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23 July 2010
By VBS.TV Staff | Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (VBS.TV) — Uganda has crept back into our consciousness lately with synchronized bomb attacks that took the lives of 76 people in the nation’s capital Kampala during the World Cup festivities. When we were last in Kampala, we set out to learn more about the desperate fight [...]
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02 May 2010
Virunga Dispatch | Mountain Gorilla Front | We have just suffered another deadly attack by rebels – this time from a newly created group which calls itself the Mai Mai Mayangose. The militias attacked the patrol post of Nyaleke (10km east of Beni) at around midnight a few days ago. The 9 Rangers defending the [...]
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11 April 2010
By Solomon W. Jagwe | http://www.galiwango.com | Hi Guys, while doing research for the lead Game Ranger character, “Kasobeza”, on the behavior and rendencies of rebel groups in the Viruga jungles, I came across this disturbing Article by Reuters, featured by the New York Times. MADRID/KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo have kidnapped a [...]
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02 October 2009
UNAA Times Online | September 2009, Karisoke Research Center Field News | Karisoke staff and researchers brought the body of silverback Titus down from the mountain on Sept. 16, many weeping at the loss of their old friend. Titus, who has been followed by Karisoke staff since his birth in 1974, died on Monday, Sept. [...]
27 September 2009
By GODFREY OLUKYA, Associated Press Writer | KAMPALA, Uganda – He’s hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook. No, it’s not the ex-boyfriend. It’s Muhozi, an endangered Ugandan mountain gorilla, who’s appearing online as part of a fundraising program the Ugandan Wildlife Authority launched Saturday to help save [...]
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24 September 2009
September 2009, Karisoke Research Center Field News | www.unaatimes.com | On the morning of Sept. 14, Fossey Fund trackers at the Karisoke Research Center found legendary silverback Titus dead on his night nest in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. He was 35, which is quite old for a male mountain gorilla.
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07 September 2009
Dear UNAA Times Readers, It gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome you to our limited edition of UNAA Times. We are a privately funded and operated news blog with a focus to reach our diaspora community with news and information that affects our communities. We are also available online at (www.unaatimes.com) and now enjoy membership in more [...]
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01 September 2009
This week, the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Tourism ministry kick-start activities to mark the UN International Year of the Gorilla. The campaign seeks to highlight the danger these primates face and make a case for their sustenance. Uganda specifically has reason to observe this day. In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in western Uganda, are about [...]
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08 August 2009
By Daniel Howden | August 2009 | A bloody battle is raging in Eastern Congo over the illegal charcoal trade that is killing the region’s great apes. The charcoal trade has led to rebels killing hundreds of gorillas in a battle for the forest. For the past week a remarkable battle has been raging in [...]
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30 July 2009
VIRUNGA HEARTLAND–The forest fire which raged through Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Uganda’s Mgahinga National park on the two countries’ borders was completely extinguished by the end of last wek. A team of 4,000 mobilized to battle the blaze on its final day, assisted by military helicopters dumping water on its hotspots from above. The [...]
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16 July 2009
July 2009, Karisoke Research Center Field News | For the second time this year, an infant gorilla residing in one of the mountain gorilla groups we monitor in Rwanda became trapped in a snare set by poachers. And once again, the youngster was rescued by our staff at the Karisoke Research Center. The area used [...]
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22 June 2009
June 2009, DFGFI Field News Sandy Jones, an experienced caregiver for orphaned primate infants, became the new DFGFI Gorilla Rehabilitation Manager in March. She spent her first two months making the acquaintance of each of the 11 young gorillas that are cared for by the Fossey Fund and the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project in temporary [...]
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12 May 2009
Hi Guys, a humble greeting from the Virtual production Set of Galiwango, Obulamu Bwe’Kisodde. Here is a may sneak preview of what I am working on. It’s a DRAFT for a new trailer for Galiwango with a twist. It’s going to be rendered both in Luganda and Kinyarwanda, I wanted to give you a glimpse [...]
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02 May 2009
Earlier this year we (WildlifeDirect) were approached by someone commissioned by a rich citizen of a middle eastern country, who wanted to know how to go about purchasing a baby gorilla. We were very disturbed at the request, and explained as politely as possible, the legal and ethical implications and consequences. Well, it’s obvious that [...]
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29 April 2009
A baby gorilla stuffed into the bottom of a bag was rescued from smugglers after a three-month undercover investigation to bust a wildlife smuggling ring in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials announced Tuesday. A veteranarian checks on the health of a baby gorilla rescued from smugglers in Goma, Congo. She was [...]
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25 April 2009
Hi Guys, here is an update as promised. I am switching gears: I will be making the updates as video diary segments so you can get a better feel of what a day is like in the Production of Galiwango: Obulamu Bwe Kisodde. In this Video Diary segment, I introduce several team members: Omega Okello, [...]
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30 March 2009
By Eco Media News | After an explosive change in fortune for Ugandan music, there is no doubt that the film industry is following suit. Forget about the love stories shot on our dusty streets, we are now looking at, arguably, our first animated film. ECO Media News spoke exclusively to the creator of Galiwango; [...]
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25 February 2009
By Mark Jenkins | Emmanuel de Merode is a man on a dangerous mission: to save Congo’s mountain gorillas, one of the most imperiled creatures on Earth. There are only about 720 mountain gorillas left on the planet, 200 of which live in war-ravaged Virunga National Park in the far eastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the other 500 thrive just across the border in peaceful Uganda and Rwanda, and lure millions in tourist dollars each year).
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17 February 2009
Hi Guys, this is an updated version of the Galiwango Trailer with the story developed a little bit more - Sneak Preview of the Film - Galiwango | Obulamu Bwe Kisodde | Directed and Produced by Solomon W. Jagwe
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02 February 2009
"We're extremely encouraged but the threats remain," Virunga National Park spokeswoman Samantha Newport said. In the months before insurgents first seized the area in 2007, 10 mountain gorillas were killed by unidentified attackers.
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22 January 2009
Here is a new update as promised. This is a sneak peek at the crash site scene. The video clip is provided in both HD and normal version for those with fast and slow connections.
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21 January 2009
An inside look at the technology behind the upcoming luganda animated film, "Galiwango | Obulamu Bwe Kisodde" Solomon talks about his software package of choice for bringing Galiwango to life.
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