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Footage of a lizard in the bat cave in Uganda.

Stunning bat cave footage captures disease spread risk for first time

Researchers were astonished to film at least 14 different species, including monitor lizards, leopards and monkeys, visiting the cave to feast on potentially disease-ridden bats.

  • Arthur Scott-Geddes

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Xiomara, a survivor of sexual abuse, in Huánuco, Peru.

Two of the hardest places on earth to be a woman

Survivor-led networks are ensuring that violence against women is no longer a private burden for victims but a public issue to confront.

  • Julie Kim, Morgan Theakston and Grace Ellis
Chimpanzees can consume the equivalent of two alcoholic drinks a day.

Chimpanzees consume equivalent of about two beers a day, study finds

Scientists found that some ape diets are inadvertently laced with alcohol, which could suggest a missing link to human drinking habits.

  • Sarah Knapton
Ugandan singer Faith Nassande is one of the choir members finally granted a visa to travel to Australia.

‘Jumping out of their skins’: Joy for African choir over visa backflip

An eleventh-hour change of heart from immigration officials gives the green light to Ugandan and Kenyan performers.

  • Nick Galvin
Elon Musk played a key role in Donald Trump’s winning campaign and has been rewarded with an advisory role in the new administration.

I’ve seen the impact of Trump and Musk’s savagery. What they’re doing is cruel and lethal

As an aid leader, how do I tell my African friends that Trump’s Christianity isn’t for them, so babies will die?

  • Tim Costello
Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, last year.

Olympic marathon runner dies after being set on fire by boyfriend

Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body.

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From tinsel-free towns to white Christmas: Top places to go in December

The experience of a winter Christmas entices many overseas at this time of year, but you’ll find plenty of other reasons to travel in December.

  • Brian Johnston
A central dining and lounge area wraps around a chequerboard-bottomed pool.

This sensory hotel embodies its nation’s style and warm spirit

The sprawling stay in Uganda’s capital contains art and culture etched within luxury walls.

  • Catherine Marshall
A man is seen during the third Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride celebrations in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014. Things have gotten worse for LGBT citizens since.

‘People are freaking out’: Ugandan arrested on anti-gay charge punishable by death

In the conservative, mostly Christian country, many religious leaders and politicians have painted same-sex relations as a Western import.

  • Emma Bubola
A silverback and family from the Mubare group of gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

How gorilla tourism became a conservation success story

It’s not hard to see why the great apes have become a chief economic resource in Uganda. But challenges remain for the wildlife and communities that depend on visitors.

  • Catherine Marshall