By Timothy Nsubuga – 30th Aug-5th Sept 2010
The United Nations trade arm has published alternative methods that governments and international investors could use to resolve disputes that are currently dealt with through arbitration. (more…)
Archive for 2010
Pope Benedict the XVI due to visit UK
By Our Staff Writer – 30th Aug-5th Sept 2010
Details of Pope Benedict XVI’s scheduled visit to the United Kingdom have been announced by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (more…)
Al-Shabab kills 70 in 2day attacks on Mogadishu
By Our Staff Writer
Al-Shabab Fighters
Mogadishu-Somalia: A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s Presidential Palace; AP has reported. The Monday attack sparked a one-hour gun battle with security forces. At least 32 people were killed, including six Somali parliamentarians.
Witnesses described a horrific scene of dead bodies throughout the Muna Hotel and guests scrambling to safety by escaping out of windows. The multi-pronged assault came less than 24 hours after the country’s most dangerous militant group – Al-Shabab, a group allied with al-Qaida, threatened a “massive” war against what it labelled as invaders, a reference to the 6,000 Ugandan and Burundian African Union troops in Mogadishu. (more…)
War is what Museveni knows and wants
By Charles Oruk
War is what M7 knows and wants. If he is again supporting rebels in Darfur against the Sudan government, then it means he is tired of ruling. (more…)
Why doesn’t Opondo talk about Black Mambas?
By Amos Awira Okumu
I am wondering whether Ofwono Opondo is suggesting that the past ended with “the most primitive tribal military junta 1985/86 during which Otunnu served as the most eloquent diplomat at the UN and as foreign affairs minister”. (more…)
Otunnu must follow protocol to invite Kabaka
By Ssisagirwako
I think the doctor is going about the invitation the wrong way. Protocol would demand that he first seeks an audience with the Kabaka where he may extend the invitation rather than announcing this at his political rallies; that is if he is serious. (more…)
Kibirige is right, we need a national language
By Charles Oruk
I do agree with Mr. Abbey Kibirige. We need a national language that we all can learn and speak. (more…)
Sudan accuses Uganda of supporting Darfur rebels
By Dennis Otim 23rd–29th Aug 2010
Sudan's JEM Rebels
The government of Sudan has once again accused Yoweri Museveni’s government of supporting anti-Khartoum rebels. The diplomatically explosive accusations were contained in the pro-government Sudanese news paper Akhir Lahzah of August 16th 2010.
According to the report, the Sudanese armed forces in particular, warned Uganda against extending any form of support to the Darfur based Justice and Equality Movement [JEM] rebel group; arguing that such a move by Uganda “…would lead to a loss of trust” between the two neighbouring States supported each other’s opponents for a long time in the past. (more…)
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