By Sharon Tibenda
21st Nov 2011: British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK will host a conference in London on Somalia in (more…)
Uganda left out of ‘Open Government’ club
By Our Reporter
14th Nov 2011: “…The more open we are, the more willing we are to hear constructive criticism, the more effective we can be; And ultimately, governments are here to serve the people, NOT to serve those in power.” US President Barack Obama said at (more…)
Museveni pig-house lands Masaka man in trouble
By Sharon Tibenda
14th Nov 2011: A joint team of police and military officers from the feared Rapid Response Unit [RRU] in Masaka town have arrested a Masaka pig farmer for (more…)
UK oil and gas trade mission visits Uganda
By John Stephen Katende
14th Nov 2011: An energy and associated sectors industry delegation from the United Kingdom will arrive in Uganda today for a trade mission. The three day mission [14-16th November] will be (more…)
UPDF deaths: UN calls for more troops in Somalia
By Sharon Tibenda
7th Nov 2011:
More needed: UPDF troops in Somalia
The United Nations envoy for Somalia has stressed the need to bring the strength of the African Union peacekeeping force in the Horn of Africa country to the 12,000 troops mandated by the Security Council, adding that the force also needs the capacity to deal with unconventional tactics of war.
Augustine Mahiga, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, told a news conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on (more…)
Al-Shabab war: Kenya worried of ‘rebel donkeys’
By Dennis Otim
7th Nov 2011:
Donkeys caught in the heat of human battles
Kenya’s military spokesman has said large groups of donkeys in Somalia will be considered “al-Shabab activity” following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons. Major Emmanuel Chirchir used Twitter to warn Kenyans not to sell their donkeys to the Islamist group.
Kenya, which unlike its counterparts in the Great Lakes region [like Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Sudan, etc] has (more…)
Salva Kiir arrests scribe for criticising him
By George Murumba
7th Nov 2011: Ngor Aguot Garang, a Journalist at Sudan Tribune, was arrested and taken into custody on Wednesday 2nd November by South Sudan’s security services following the publication of (more…)
Stop using terrorism to oppress opposition – UN
By Dennis Otim
24th Oct 2011:
Are they being used to oppress the opposition?
The fight against terrorism must never be used as a pretext for abusing basic human rights or silencing the opposition, as has happened in many professedly democratic countries over the past decade, a United Nations expert has warned.
Speaking at the news conference in New York on 21st Oct, the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson said over the last ten years, many countries have stretched the definitions of terrorism to (more…)
Uganda to ‘export’ teachers to South Sudan
By Sharon Tibenda
24th Oct 2011: President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda will soon start ‘exporting’ teachers to South Sudan as a way of helping the new nation build its human resource capacity and (more…)
Mugabe challenges Archbishop on homosexuality
By Sharon Tibenda
10th Oct 2011: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe wants the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams to explain the Anglican Church’s stance on homosexuality and (more…)
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