By Dr Obote Odora
14th May 2012:
African leaders: Do they fear ICC?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is in the news again – thanks to an attempt by the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to block the trial of four Kenyans (the Ocampo Four) at The Hague based court.
The ICC is also in the news at the continental level. In a press release issued on May 7, the African Union (AU) said it had directed its legal committee (on which Uganda sits) to (more…)
By George Murumba
14th May 2012:
The Uganda parliament should significantly revise the draft Public Order Management Bill, which would drastically restrict freedom of assembly and expression, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
14th May 2012:
The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] has announced plans to introduce a wide range of benefits for its members as soon as the pensions sector is liberalised. The planned products include (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
14th May 2012:
A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries. (more…)
By Norman Miwambo
14th May 2012:
The decision by US President Barack Obama to throw his political weight behind the liberal campaign to legalise gay marriages has caused massive excitement among gay and human rights activists around the world. (more…)
By George Murumba
7th May 2012:
4GC launch ceremony, FILE PHOTO
An opposition activist has dared President Yoweri Museveni to lock them all up in Luzira maximum prison, saying that is the only way the regime can stop them from peacefully pursuing their agenda for change and a better life for all Ugandans.
The opposition activist, who preferred anonymity, made the remarks in reaction to a news report in The Daily Monitor that the (more…)
By George Murumba
7th May 2012:
Rwakitura meet, Courtesy Photo, PPUPresident Yoweri Museveni has strongly appealed to Muslim leaders in the country to resolve their prevailing leadership wrangles and conflicts that have rocked the Muslim faith in Uganda in the recent past. He said they should work towards uniting the Muslim faithful in the country for the sake of the Islamic faith, the Muslim community and for peace and development of Uganda.
The President made (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
7th May 2012:
Uganda’s culinary love affair with pork may be down to the genetic make-up of Ugandans as a people, according to a new study. Researchers from Duke University Medical Centre, Monell Chemical Senses Centre and (more…)
By Online Team
7th May 2012:
US President Barack Obama has snubbed most African leaders and only invited the leaders of Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Benin to attend the Group of Eight [G8} summit of major economies scheduled to (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
7th May 2012:
The United Nations Security Council has called on Sudan and South Sudan to immediately end hostilities and resume negotiations within two weeks to resolve all outstanding issues, and voiced its intention to (more…)
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