Politics | Society
Uganda opposition wins Kampala mayor vote
afrol News, 15 March - In the first-ever significant opposition election victory, Erias Lukwago was declared winner of the polls in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. But the powers of the mayor's office have been limited.
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Politics | Economy - Development
Huge Uganda election funding questioned
afrol News, 21 February - Large spending by Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to win the 2011 elections is said to have kept away an IMF team that was to assess the country's economic discipline.
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Politics
Uganda President re-elected
afrol News, 20 February - With 98 percent of the votes already counted, Uganda's Electoral Commission can already conclude on a large victory for President Yoweri Museveni. But will the opposition accept defeat?
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Politics
Rough election climate emerges in Uganda
afrol News, 7 February - This month's general elections in Uganda, widely expected to be won by President Yoweri Museveni, are held in a rough climate, with the opposition crying fraud and the army getting engaged.
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Society | Gay - Lesbian
Ugandan gays mourn activist's killing
afrol News, 27 January - David Kato, a Ugandan activist fighting for sexual minorities' rights, was killed in his home by a mob today. Shocked Ugandan gay activists promise to keep on "the struggle for justice and equality."
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Economy - Development | Society
Uganda churches make big business of aid
afrol News, 29 October - In Uganda, church communities may get access to major development aid funds. A new study shows that many church leaders abuse these funds and start neglecting religious works.
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Gay - Lesbian | Media
Uganda tabloid urges "hanging of homos"
afrol News, 15 October - A Ugandan tabloid has published photos of 100 allegedly homosexual men, including their addresses and workplaces, calling for their hanging. The weekly was sold freely around the country.
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Politics | Society
US fundamentalists "fight proxy war" in Uganda, Rwanda
afrol News, 22 September - Fundamentalist "evangelical" Christian congregations in the US have plaid a strong role in radicalising Anglican and Protestant communities in Africa, in particular Uganda and Rwanda. New reports document their real motives as imperialistic.
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Politics
Al Shabaab's Uganda attack backfires
afrol News, 16 July - The Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab was hailed by Al Qaeda colleagues for its first major terrorist act abroad, in Uganda. But the grotesque "success" is backfiring as efforts to fight the group in Somalia increase.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Sudan protests Uganda non-invitation of al-Bashir
afrol News, 7 June - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry demands an excuse from Uganda after the latter this weekend said Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir would not be welcome at the African Union (AU) summit in Kampala next month.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Environment - Nature
Nile water resource dispute splits region
afrol News, 14 May - Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have signed a controversial deal to regulate and share the waters of River Nile, despite protests from downstream nations Sudan and Egypt. Ethiopia at the same time opened its first major dam on the Nile.
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Society | Human rights | Politics
Ugandan rebels increase terror in neighbour countries
afrol News, 14 May - There is now "a dramatic rise in the frequency and brutality of attacks" by the Ugandan armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. Uganda is asking neighbours to be allowed to take action.
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