Thursday 16 September, 2021
Simon Coveney said it could include longer quarantine periods for unvaccinated people travelling from Britain to Ireland.
Wine has disputed the official results of January’s presidential election, which he says he won.
Politician and former musician Bobi Wine lost Uganda’s presidential election but his party won at least 56 seats.
The race was between Uganda’s incumbent and musician turned opposition candidate Bobi Wine.
The Liverpool forward made the difference to set up a last-eight clash with surprise package Benin.
Pre-tournament favourites Egypt have booked their place in the knockout stages.
The current Ebola crisis has recorded more than 2,000 cases.
Kanye gave the President of Uganda a pair of Yeezys.
The child had followed the nanny outdoors.
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
Here’s how Irish donations have helped one family get back on their feet.
Women are often discriminated against in land disputes – but things are changing, slowly.
More people live here than in the whole of Co Galway.
Denis Ojara was abducted at 14 years of age to serve in the LRA in Northern Uganda.
It told the UN this week that it doesn’t tolerate such discrimination.
Inmates at Luzira have access to spiritual seminars and counselling.
Some 95% of people with cancer there will never access treatment such as chemotherapy, radiology or oncology.
Dominic Ongwen faces 70 charges including war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Uganda represents a huge emerging market for oil exploration.
“Some of them will be so desperate that if they’re told to win a seat as an MP ‘You must sacrifice a child’, they’ll do it.”
We have an awful lot of work to do…
“My rights have been trampled upon, my freedom of expression has been trampled upon.”
Hopes raised that the trial will “form the basis of a more potent vaccine” – there is currently no effective vaccine against the Ebola or Marburg virus.
CITES says that the number of elephants killed in the past three years is “far exceeding” the number born.
The simple device – two plastic rings and an elastic band – cuts off blood supply to the foreskin, which then shrivels and is removed with the band after a week.
As an orphan in Uganda, I was faced with a lot of challenges growing up. But when I moved to Ireland my life changed: I felt safe.
“One day, in 2007, I was surrounded by boys who told me they were going to rape me to give me a taste for men, that whatever I did I was still a woman.”
The going rate for sex in Kasensero is as little as €1.50.
Deo Niyizonkiza survived a massacre in Burundi – escaped to New York – but returned to his native country with a plan to help thousands.
The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law subjects all gays and lesbians to life imprisonment.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has argued that aid to the country is going to directly assist some of the poorest people in the world and that it’s a matter of educating people.
The Red Pepper tabloid published the list the day after a bill criminalising homosexuality was enacted.
The news has been condemned by Amnesty International, which described it as a “step backwards”.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s government has defended its decision to push through the controversial laws.
We’ve given generously to countries that have outlawed homosexuality. But should aid ever come with conditions attached?
Jean-Claude Roger Mbebe died an untimely death last week, after his family allegedly prevented him from receiving necessary medical treatment. He had been previously been convicted of “homosexuality and attempted homosexuality” and imprisoned.
