By Sharon S. Tibenda

13^th Dec 2010

William Hague

British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the British Parliament last week that his government plans to ‘reinvigorate the Commonwealth’, Uganda Correspondent can reveal.

In a statement, Mr. Hague said “…Her Majesty’s Government have undertaken to strengthen the United Kingdom’s relationship with the Commonwealth and to (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

13^th Dec 2010

The African Union has suspended Ivory Coast following the hotly disputed presidential election in the West African nation. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

6^th Dec 2010

File Photo, Govt trained militias pass out in Kayunga

The ruling NRM government is unlawfully recruiting and deploying tens of thousands of armed militiamen in different parts of the country, the IPC has said.

The apparent trend has sent alarm bells ringing within the opposition who say it is a pre-emptive move by the NRM in anticipation of demonstrations against malpractices during next year’s elections.

According to a press release (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

6^th Dec 2010

File Photo, Dr. Kizza Besigye at a rally in Kasese

The IPC’s presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has strongly warned President Yoweri Museveni against imitating the defeated Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo by refusing to hand over power when he loses the 2011 elections.

The Background:

A serious political crisis broke out in Ivory Coast last week when the ‘Constitutional Council’ overruled a declaration by the country’s (more…)

By George Murumba

6^th Dec 2010

Chief Justice Odoki

The results of the just concluded Guinean elections have dramatically put both President Yoweri Museveni’s and Ugandan Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki’s Supreme Court records to shame.

Both the losing Guinean presidential candidate and the Supreme Court of Guinea have shown their Ugandan counterparts that they have the guts and audacity to err decisively on the side of genuine democratic development in Guinea.

According to Guinea’s Supreme Court, (more…)

By Our Staff Writer

6^th Dec 2010

UPC Boss Dr. Otunnu

A group calling itself “Uganda 2011 Free and Fair Elections – Campaign Group (International Division)” has launched an online petition to help UPC party President Dr. Olara Otunnu gather the five million “anti-Kiggundu EC signatures” he is looking for.

Dr. Vincent Magombe, a London based Ugandan Journalist who appears to be closely associated with the new campaign group told Uganda Correspondent that (more…)

By Sharon S. Tibenda

6^th Dec 2010

Landmine experts at work

Uncleared minefields in northern Uganda’s Lamwo district have prevented thousands of people displaced during the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency from returning home, IRIN news has reported.

Mr. Mathew Ocen Akiya, a local government official, is reported to have said “…these people can’t go to their villages [in Agoro sub-county] unless the place is cleared and declared free of the landmines”.  Mr. Akiya added that up to 10,000 people were unable to go home.

Mr. Geoffrey Onek, a 59yr old IDP who still lives in one of the camps told IRIN news that he was put off returning to his home after a landmine killed two people.

“…I tried going back home in 2006 but a landmine killed two people.  I saw how my neighbour Okello was hit by a landmine in Mica [his home village] in 2006. (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

6^th Dec 2010

The West African state of Ivory Coast is embroiled in a deep political crisis after two rival Presidential candidates swore themselves in; (more…)