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Baby gorilla boom continues in Uganda’s gorilla parks – fifth new baby in just six weeks

September 14, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
Baby gorilla boom continues in Uganda’s gorilla parks – fifth new baby in just six weeks

The staff of Uganda Wildlife Authority- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have risen to yet another ecstatic moment of a new baby gorilla in Buhoma.   The young baby comes from Rushegura gorilla family born from Adult Female Ruterana increasing the family membership to 18 gorillas. This takes the tally of new births in the Bwindi forest to 5 in just six weeks! The new born marks Ruterana’s third offspring.  Ruterana was…

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Robots boost Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19

May 22, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
Robots boost Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19

Robots are now part of Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19 and will help minimize risk of infections among health care workers, authorities said on Tuesday. Five anti-epidemic robots named Akazuba, Ikirezi, Mwiza, Ngabo, and Urumuri, will be mainly used to administer temperature checks, monitor patient status, and keep medical records of COVID-19 patients, the Health Ministry announced in a series of tweets. “These high-tech robots have the capacity to screen 50…

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Uganda to curb the spread of COVID-19 by truck drivers

May 22, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
Uganda to curb the spread of COVID-19 by truck drivers

Uganda is the least affected among the East African countries with only 160 confirmed cases as of today, most of them are imported cases coming from truck drivers that were allowed to continue with trade crossing the following borders; Elegu Point: bordering Uganda and South Sudan Mutukula Point: bordering Uganda and Tanzania Malaba Point: bordering Uganda and Kenya Mutukula and Malaba points so far have been with the most imported…

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New Baby Gorillas Born During a Lockdown

May 15, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
New Baby Gorillas Born During a Lockdown

  As the world is under lockdown and tourism industry under a hiatus, Uganda has welcomed two new baby gorillas at the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the southwest region of the country. The two babies were born in the Muyambi and Nshongi gorilla groups. The infant gorillas thought to have been born on April 25 and May 1, have caused excitement in both families and among conservationists. Mother Kabagyenyi…

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Australia’s Tim Macartney-Snape shares Mountain Rwenzori Experience, Tips on Mountaineering

February 7, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
Australia’s Tim Macartney-Snape shares Mountain Rwenzori Experience, Tips on Mountaineering

Tim Macartney shared his unforgettable experience with Uganda’s friendly people and the beauty and diversity of Rwenzori National Park and mountains where he made his 64th birthday. He noted with high regard that Rwenzori is by far the most scenic mountain he had ever hiked and offered to refer fellow mountaineers to Uganda. Sharing his experience in mount Rwenzori park, the 64-year-old said the nature of Rwenzori as a block…

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100-year-old marks a century by trekking gorillas in Uganda

February 7, 2020 By Samuel Ronald 0 Comment
100-year-old marks a century by trekking gorillas in Uganda

Meet Mr. Charles Njonjo, Kenya’s first Attorney General who was in Mgahinga national park to track gorillas as one of the activities leading to the celebration of his 100th birthday last month. The 99-year-old senior citizen of Kenya spent the better part of the cool morning of Sunday in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park tracking the gentle giants. He was flown in a chopper to Mgahinga a southwestern park in Uganda….

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3rd Baby Gorilla in a row

December 23, 2019 By zedjasper 0 Comment
3rd Baby Gorilla in a row

Rushegura gorilla group welcomes a newborn baby gorilla just after Karungi and Businza Mother gorillas from Mubare gorilla family also broke the news with newborn baby gorillas early in October and November 2019. The newborn baby gorilla adds onto the population of these endangered apes in the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park although the sex and name aren’t yet certain. The mother, Mitunu gave birth to newborn baby early…

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Uganda Releases 2018 Mountain Gorilla Census Results

December 23, 2019 By zedjasper 0 Comment
Uganda Releases 2018 Mountain Gorilla Census Results

Once on the brink of extinction, mountain gorillas continue to grow in number. A recent survey documented 459 mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei), the largest number of mountain gorillas ever recorded in the transboundary Bwindi – Sarambwe ecosystem, one of the two remaining areas where this Endangered great ape is still found. When combined with the published figure of 604 mountain gorillas from the Virunga Massif as detected as…

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UWA to translocate 15 giraffes from Murchison Falls to Pian Upe

November 25, 2019 By zedjasper 0 Comment
UWA to translocate 15 giraffes from Murchison Falls to Pian Upe

Uganda wild life Authority released Rothschild giraffes into Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve as part of the re-introduction exercise that will see a total of 15 giraffes (5male and 10 females) reintroduced into the reserve. The giraffes have been translocated from Murchison falls National Park. The three-week translocation exercise will enhance the long term survival of the species; restore natural biodiversity and long term economic benefits to the entire wildlife conservation…

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BABY GORILLA BOOM! Second baby Gorilla in 2 weeks!

November 25, 2019 By zedjasper 0 Comment
BABY GORILLA BOOM! Second baby Gorilla in 2 weeks!

Last month Mubare group the oldest gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest welcomed a new baby! The baby was born to mother Businza a female member of the group, about 2 weeks later another female member of the same gorilla family gave birth. The baby, whose sex and weight have not yet been made public because mums don’t expose newly born babies, was born by mother Karungi, the baby arrived…

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