AIDS in Uganda “Officials estimate that a million Ugandans are living with HIV‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Of these‚ an estimated 200‚000 are in the advanced stages of the virus and need antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). About half of these are receiving treatment.” (Kavuma). For decades the governments of some African countries have been unable to provide the proper healthcare for their people. Among these countries‚ Uganda is home to one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS. The government has put effort
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percent in 1998. Yet‚ of total taxes‚ about 50 percent still emanates from indirect taxes on only 4 products—petroleum‚ cigarettes‚ beer‚ and soft drinks. In fact‚ Uganda’s tax revenue to GDP ratio is fifty percent below the African average. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) was established to address the priority of improving government tax-collecting abilities. However‚ it is claimed that almost immediately after the creation of the URA its officials were involved in the major embezzlement of
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Portugal and Uganda Portuguese Republic and Republic of Uganda are two extremely different countries when it comes to social and economic development. Portugal‚ located in Europe on the Iberian Peninsula‚ while Uganda is located in Africa and is a landlocked country. Portugal is considered a developed country with high living standards and advanced economic. According to the United Nations on Economics and Social Council‚ Uganda is slowly trying to develop‚ but is ranked amongst the least developed
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Uganda is a small country found around the central part of Africa. Uganda used to be populated by several Bantu-speaking tribes. The Bantu-speaking tribes include the Baganda from the central region and‚ the Batooro‚ Banyoro‚ Bamba‚ and Batwa from the western region‚ plus the Basoga‚ Bagwere from the eastern region. There are Bateso‚ Sebi‚ Pokot and Tepeth from the northeastern area‚ and the Nilotics who include the Acholi‚ Alur‚ Langi‚ Lugbara‚ Madi‚ Kakwa in the north. The Lendus from Zaire are
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Majority of the children are robbed of their childhood. Everyone has heard about the problems in Africa mainly children dying of lack of food and clean water causing malnutriton. After researching more about what caught my eye was the problem in Uganda that has been going on for about twentyfive years and still happening today. It’s a very tragic and almost unbelievable story that this would happen in the lives of young children. Imagine the little kids you see on the playground at your nearby
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whether or not child soldiers should be forgiven for what they have been forced to do. Child soldiers should be given amnesty because‚ they have no control over their life‚ they were under a bad influence‚ and they were forced to fight. Child soldiers should receive amnesty because‚ at a young age these adolescents had no control
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The major conflict that caused the use of child soldiers was the Rwandan civil war in 1994. Rwanda is the country located right next to the Congo. Rwandan Hutu rebels known as Interahamwe fled to the Dominican Republic of the Congo (DRC) after fearing their reprisals for their part in the mass killing of Rwandan Tutsis and joined forces with the Zairian army in 1998 to launch an offensive against the Congolese Tutsis in eastern Zaire. This erupted after the Belgian rule rewarded Tutsis with a Western
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These young innocent children are being turned into child soldiers and forced to drugs and be brainwashed so they stay attached to the rebel army group or the government. They lose their family‚ childhood and forced to handle guns. Imagine if that was you. In some parts of the world such as some parts of Africa‚ Liberia there is a tremendous dispute over should child soldiers be given amnesty. In the first body paragraph‚ child soldiers should be given amnesty because they are forced to fight
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Child Soldiers A lot of poverty stricken countries use children from ages five to seventeen in warfare. They take children from their homes‚ and turn them into deadly killers. When the children come back to their homes‚ they are seen as outcasts and untrustworthy. They have no education‚ or social skills. Using children as soldiers damages learning‚ social skills‚ and how they act later in life. There are more than thirty thousand children around the world that are soldiers (Gettleman). The
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Have you ever wondered what happens to child soldiers after the war ends? People debate on whether they should be postulated for committing war crimes. I think they shouldn’t be prosecuted for what they have done as kids because they were fighting in the war. I personally think that the child soldiers shouldn’t be sent to jail. One of the reasons why child soldiers shouldn’t be sent to jail is because they become brainwashed. They might go into the war knowing right from wrong because they were
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