By George Murumba
17th Dec 2012:
South African police today said they had foiled a plot by suspected right-wing Afrikaner extremists targeting an African National Congress (ANC) conference (more…)
Analysis: Gay lobby risks death in Uganda
By Elijah M. Tumwebaze
10th Dec 2012:
Anti-gay protestor calls for death penalty
Uganda’s biggest tabloid newspaper The Red Pepper last week published graphic pornographic pictures of a man allegedly having gay sex with a sixteen year old boy. In just a few hours, the news had spread across the entire city like the proverbial wild fire.
It was as though something catastrophic that threatens the very survival of the republic of Uganda had just happened. Very soon, news starting trickling in that the man who (more…)
Global Fund appoints anti-corruption ‘cop’
By John Stephen Katende
10th Dec 2012:
Ministers: All accused of corruption
GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria last week named German national Norbert Hauser as the Interim Inspector General whose job will be to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the management of funds disbursed to beneficiary countries like Uganda and many others in the “third world”.
Norbert Hauser, who is (more…)
World applauds convention to protect IDPs
By Timothy Nsubuga
10th Dec 2012:
IDP Camps in Northern Uganda
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani has applauded Africa leaders for passing the world’s first ever international convention to protect the rights of internally displaced persons.
Africa has “achieved a milestone and demonstrated its leadership,” Beyani said on December 6. “I believe that the significance of (more…)
Tragedy: Father’s gun kills 7-year old son
By Online Team
10th Dec 2012:
A father shot and killed his 7-year-old son last Saturday morning outside a Pennsylvania gun store in what police described as a (more…)
Mugabe wants to seize all white-owned mines
By Online Team
10th Dec 2012:
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has said he wants native blacks to have full control of foreign-owned mining firms operating in the country. The (more…)
Police invade DP offices – Mao protests
By George Murumba
3rd Dec 2012:
Democratic Party President General Norbert Mao has protested the police action to invade his party headquarters on (more…)
HIV: Circumcision doesn’t work – Museveni warns
By Online Team
3rd Dec 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has warned the youth of Uganda to stop relying on circumcision as a means to (more…)
Gulu goes green with cow dung fuel
By Online Team
3rd Dec 2012:
The northern Uganda district of Gulu that endured a whole 20 years of under-development due to the (more…)
Museveni tells Indians to invest more
By Sharon Tibenda
3rd Dec 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has called upon the Indian community in Uganda to invest more in the country’s (more…)
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