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What many Ugandan families dismiss as teenage rebellion, drug abuse, stubbornness, or even witchcraft may, in reality, be a serious mental health condition: Bipolar disorder. Across the country, a quiet mental health crisis is unfolding among young people, often unnoticed until it reaches dangerous levels. As awareness of mental illness slowly grows in Uganda, understanding bipolar disorder is no longer …

Two teenagers have been killed by landslides in Kisoro district in western Uganda, in an incident that also left two other people injured. The deceased have been identified as Brenda Musoni, 14, and Eseri Mujawimana, 12, both residents of Bukerahe village in the same parish. The injured are Benon Mulema, 70, and his wife Avelina Mbaboneye, 60, the victims’ grandparents. …