By Timothy Nsubuga
28th May 2012:
Preganant woman shot in stomach by police
The US government has delivered a damning verdict on Uganda’s human rights record, accusing Uganda of all sorts of rights violations – from torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, to arbitrary arrests and unlawful detentions and even extra-judicial killings.
The US assessment of Uganda’s human rights record is contained in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 issued by (more…)
By Online Team
28th May 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has gone on a charm offensive to woo geothermal investors to tackle Uganda’s perennial problems with power shortages. Museveni said (more…)
By Online Team
28th May 2012:
The “Ocampo Four”, being the four prominent Kenyans accused of being involved in orchestrating post-election violence in 2007 will stand trial at the International Criminal Court after their appeal was rejected. (more…)
By Dennis Otim
28th May 2012:
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has spoken out against the killing of Kasese journalist Amon Thembo Wa’Mupaghasya who was gunned down on (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
28th May 2012:
Construction work on the second phase of the ‘Pension Towers’ project will begin in August 2012, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has announced. (more…)
By George Murumba
21st May 2012:
Museveni at Mugarra's home, PPU courtesy photo
President Yoweri Museveni has warned the Allied Democratic Forces [ADF] rebels, saying they would “pay very dearly if they dared attack Uganda” and urged them to abandon banditry.
Museveni said he was aware of the presence of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He however said Uganda had (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
21st May 2012:
In a move that analysts have interpreted as the government’s “attempt to put a stop to Allied Democratic Front [ADF] rebel recruitment in the region”, President Yoweri Museveni has told a delegation of (more…)
By Online Team
21st May 2012:
US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, the BBC has reported. Quoting US officials, the (more…)
By Dennis Otim
21st May 2012:
The African Union’s mediator in the Sudan crisis Mr Thabo Mbeki has said Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir is committed to security agreements with South Sudan. (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga
14th May 2012:
Captured or Surrendered: LRA commander Ceaser Acellam
Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] after a brief battle with the rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, a senior UPDF officer has said.
Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo said on Sunday, (more…)
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