By George Murumba
16th July 2012:
Gen. Bashir: Uganda's Accuser-in-Chief
Sudanese President Gen. Omar al Bashir’s Khartoum government has accused Uganda of granting permission to representatives of the anti-Bashir rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) to set up its headquarters in Kampala, a claim the Uganda government has always denied.
On more than one occasion, however, (more…)
By George Murumba
16th July 2012:
The African continent is planning to merge the African Court of Justice and the African Court on Human and People’s Rights with an extension of the Court’s mandate to try (more…)
By International Crisis Group
16th July 2012:
Renewed oil interest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could nurture communal resentments, exacerbate deep-rooted conflict dynamics and weaken (more…)
By Our Online Team
9th July 2012:
Mr Eriakimi Kaseegu - a Local Council official
KASENYI, BULIISA DISTRICT: Months after the central government tried to quell land speculation in oil-rich Bunyoro by suspending the issue of new land titles, Oil in Uganda visited Kasenyi, on the north-eastern shores of Lake Albert, and unearthed a tale of double-dealing and thuggery seemingly abetted by district leaders and security officials.
Eriakimi Kaseegu, the Kasenyi Local Council One Chairman, (more…)
By Charles Ochen Okwir
9th July 2012:
When British Prime Minister David Cameron was asked whether he agrees that “…it would be wrong for convicted prisoners to be able to vote”, his response, a swift one at that, left no doubt in (more…)
By Shefali
18th June 2012:
It’s difficult to get positive results in Somalia until reconciliation starts right at the bottom, where neighbours in a village reconcile, then neighbours in a city, then neighbours in a state, then finally, neighbours at (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
4th June 2012:
The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan, has warned of the growing sectarian aspect of the crisis in Syria, adding that the conflict is already (more…)
By Online Team
21st May 2012:
US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, the BBC has reported. Quoting US officials, the (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga
14th May 2012:
Captured or Surrendered: LRA commander Ceaser Acellam
Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] after a brief battle with the rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, a senior UPDF officer has said.
Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo said on Sunday, (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
14th May 2012:
A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries. (more…)
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