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More medical stuff. Meningitis outbreaks in West Africa & Uganda

by nutraxfornerves 25 March 2012

WHO reports that "From 1 January to 11 March, outbreaks of meningococcal disease has been reported in 15 districts in Benin, Burkina Faso,…
RE: First Time Traveling to Uganda

by Kibo1224 13 March 2012

I just spent a month there...Uganda is a very peaceful and safe country. I hear Canada is a very dangerous country...I mean all the riots…
RE: KONY 2012

by Moethebartender 09 March 2012

>Precisely what is the US or UK interest in this that requires the country to accept more dead soldiers? You'd have to ask Obama that,…
RE: Kony

by jepperobert 08 March 2012

And now millions of people think of Northern Uganda as a war zone after watching this film? This film might even worsen the LRA problem…
RE: Safety in northern Uganda

by sandedavid 05 December 2011

Northern Uganda is safe from any kind of insurgency. Your only worry should be the poor roads that are almost impassable nowadays given…
RE: Safety in northern Uganda

by katonatours 04 December 2011

Northern Uganda is safe.
Re: Safety in northern Uganda

by safarigo 04 December 2011

Hello, Thank you for the message but Northern Uganda is more safer than your expecting,Am Ugandan Staying in Kampala but usually i travel…
Asking for advice

by andorszego 08 October 2011

I would like to make a Cairo- Cape Town route. I don’t know which way I should take: I would like to visit South Sudan, to see Juba…
Asking for advice

by andorszego 08 October 2011

I would like to make a Cairo- Cape Town route. I don’t know which way I should take: I would like to visit South Sudan, to see Juba…
RE: Yellow Fever Requirement?

by katonatours 30 December 2010

It is not a must to present the immunization card for yellow fever BUT it is advisable to take the immunization dose especially if you…
Avoid northern (and Tanzania border with??) Uganda

by tribaluganda 03 December 2010

Seems they got some Ebola or similar again, with >70 death reported as well: "Ugandan press are reporting an outbreak of an unknown sever…
RE: Recommended Books to read on Uganda

by gozone 02 July 2010

Aboke Girls. Children Abducted in Northern Uganda by Els de Temmerman (from Belgium)
RE: Gulu

by SipiMan 03 February 2010

The LRA have not been active in northern Uganda for nearly two years, so don't worry about them. They are now engaged in causing mayhem…
Re: travelling from uganda to west africa

by BBC 22 November 2009

Just to give you an idea of the problems of road travel in the region, a logistic convoy from Northern Uganda supporting Operation Lightning…
RE: Gulu and the North

by SipiMan 13 October 2009

I'm sure you will get more advice from others who have been more recently (and from the organization you will be working with) but the…
Uganda to Southern Sudan

by shazinafrica 19 September 2009

I'm thinking about travelling from Gulu (northern Uganda) to Juba by bus and was wondering if many people have gone via this route. I'm…
RE: Vaccine info for Uganda

by guywhoeats 05 August 2009

Like you said, you don't absolutely need any of those. I would recommend TB, but Rabies and Cholera seem like a bit much. Northern Uganda…
Travel between Kampala and Juba

by Gelli 19 June 2009

Hi all, Just wondering if anybody has travelled between Kampala/Uganda and Juba/Southern Sudan in the last few weeks/months? If so,…
Re: Roads in northern Uganda

by muguruki 20 March 2009

Thanks for the help guys. Information on northern Uganda is hard to find, the guide books seem to think Uganda's northern border stops…
Re: Roads in northern Uganda

by jamisonwiggins 19 March 2009

I traveled from Lira up to Kitgum, and then back down to Gulu in late 2007. It was an easy enough ride in the back of a cargo truck. While…
Roads in northern Uganda

by muguruki 14 March 2009

Anyone travelled up north to Arua, Gulu or Mororto lately and can tell me what kind of condition the roads are in these days? Last time…
Re: Jozani Forest in Zanzibar (vs Kakamega)

by bachelorbroad 08 February 2009

You lucky person...travelling to Africa. I have been to Jozani Forest three times, but mostly for the fauna not the flora, the forest…
RE: anyone in Sudan?

by Simsy 16 December 2008

You cant get there by land without some form of 'Special' permit. There used to be a border post at Fort Banya years ago and there have…
Travel Insurance for areas the FCO advises not to travel to

by jennifera 27 May 2008

Hello I am in need of as much help and advise as possible and fast! On June 1st I travel to Northern Uganda, an area the FCO still advise…
RE: Northern Uganda anyone?

by muguruki 28 March 2008

The north is my favourite part of Uganda. I went to Gulu last year got the bus striaght from Kampala and a year previous I went to Lira…