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Uganda is experiencing a shortage of healthcare professionals and many of its hospitals are understaffed. The health minister says there's as little as two doctors to every 10,000 people.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
[Monitor] Kenya has not responded to threats from the Uganda Manufacturers Association to take the country to the East African Court of Justice to get redress on \"unfair trade practices\", which the association claims its own government is abetting.
[Daily News] UGANDA has granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania.
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Sipa USA via AP Images On Monday (December 7), New York Magazine published an eye-opening article about the COVID-19 public health crisis, which is still wreaking havoc on the American people nearly a year after its arrival. David Wallace-Wells (the writer of the New York Magazine article) suggested in his […]
