Politics | Society | Human rights
Security Council calls for protection of civilians
afrol News, 18 November - The Security Council has called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people. Read more
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Health | Society | Gay - Lesbian | Human rights
"Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
afrol News, 6 November - Over 50 Ugandan and international organisations are warning government that the "repressive" HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, soon to be voted on in the Kampala parliament, could destroy Uganda's earlier successes in fighting back the pandemic.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Panic hits Kampala after bomb scare
afrol News, 30 October - A bomb scare in the Uganda’s capital has brought the town to a stand still as security agencies began a search for an alleged bomb plot. The serious search comes nearly a week after Somali’s radical Islamists group Al Shabaab threatened terror attacks on the city. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights | Gay - Lesbian
Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
afrol News, 29 October - The Ugandan Clergy have appealed to the government to scrape the death penalty in the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 currently being debated in parliament. The clergy said the government should rather opt life imprisonment. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
afrol News, 16 October - The international court has urged the Ugandan authorities to arrest the indicted Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir if he comes to Kampala next week for the African Union meeting. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Joint EAC-US military field training exercise in Uganda
afrol News, 8 October - The East African Community defence forces together with the United States Africa Command (US AFRICOM) will hold a joint Field Training Exercise codenamed Exercise 'Natural Fire 10' in Kampala, Entebbe and Kitgum in Uganda, from 16 to 25 October. Read more
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Environment - Nature | Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Uganda commits to reforestation
afrol News, 7 October - Uganda has become the first country in Africa to undertake a reforestation project that will help reduce global warming emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Read more
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Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
WFP appeals for urgent $66 million in Uganda
afrol News, 29 September - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has raised concerns about the succession of poor rainy seasons in Uganda which have left more than two million people in need of urgent food assistance. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Museveni calls on Africa to wake up
afrol News, 24 September - The countries of sub-Saharan Africa have spent too long “wandering in the desert of under-development” and need to take faster steps towards building infrastructure and modernising their economies, the President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda told the opening of the General Assembly’s high-level debate yesterday. Read more
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» 23.09.2009 - Ban urges for release of children in Uganda conflict
» 11.09.2009 - Uganda tribal clashes continue into second day
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 14.08.2009 - Uganda well-positioned to steer East Africa, Zoellick
» 12.08.2009 - Grant to support grassroots development in Uganda
» 11.08.2009 - African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
» 23.07.2009 - Uganda MPs angry over planned airport concession
» 20.07.2009 - Rare gorillas flee to DRC
» 20.07.2009 - Uganda urged to charge or release five detainees
» 17.07.2009 - International support needed for Uganda peace, UN expert
» 16.07.2009 - Food donations spark a row in famine hit areas
» 13.07.2009 - Uganda appeals for $79 million to fight famine
» 09.07.2009 - Uganda moves to ban FGM
» 07.07.2009 - Uganda rebels re-launch attacks
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