By John Stephen Katende
23rd April 2012:
Projected image Joseph Kony on a US street
US NGO Invisible Children’s campaign to eliminate Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] rebel chief Joseph Kony went up notch last week, April 20, with the start of a grassroots mobilisation campaign which the organisers say is intended “to create buzz and public support”.
In Los Angeles, three dozen high school girls removed weeds, trash and graffiti from their campus. The girls were among small groups of (more…)
By Dennis Otim
23rd April 2012:
The Brussels based global conflict analysis organisation the International Crisis Group [ICG] has warned that Sudan and South Sudan are teetering on the brink of all-out war from which neither state can benefit. (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
16th April 2012:
Close to a million Rwandans were killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Artist Odile Katese was in exile at the time. Despite being far from the killing, she was (more…)
By George Murumba
9th April 2012:
Re-branded: New #Kony2012 Poster
The US-based non-governmental organisation [NGO] Invisible Children has released a second damage limitation video which partly addresses the controversy created the first documentary which had called for the capture of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony.
“Kony 2012: Part II – Beyond Famous” uses some of the same Hollywood-style production techniques but (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
9th April 2012:
TB Joshua: Prophet of doom?
A flamboyant Nigerian Pastor who claims to be a “Prophet” is being hailed by his admirers for predicting the death of former Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika. During a church service on the 5th February, “Prophet” TB Joshua announced that he was seeing the death of an African president in two months time.
“..I am seeing a Head of State…by that I mean a (more…)
By Online Team
9th April 2012:
The son of former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been physically attacked in the Libyan detention facility where he is (more…)
By Online Team
9th April 2012:
Mali’s coup leaders and their neighbours have reached a deal under which the two-week-old military junta will hand over power in return for the end of (more…)
By Norman S. Miwambo
26th March 2012:
UPC Party President Dr. Olara Otunnu has called upon Ugandans in the Diaspora to join the current struggle and fight for the restoration of sanity in Uganda. In a speech to (more…)
By Online Team
26th March 2012:
At least 16 people have died in a meningitis epidemic in two districts in northern Uganda over the past three weeks, the UN’s news agency IRIN has reported. According to the report, (more…)
By Jo Becker
26th March 2012:
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, found the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers in the armed conflict in that country, sealing his fate as (more…)
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