By George Murumba

31^st Oct 2011:

The aftermath of a NATO bomb in Libya

Buoyed by the devastating success of its jet fighter attacks on the late Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [NATO] has, upon prompting, refused to rule out a similar military intervention in Uganda or any other part of the world if the need to protect civilians from state brutality arises.

Reliable sources in London have told Uganda Correspondent that (more…)

By Our Online Team

31^st Oct 2011:

Tough talking British PM Cameron

The British Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP has threatened to withhold UK aid from countries that do not reform legislation banning homosexuality.  Mr. Cameron said he raised the issue with some of the states involved at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [CHOGM] in Perth – Australia.

Human rights reform in the Commonwealth was one issue that leaders failed to reach agreement on at the summit.  Mr Cameron says those receiving UK aid should “adhere to proper human rights”. Ending the bans on homosexuality was one of the recommendations of an internal report into (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

31^st Oct 2011:

Protesting opposition chiefs sprayed with pink dye

Just as they had done during the first wave of the ‘walk-to-work’ protests in April this year, all the leaders of Uganda’s top opposition parties have once again agreed to lend their individual political weight to the new wave of ‘walk-to-work’ protests being planned by the pressure group Activists for Change to take place across the country.

The party presidents of (more…)

By Our Online Team

24^th Oct 2011:

Dead Ugandan, Burundi troops in Somalia

Reports and pictures coming out of the Somali capital Mogadishu indicate that up to 70 (seventy) African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping troops were killed in bloody battle last week by the extremist Islamic militants Al Shabaab.

The dead troops, the majority of whom are said to be Burundian soldiers, were killed on Thursday following a battle with Al Shabab, according to Abu Omar, a commander (more…)

By George Murumba

24^th Oct 2011:

Museveni: Is his hour of reckoning fast approaching?

Dr. Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President who was placed under “house arrest” for the entire duration of the second phase of the ‘walk-to-work’ campaign last week, has warned President Museveni to stop thinking that he can perpetually use teargas and bullets to suppress the people’s yearning for freedom, democracy, and social justice. (more…)