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Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades

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By Benjamin Jumbe 
| Mongabay
Monitoring of elephants on Mount Elgon, on the Uganda-Kenya border, shows a herd of elephants have crossed over to the Ugandan side, into areas they had largely abandoned since the 1970s. The Uganda Wildlife Authority says their return is a positive sign that efforts to restore degraded forest in Mount Elgon National Park is succeeding. Residents of Bukwo district, which overlaps with the national park, say elephants destroyed crops in 2025 but UWA rangers have so far prevented this in 2026.
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Man with machete kills four children at nursery school in Uganda

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By Benjamin Jumbe , Michael Louboyera Musaasizi
| The Citizen (Tanzania)
Shock has gripped residents of Ggaba, an upscale suburb of Kampala after a man masquerading as a parent gained access to a daycare centre and knifed to death four. Some of the residents who spoke to this publication said the assailant whom police later identified as Christopher Okello Onyu, 34, gained access to Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program School and attacked the children under unclear circumstances. Police are yet to establish the motive of the attack.
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Activists condemn Ggaba juvenile killings, call for review of school safety protocols.

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By Benjamin Jumbe 
| KFM (Uganda)
KAMPALA: Child rights organization High Sound for Children has expressed deep sadness and outrage over the horrific killing of 4 children in Ggaba, an upscale suburb in Kampala yesterday, describing it as a grave violation of children’s rights. Police are investigating the horrific killing of children at Ggaba Childhood Development Program School in Kampala’s Makindye Division, an incident that has left families grieving and the country in shock.
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