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Yet, during a recent drought, farmers who had kept their Ankole were able to walk them long distances to water sources, while those who had switched to the imported breeds lost their entire herds, Seré told the meeting.
Livestock Meltdown Threatens Developing World | Impact Lab 2007
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The kingdoms included Buganda (which gave the future nation its name), Bunyoro, Ankole, Toro, Lango, Acholi, Karamaja, several small kingdoms in the Kigezi region, and the west Nile region.
Uganda 2009
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Pastoral dry to semi-arid range lands in east Ankole, west Masaka, Karamoja; pastoral systems
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High altitude zone in Kigezi, Sebel, parts of Ankole, west Nile, Toro, Mbale; temperate-zone crops
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Among the breeds the International Livestock Research Institute says are most at risk are the Ankole cattle, whose drought resistance and rich milk made them prized animals in East and Central Africa until the arrival of European dairy cows.
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Born into the elite Hima caste of the western Ankole tribe, he fought in Mozambique as a young man with the Mozambique Liberation
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The 55-year-old, who also raises the famous long-horned Ankole cattle, took power in January 1986 after waging a five-year guerrilla war against then President Milton Obote, now in exile in
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Born into the elite Hima caste of the western Ankole tribe, he fought in Mozambique as a young man with the Mozambique Liberation
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KAMPALA, Uganda - A delegation of people supporting the restoration of a traditional king in the Ankole region of southern
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Mutesa was overthrown in 1966 by then Premier Milton Obote, who also abolished Uganda's four traditional monarchies - the Buganda, the Bunyoro, the Busoga and the Ankole.
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