Archive for March, 2012

Kony2012 NGO admits misleading people

By Timothy Nsubuga

19th March 2012:

Invisible Children men with guns

Invisible Children, the NGO behind the now controversial #Kony2012 video has finally admitted that its film was ‘misleading’ because it created the impression that Uganda is still under a state of war.

In an email exchange with Michael “Otim” Kirkpatrick, a vitriolic critic of the #Kony2012 video, Invisible Children’s Communications Officer Andrew Morgan also admitted that it was unethical for Invisible Children to present the issues the way (more…)


Ugandan women NGOs condemn #Kony2012

By Sharon Tibenda

19th March 2012:

Ugandan women pressure groups have condemned the production of a film on militia leader Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), saying it brings back (more…)


Top Rwandese rebel leader surrenders to UN

By John Stephen Katende

19th March 2012:

A top Rwandan rebel leader has surrendered amid a joint military offensive by the United Nations and the national army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a spokesperson f (more…)


Ocampo seeks maximum sentence for Lubanga

By John Stephen Katende

19th March 2012:

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week described the conviction of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo on charges of recruiting child soldiers as (more…)


Museveni’s road repairs directive welcome

By Editorial Team

19th March 2012: The news that President Museveni has (more…)


How safe is Museveni after Lubanga conviction?

By Charles Ochen Okwir

19th March 2012: The International Criminal Court [ICC] in (more…)


Govt urged to declare north a disaster zone

By Norman S. Miwambo

12th March 2012:

L-R: Doctors Acaye and Opio the event

Ugandans living in the United Kingdom (UK) have demanded that the government declares northern Uganda a disaster zone because of the nodding disease that is ravaging most parts of the region.

The activists made the call on Saturday 3, March as they launched a campaign to solicit funds to set-up a research centre, raise awareness, and (more…)


How about joint #Museveni-Kony2012

By Norman S. Miwambo

12th March 2012:

FILE PHOTO: President Museveni in 1986

Jason Russell has made a mark on the world.  In the last few days, his Kony2012 documentary has been discussed everywhere.  By Saturday more than 48 million viewers had watched it on youtube. It highlights the atrocities committed by the elusive and vicious rebel leader Joseph Kony as well as offer support to the dictatorship in Uganda.

Many young men and women around the world confessed (more…)


#Kony2012: An LRA survivor’s moving tale

By Charles Ochen Okwir

12th March 2012:

The ‘Kony2012’ campaign video by US based NGO Invisible Children had hit 26,684,765 views by the time I watched it on youtube – not an insignificant achievement if you can call it that.  But the criticisms of it, probably in the thousands by now, were (more…)


Thousands of refugees enter Uganda

By Online Team

12th March 2012:

THE continued fighting in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced more than 3,000 civilians into Uganda since the beginning of (more…)


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2013/2/26

The late Mzee Kaguta was a naughty boy
By Lawrence Kasozi

25th February 2013: This is totally out of More... (0)


2013/2/26

Museveni is pathological hypocrite
By Norman Miwambo

25th February 2013: I don’t believe Museveni was More... (0)


2013/2/17

Obote is crying for his beloved country
By M. Suleman

18th February 2013: Uganda’s late president Dr Apollo More... (0)


2013/2/3

Wake up fools: Army took over long ago
By Bernard Ddumba

4th Feb 2013: Over the last two weeks, I seriously More... (0)


2013/2/3

NRM revolution is eating its own children
By Charles Businge

4th February 2013: In 1986, the new leadership promised More... (0)


2013/1/27

It’s lawful to resist coup plotters – let’s do it
By Elijah M. Tumwebaze

28th January 2013: In a powerful opinion article that More... (0)


2013/1/27

Our parliament only exists on paper
By M. Suleman

28th January 2013: Uganda is a country endowed with More... (0)


2013/1/22

Museveni is right to call NRM MPs idiots
By M. Suleman

21st Jan 2013: In the drama that followed More... (0)


2012/12/18

Isn’t Museveni a deranged psychopath?
By M. Suleman

17th Dec 2012: An emotional, grief-stricken, and More... (0)


 

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