In an attempt to convey its beauty, abundant wildlife, and natural wealth of the land, Winston Churchill, an early explorer of Uganda, called it the “Pearl of Africa” in his 1908 book, My African Journey. “The land of rolling hills, fertile valleys and meandering rivers,” is how Ugandan author Jennifer…
Diana Taremwa Karakire is a Ugandan freelance journalist with over seven years of experience writing about renewable energy, extractives, climate change, Indigenous peoples and human rights. Her work has featured in publications like Equal Times, Ubuntu Times, Biofuels International, Petroleum Economist and African Business Magazine.
In 2022, Karakire received Uganda’s National Population Council's Journalist of the Year award for coverage of population and development issues. She is a 2021 gender justice fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation and a 2022 grantee of Indigenous stories with the Earth Journalism Network. Her stories promote Indigenous peoples’ rights, environmental conservation, and inform policy debate in Uganda and Africa.
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