in 2007.
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