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Environment / Feature

The charcoal conspiracy: How UPDF soldiers, traders are exploiting unclear Uganda-South Sudan border for profit

May 17, 2024May 21, 2024 - by John Okot

Deep inside Mount Kei Central Forest Reserve, a clandestine charcoal trade thrives in silence. Yet the forest itself tells a tale of devastation: every roar of a chainsaw, every piercing …

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Feature

The road to black gold: Watchmen gang up for profits

February 25, 2024February 26, 2024 - by Simon Wokorach

Every truck of charcoal en route to Kampala from Northern Uganda is bonded to a coordinated money-making gang that is perpetually dismantling the forest cover in the region. The commercial …

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Clean Energy / Feature

Gulu University’s green charcoal innovation to save trees, environment

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 - by Alfred Oryem

The two decades of war waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda had a profound effect on the civilian population. This war, marred by extreme brutalities was …

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Climate Change / Grantee Story

Twelve villages lose woodland to illicit charcoal business in Gulu

January 12, 2023January 31, 2023 - by Simon Wokorach

PHOTO: The scorched earth that streches from Akoo village, about 18km to the lower belt of Aswa River -Photo By Simon Wokorach Charcoal dealers have established their network of collaboration …

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