Climate change threatens pastoral communities: Oxfam

Xinhua News Agency;  November 9, 2006 ;     346 words ...Climate change threatens pastoral communities: Oxfam NAIROBI, Nov...threatening the livelihoods of pastoral communities. In a statement issued...to save the lives of pastoral communities such as the Turkana of...

Ugandan, Kenyan police to jointly disarm border pastoral communities

Xinhua News Agency;  February 20, 2004 ;     161 words ...Ugandan, Kenyan police to jointly disarm border pastoral communities KAMPALA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Uganda Police...program to disarm the Karimojong and Pokot pastoral communities. "We are going to sandwich the Pokot and Karimojong...

Kenya joins Uganda in disarmament of border pastoral communities

Xinhua News Agency;  July 4, 2005 ;     268 words ...Kenya joins Uganda in disarmament of border pastoral communities KAMPALA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The governments...coordinate simultaneous disarmament of armed pastoral communities in the two east African countries to end the...

Top athletics stars to parade in Kenya for peace run

Xinhua News Agency;  November 15, 2005 ;     358 words ......15 (Xinhua) -- Top athletes from pastoral communities in eastern Africa region will on...Loroupe Peace Race will attract pastoral communities from Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia...the event. Cattle rustling among pastoral communities that live along the Uganda-Kenya-Sud...

Feature: A Kenyan athlete's quest for peace

Xinhua News Agency;  May 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......organizes races between warring pastoral communities to build trust and break the stereotypes...peace communication strategy for pastoral communities. The peace races remain a very reliable...of the peace making process among pastoral communities in the greater horn of Africa...

Seven drown in river overflow in northeast Uganda

Xinhua News Agency;  April 23, 2004 ;     121 words ...Seven drown in river overflow in northeast Uganda KAMPALA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Seven people including...due to river overflow caused by three hour downpour in northeast Uganda, according to Radio Uganda Friday. Three of them were...

HIV/AIDS can be explosive in northern Tanzania: officials

Xinhua News Agency;  December 13, 2004 ;     235 words ......AIDS can be an explosive epidemic in Tanzania's northern pastoral communities, should the problem be left unattended to, local officials...because sexual activity is casual among members of the pastoral communities, and the local authorities fear those coming back from...

1,200 runners from Kenya, Uganda to take part in regional peace race

Xinhua News Agency;  November 14, 2007 ;     428 words ......About 1,200 runners including about 400 warriors from pastoral communities in Kenya and Uganda will take part in this weekend's...to pursue an athletics career. Cattle rustling among pastoral communities that live along the Uganda-Kenya-Sudan borders have turned...

Kenya's marathon star seeks to help children get quality education

Xinhua News Agency;  August 25, 2006 ;     471 words ......campaign to give quality education to children from the pastoral communities in the greater Horn of Africa. Tegla Loroupe, the former...a Peace Academy which will draw children from warring pastoral communities in Kenya, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Ethiopia. Through...

Thousands to participate in peace run in Kenya

Xinhua News Agency;  November 7, 2007 ;     491 words ......NAIROBI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- About 10,000 runners from pastoral communities in Kenya and Uganda will participate in a marathon in...to pursue an athletics career. Cattle rustling among pastoral communities that live along the Uganda-Kenya-Sudan borders have turned...

Roundup: More mayhems in northeast Uganda asarmed warriors go on rampage

Xinhua News Agency;  November 8, 2006 ;     459 words ...Roundup: More mayhems in northeast Uganda as armed warriors go on rampage KAMPALA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua...number of mayhem cases has continued to rise in Karamoja, northeast Uganda, as armed warriors in the region have gone on rampage attacking...

Rabies kills 47 in northeast Uganda

Xinhua News Agency;  June 26, 2004 ;     110 words ...Rabies kills 47 in northeast Uganda KAMPALA, June 26 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of rabies has killed 47 people in Uganda's northeastern Kotido district in the latest...

72 School Children, 26 Teachers Die in Northeast Uganda

Xinhua News Agency;  January 17, 2002 ;     153 words ...A total of 72 school children and 26 teachers died in northeast Uganda's Nebbin district in 2001alone, the Monitor newspaper reported on Thursday. Of the 72 pupils, three were struck by lightning, five...

Highest earning postcodes revealed.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 27, 2006 ;     138 words ......also show high-income earners in areas associated with military bases in and around Darwin and at Katherine. Remote and pastoral communities are among the poorest, in particular Wollogorang, Newcastle Waters, Renner Springs, Yulara and Uluru. Publication Date...

Rebels kill hero Brit.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 9, 2005 ;     29 words ...A British tourist helped to save a group of white-water rafters who capsized on the River Nile in northeast Uganda yesterday - only to be shot dead by rebel African gunmen minutes later