By Sharon Tibenda
21st Jan 2013:
One of the only two remaining reception centres in northern Uganda helping reintegrate former members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is (more…)
Archive for January, 2013
Growing export crops causes hunger – study
By Dennis Otim
21st Jan 2013:
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, a study by (more…)
DRC Crisis: Kabila rejects M23 rebel demands
By George Murumba
21st Jan 2013:
GOMA, DRC — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has ruled out what it calls ‘unconstitutional’ demands presented by the M23 rebels at talks in (more…)
UN condemns Algerian hostage takers
By Dennis Otim
21st Jan 2013:
The UN Security Council has denounced the recent hostage taking by a group of militants at a remote natural gas facility in eastern Algeria. According to (more…)
Corruption: UK switches aid to UNHCR
By John Stephen Katende
14th Jan 2013
IDP Camp in Northern Uganda - FILE PHOTO
The British government has pledged to provide emergency aid for the 50,000 refugees in Uganda who have so far fled the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
However, in what appears to be a reaction to the recent high profile theft of donor funds from the Office of the Prime Minister, (under which disaster preparedness ministry falls) the UK government has decided to (more…)
Ugandan bans Ugandan TV from his bar
By John Stephen Katende
14th Jan 2013
A Kenyan based Ugandan entrepreneur who runs a bar and restaurant has taken the extreme decision to ban his employees from tuning into all Ugandan television stations that are (more…)
Festive inflation under control – Mutebile
By George Murumba
14th Jan 2013
The Governor of Bank of Uganda (BOU) Prof Emmanuel Tumusime Mutebile has said the inflationary pressures that have been threatening to (more…)
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