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8,000 runners expected at the 5th Rwenzori Marathon

Amos Wekesa, who heads the Tusker Lite Mt Rwenzori Marathon team, sees the fifth running of the event as another important milestone.

In 2012, a wildfire scorched 42 sq km of the Rwenzori alpine zone; lake cores showed it was the first large-scale fire there in 12,000 years, with charcoal jumping over 100 …

A wildfire that swept through the high-altitude alpine zone of Africa's Rwenzori Mountains in 2012 has been identified as the ...
Mining Weekly

Makuutu rare earths project, South Africa – update

On July 31, 2026, IonicRE, through Ugandan company Rwenzori Rare Metals, launched a strategic review of Makuutu following ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Uganda pushes Saudi Arabia for more investment in agro-processing, technology and trade

Uganda has urged Saudi Arabia to increase investment and market access partnerships, highlighting opportunities in agriculture, technology, tourism and mineral value addition as the two countries seek ...
The Independent

East Africa’s iconic snow peaks will soon disappear for good – what will be lost when they melt

East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State ...

Wicker in the Mist: A Non-Hiker’s Unlikely Passage to Uganda’s Remote Mountain Gorilla Sanctuary

Through Bwindi’s impenetrable canopy, traditional sedan chairs offer non-hikers and people with disabilities an intimate, ...
AllAfrica

Uganda: Green Exclusives Episode II, Part I | Inside Ecotrust's 27-Year Journey of Turning Nature Into Opportunity

IVery few organisations survive long enough to celebrate nearly three decades of consistent impact. Remaining relevant for 27 years in conservation--through changing governments, shifting donor ...