The increased mining activities due to increased demand pose threats in the region, including insecurity posed by different militias who are involved in the illegal mining and human rights abuse such as forced evictions as companies seek to expand their industrial scale copper and cobalt mining projects in the mineral-rich areas.
Uganda on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, confirmed its first mpox death as the increasing number of laboratory-confirmed infections hit 164 in the country.
While on a Uganda Safari Tour, tourists at the game reserve can also get involved in a number of activities, like forest walks with well-trained tour guides and colobus monkey tracking, which begins in the morning with a briefing at the reserve headquarters led by the ranger guides who prepare the tourists for the dos and don’ts of the trekking.