By Online Team
15th Oct 2012:
The year 2011 saw dramatic changes in Africa’s governance landscape. Unprecedented popular demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya led to the overturning of a century of autocratic rule in (more…)
BBC World News turns spotlight on Kenya
By John Stephen Katende
15th Oct 2012:
BBC World News will, in the run-up to the Kenyan general elections in March 2013, turn the spotlight on the East African country to explore the surprising and yet the inspiring stories of what’s (more…)
Army storms Besigye’s home at midnight
By Sharon Tibenda
8th Oct 2012:
Gate to Besigye's residence
A combined force of heavily armed soldiers, police officers, and plain cloth security operatives, have, in a tragic twist, used the midnight cover of darkness to break into and violently storm the residence of Dr. Kizza Besigye, the president of the leading opposition party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
The purpose of the violent midnight raid wasn’t immediately clear (more…)
Batoro petition Museveni over persecution
By George Murumba
8th Oct 2012:
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru’s Toro Kingdom has officially petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over what the Kingdom considers to be (more…)
UPDF Chopper Crash: Was it ‘Mission Impossible’
By Charles Ochen Okwir
8th Oct 2012:
Mombasa, Kenya: On the night of August 12, three Ugandan army Mi-24 helicopter gunships operating under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) umbrella crashed in (more…)
Archbishop Tutu wins $1m Mo Ibrahim Prize
By John Stephen Katende
8th Oct 2012:
Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has won a $1m award for “speaking truth to power”. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, a London-based charitable organisation that has (more…)
Meet José Mujica – the world’s poorest president
By Online Team
8th Oct 2012:
While the title President is often synonymous with plush living and hefty pay cheques, Uruguay’s head of state is contrasting the norm. José Mujica who is commonly referred to as (more…)
Muntu-Nandala teams step-up fight for votes
By George Murumba
10th Sept 2012:
Gen. Muntu at a campaign rally
As the three-horse race to replace Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Dr Kizza Besigye enters its third week, the two leading campaign teams, Team-Muntu and Team-Nandala, have step-up the fight with campaign messages which highlight their respective candidates’ core strengths.
Team-Muntu, or at least some of his supporters, have (more…)
Thousands displaced by floods in the north
By Online Team
10th Sept 2012:
An estimated 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to heavy floods that have destroyed homes, roads, bridges, and ruined crops. According to the (more…)
Rtd Bishop Gideon Oboma is dead
By Online Team
10th Sept 2012:
The former Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda Gideon Allan Oboma is dead. Oboma passed on from Lacor Hospital, in Gulu, on Thursday 6th September 2012 at (more…)
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