By George Murumba
28th January 2013:
Last Friday, January 25, was the 42nd anniversary of the day the then Maj. Gen. Idi Amin Dada staged the military coup that ousted (more…)
UN plans to fight M23 rebels in Congo
By John Stephen Katende
28th January 2013:
The United Nations has declared its intention to “…set up an intervention force to fight rebels fuelling conflict in DR Congo”, a UN official has said. Meanwhile, (more…)
Amin’s British adviser Bob Astles is dead
By Norman S. Miwambo
21st Jan 2013:
Deceased: Amin Adviser Bob Astles
Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s British born adviser Bob Astles has died. Astles succumbed to cancer of the rectum on December 29, 2012 – just 20 days after his last email to this reporter.
It is thirty four (34) years since Bob Astles disappeared from the public arena, and not many people knew where he was, or what he has been up to. The Hollywood movie ‘The Last King of Scotland’ starring Forest Whitaker tried its best to (more…)
BOU denies role in 6billion NMS fraud
By Sharon Tibenda
21st Jan 2013:
The management of Bank of Uganda (BOU) has denied any wrong doing in the 6billion corruption scandal that recently rocked the (more…)
LRA victims rehabilitation centre to close
By Sharon Tibenda
21st Jan 2013:
One of the only two remaining reception centres in northern Uganda helping reintegrate former members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is (more…)
Growing export crops causes hunger – study
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…)
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