By George Murumba

20^th Sept 2010

Al-Shabaab militants

Extremist Somali militants suspected to be from the radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab have seized a number of media houses in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Reports from Mogadishu indicate that a radio station called Horn Afrik Radio was raided and occupied by Al-Shabaab.  The militants then ordered workers to hand over keys to the studios before asking them vacate the station premises all together.

Other reports that are yet to be confirmed say Al-Shabaab also raided and occupied another radio station called Capital Voice. (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

20^th Sept 2010

Iran-Africa Summit

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said both Iran and Africa want “a new world order”.  He made the remarks while opening the just concluded Iran-Africa summit in the Iranian capital Tehran.

The summit, the first of its kind between African and Iran, kicked off on 14^th September and attracted government and private sector representatives from over 40 African countries.  The Presidents of Senegal and Malawi also attended the get-together that focused on expanding political and economic ties between the two sides.

In his opening speech (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

20^th Sept 2010

Blasted Blair

Nelson Mandela felt terribly betrayed by Tony Blair’s decision to join the invasion of Iraq; a new book has claimed.

British Labour party MP Peter Hain said in his biography of the ex-South African President that Mr. Mandela was “breathing fire” down the line when he made his furious protest phone call to him as a UK Minister at the time.

Mr. Hain, the former Welsh Secretary, said Mandela felt that Tony Blair’s good work had been “blown out of the water” by the war.  He said the criticisms were made formally, not in a private capacity. (more…)

By Sharon S. Tibenda

20^th Sept 2010

A report by the Commission for Africa that was set up by Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair to find solutions to poverty in Africa says the continent needs billions more dollars in aid. (more…)

By Dennis Otim

13^th Sept 2010

EC Boss Kiggundu

The embattled Electoral Commission Chairman Eng. Badru Kiggundu threw all caution to the wind and attended the just concluded NRM Delegates conference at Mandela National Stadium.

Uganda Correspondent can reveal that the EC boss, who has been under consistent fire from opposition parties for his near open association with the ruling NRM party, was seen mingling happily among other NRM party faithful who had gathered at Namboole to elect their party flag bearers for the 2011 elections.

It’s not the first time that Kiggundu has, either by omission or commission, sent out strong hints suggesting that he may be a fully fledged NRM supporter or even secret activist.  (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

13^th Sept 2010

Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] rebels have once again called for a ceasefire and resumption of peace talks between itself and the government of Uganda.

In a September 6^th letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Justine Labeja Nyeko, who described himself as the acting leader of the LRA/M Peace Team, wrote to the UN saying “…the LRA/M Peace Team now therefore prays [to] the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization to use the considerable leverage of his position in the United Nations and the world to get the governments of Uganda, the DR Congo, Southern Sudan, and Central African Republic to declare a verifiable ceasefire to enable a return to the peace process”.

The LRA also called upon the UN Secretary General to expeditiously appoint a new and more suitable envoy to attend to the critical matter of the peace process for the ‘northern’ Uganda conflict.  The LRA, it seems, is also in no doubt about who was responsible for the failure of the Juba Peace talks.  As far it is concerned, the government of Uganda was to blame. (more…)