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Uganda’s Golden Jubilee Independence Celebrations coincide with efforts to save the charismatic ‘king of the marshes’.

It is the morning of Tuesday 9th October 2012 and Ugandan streets and buildings are full of colour, with pictures of the Grey Crowned-crane, the national symbol proudly displayed everywhere as the nation prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence. In a hotel room on the shores of Lake Victoria, a small team of people [...]

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Fears in Uganda for Mabira as sugar company renews its demands

Mabira Forest is once again threatened by proposals to degazette almost a quarter of its area for conversion to a sugar cane plantation

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