http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews Uganda Safari News Online Guide Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:39:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)  in the past few months has been habituating another mountain gorillas group (Bikingi) for tourism. This is a response to a public outcry where tourism stakeholders were disatsified with the arrangement under which UWA gave monopoly rights of Nkuringo gorillas to a private operator under the ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2010/02/03/uwa-habituates-gorillas-for-tourism/ Bwindi Gorillas at risk of catching Tuberculosis (TB)   Bwindi mountain gorillas are feared to contract TB if the surrounding community is not treated of TB. Alex Ngabirano, a health educator, revealed that 16 people in Mukono and Bujengwe parishes are suspected to be suffering from this deadly disease yet ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2009/12/21/bwindi-gorillas-at-risk/ Gorillas in Kampala Monday, 31st August, 2009      By Mary Mugisha   Kampala residents have been excited by dummy gorillas walking on the city streets today.   “About 50 “mountain gorillas” have descended on the streets of Kampala today according to Uganda Wildlife Authority public relations manager Lillian Nsubuga. This is among the ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2009/08/31/gorillas-in-kampala/ PROTECT MOUNTAIN GORILLAS – THE BEES PROJECT As reported by Begumisa Wilberforce In an effort to protect the mountain gorillas in Mgahinga and Bwindi national parks, a bee-keeping project has been initiated by the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP). The major objective of coming up with a project of ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/12/04/mountain-gorillas-bees-project/ st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Rwanda Office of Tourism and National Parks (ORTPN) has divulged its commune development projects anticipated at Rwf146million (US$270,370) near Nyungwe National Park. Located in south-western Rwanda , Nyungwe Forest is a high-altitude, mountainous rainforest established as a forest reserve in 1933. The ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/11/24/16/ BY KIIZA CALAH Countless pilgrims flocked Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrine on June 3, to celebrate the Uganda Martyrs Day. Believers from many countries on the continent, some of whom walked for days, weeks or months, convened to celebrate the commemoration of the 19th century men that were martyred because of their faith. Guides ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/07/04/namugongo-%e2%80%98cure-tree%e2%80%99-is-endangered/  BY KIIZA CALAH  East African Community (EAC) ministers in charge of immigration are yet to meet to consider a proposal for a common tourist visa-a proposal, which if adopted, would bring to the fore benefits of marketing East Africa as a single travel package. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda’s state-run tourism ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/06/25/east-african-ministers-slow-tourist-visa/  Compiled by Kiiza Calah  It has been realised that Female chimpanzees are hungry for sex with as many males as possible, and keep their mouths shut about it to boost their chances of luring the top chimps, a British university said yesterday. Scientists at the University of St. Andrews studied the copulation calls ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/06/19/ugandan-chimpanzees-hungry-for-sex/ By, Kiiza Calah (safari news reporter) katara lodge i s located just out side eastern side of the Queen Elizabeth national park, set on the edge of the hills overlooking the open savanna. Katara lodge accommodates 10 guests in 5 spacious thatched cottages with rich wooden floors and classic interiors. Each cottage ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/06/07/a-new-lodge-in-queen-elizabeth-nationala-park/ By Begumisa Wilber Kigali, Rwanda. Byishimo (happiness) and Impano (gift), the world's only surviving twin mountain gorillas in Rwanda made 4 years whereas 20 baby gorillas are yet to be named on June 21. These twin gorillas in Rwanda were born ... http://www.safarisgorilla.com/safarinews/2008/05/29/rwandas-20-baby-gorillas-named/