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Uganda: LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony’s relatives live in fear
Relatives of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony have said that they live in fear of people avenging the atrocities committed by Kony and his...
Uganda: LRA’s Joseph Kony urged to attend funeral as his mother dies
The mother of notorious LRA rebels leader, Joseph Kony has died after a long illness. According to the government representative of...
Uganda: Refugees protest food disruption
Refugees at a settlement in southwest Uganda have blocked all roads into the camp to protest a food-aid disruption they say has caused the...
Uganda dares Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamists
Uganda has warned Islamist rebel group, al-Shabab, that it would regret any action of violence against Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Al-Shaba threatened...
Africa: Leaders to improve Refugee conditions
African countries need to build strong institutions of the army, the police, intelligence and judiciary to forestall wars that cause displacement, affirmed President Yoweri...
Shabab threatens Uganda and Burundi
According to Al Jazeera, Somalia’s al- Shabab fighters have declared they will attack the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks...
Uganda: Top United Nations official visits displacement camps
One of the top United Nations humanitarian official witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Northern Uganda, some of whom...
Uganda: Minister seeks the death penalty for homosexuals
Ndorwa West MP David Bahati, has proposed an offense of “aggravated homosexuality” to be punishable by the death penalty. The Uganda MP wants this...
Addis Ababa: Kampala special summit on of internally displaced persons in Africa
Since 1969, a few year after most African countries became independent, Africa has been deeply concerned by the challenge posed by refugees in the...
South Africa: Angola, Uganda and Zambia give land to South Africa
According to the Independent Online, South Africa has been offered 48 square miles of land in Angola and Uganda as well as a land...
Uganda: New health insurance plan
According to the African Press Agency, Uganda workers will soon be required to contribute at least 4% of their monthly salaries in order to...
Uganda-Somalia : Somalia minister arrested by mistake
According to the AFP, Ugandan authorities have released Somalia’s junior Defense Minister, Youssul Mohamed Siad, saying his detention was a ‘misunderstanding.’ Mr. Siad,...
Uganda-Rwanda: Key Genocide suspect arrested in Rwanda
According to the AFP, Former intelligence chief, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, has been arrested in a guesthouse in downtown Kampala, Uganda. Believed to be one of...
A gorilla for a friend on Facebook or Twitter from Uganda with love
Uganda’s "Year of the Gorilla” has been marked with the launching of " Friend a gorilla" site, which allows users to follow the daily...
East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti ... East Africa is currently experiencing a severe drought that is threatening, according to the UN...
Uganda: Tripartite meeting on African peace force in Somalia
Defence ministers of Uganda, Somalia and Burundi have been holding tripartite talks since Thursday in Kampala, Uganda, over the current situation of the African...
Uganda: Opposition rejects electoral commission’s partiality
The main opposition parties in Uganda have petitioned the Constitutional Court, requesting a review of the composition of the electoral commission. According to the...
Uganda: BoU Governor voices strong support for East African monetary union establishment
Preliminary consultative meetings with a broad spectrum of stakeholders on the proposed establishment of the East African Monetary Union (EAMU) ended in Kampala on...
Uganda: The confused state of politics and kingdoms
Clashes erupted on 10 September in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, following a planned visit by King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi of the Buganda kingdom to...
4 journalists from Uganda’s Monitor face criminal charges
Four journalists from Uganda's largest independent newspaper are facing criminal prosecutions, joining four others already charged since 2007, according to local journalists and news...
Sudan-Uganda: Nodding disease not linked to epilepsy?
Hundreds of children in northern Uganda have been affected by a rare and unexplained "nodding disease" that causes seizures, physical and mental stunting and...
Uganda: Lord’s Resistance Army strikes again on South Sudan and CAR borders
The Lords Resistance Army has struck again, proving to the governments of DR Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic as well as the United Nations...
Africa: Google and Grameen Foundation launch AppLab
The Grameen Foundation (a micro-credit bank) and Google have launched AppLab, a range of applications available via SMS (Short Message Service), in Uganda. This...
East Africa: Broadband Internet development via underwater cable finalised
The telecommunications company SEA Cable System (Seacom) Thursday announced that it had finalised the development of an underwater fibre optic cable along the Indian...
Ugandan government confused over Sudan president’s arrest ahead of visit
Ugandan government is divided over what action it must take concerning Sudan's president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, ahead of his visit to Uganda for the...
Uganda-DRC: Tensions mount over lake Albert resources
Tensions are mounting between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ugandan authorities accuse Kinshasa of putting up a checkpoint on the shores...
East Africa: Towards a common Eastern Africa market?
The East African Economic Community (EAEC) met Monday in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to finalize a draft protocol that is expected to...
Ugandan army withdraws from DRC
The Ugandan army, which has been hunting down rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), began withdrawing...
Southern Sudan: The Ugandan army kills rebel commander of the LRA
The Ugandan army announced Wednesday that they have killed a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Lieutenant Colonel Yape Okello, in...
Homophobic apprenticeship workshop to be held in Uganda
Stephen Langa, Executive Director of a Ugandan group, Family Life Network, has announced that his group will be holding a workshop from March 5th...