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…)
We cannot accept homosexuality – Museveni
By George Murumba
17th Dec 2012:
Conservative President Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda “…cannot accept the promotion of homosexuality as if it’s a good thing.” The president however also said gay people should not be killed or persecuted, as MPs continue to consider a controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
The original version of the Bill stipulated the death penalty for some homosexual acts, but this has reportedly been dropped. According to the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga, the president was careful to (more…)
Donor aid cuts threatening Uganda’s poor
By Online Team
17th Dec 2012:
The recent wave of donor aid cuts (amounting to $260million) in protest at the theft of approximately $13million dollars from the (more…)
Blood Minerals: When corporate power defeats justice
By Charles Ochen Okwir
17th Dec 2012:
On October 17, 2012, the UN Panel of Experts accused Uganda and Rwanda (for the second time) of supporting Congo’s M23 rebel movement led by (more…)
Museveni tells clergy to preach anti-HIV gospel
By Sharon Tibenda
17th Dec 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to religious leaders in Uganda to continue preaching the gospel of the danger engendered in (more…)
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