Activists Warn Ugandan Gov't of Looming Environmental Crisis
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Activists warn Ugandan gov't of looming environmental crisis    KAMPALA, Sept.7 (Xinhua) -- Environmental activists in Uganda have warned of a looming environmental crisis in the east African country if the government does not take major steps to avert the disaster.
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Environmental activist Wangari Maathai will struggle to win a parliamentary seat in Thursday's general elections.
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Ugandan police have arrested 12 leaders of a doomsday cult that believes floods swamping large parts of the north and east of the country herald the end of the world, state media said on Sunday.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury warns that human greed is threatening the environmental balance of the Earth.
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By KIDSON, Sally  A national environmental advocacy group is warning the Tasman District Council that if it doesn't take steps to identify and protect outstanding natural landscapes, the Environment Court could decide for it.
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A top U.N. official urged countries in Asia on Thursday to deal squarely and bravely with HIV/AIDS, which he said was being driven dangerously underground because of stigma and conservative attitudes.
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The country's interim government is being besieged by mounting criticism from every sector of society.
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In light of the on going genocide and humanitarian crisis in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, the government, Parliament and Ugandans should re-think Uganda- Sudan relations.
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Kenya's opposition threatened new mass rallies Wednesday because it was not consulted about a meeting of regional leaders called to address the country's deadly political crisis
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Â· Kibaki put on defensive by Odinga's yes to mediation  Â· African Union head due to arrive to help end turmoil
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Northern Uganda is the world&#39;s biggest neglected humanitarian crisis, with 20,000 kidnapped children, many of them forced to serve as combatants, the head of UN humanitarian affairs says.
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AIDS experts yesterday issued chilling warnings that India, China and Russia were on the brink of epidemics to parallel those in Africa.
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The hunting of wild animals by hungry refugees in East Africa threatens wildlife populations, say conservationists.
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Sunday's violent storm proved that Latvia is not properly prepared for an energy crisis, Economy Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Era) says in an interview in the newspaper "Diena". The minister stresses that the ...
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An international human rights group has accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of promoting "state homophobia" in Uganda and urged the repeal of a colonial-era law against sodomy.
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The top UN AIDS official in Uganda is denying reports the government is pressuring his agency not to promote the use of condoms. However, heâs concerned that some people may be trying to mix facts about HIV/AIDS with ideology.
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The world is on the verge of a water crisis as people fight over ever dwindling supplies, experts told the Stockholm Water Symposium.