By John Stephen Katende
20th Feb 2012:
Acting Foreign Minister Okello Oryem
Uganda’s acting Foreign Affairs Minister Henry Okello Oryem has strongly urged political leaders in Somalia to cease all political in-fighting and unite ahead of the ‘Somali Conference’ due to take place in London this week to discuss a raft of ideas designed to restore political stability to the war-torn country.
“…It is an opportunity for Somalis to create a legitimate, transparent, all-inclusive democratic (more…)
By Norman Miwambo
20th Feb 2012:
Left: Kibirige on a visit to Uganda
A promising Ugandan weightlifter has died of heart attack. Stanley Kibirige, who was based in Norway, died on February 8. Prior to his death, Kibirige had been described as “one of the finest creatures in the sport of weighting Uganda has ever had”. He had also been tipped for a potentially lucrative role as a ‘Gladiator’ in Hollywood.
Only a few months earlier, Kibirige had produced what some had described as “the performance of the century”. (more…)
By Our Online Team
20th Feb 2012:
Ailing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will this week celebrate his 88th birthday with lavish celebrations expected to cost up to $1million. The Zimbabwean president will (more…)
20th Feb 2012: It is very sad to hear of the death of (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga
13th Feb 2012:
Dr Besigye: Slipped through the police net
Interesting details emerging from the hotly contested Jinja East bi-election that took place last week, Thursday, 9 February, indicate that Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] party president Dr Kizza Besigye has once again successfully outwitted a joint police and army security blockade that had been set up to stop him.
According to a source who was at the scene, the (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
13th Feb 2012:
Good friends: Museveni & Obiang Nguema
Forbes Magazine has named the five worst leaders in Africa following a survey conducted among 800 African respondents by Journalist Mfonobong Nsehe. In his slightly edited piece here-below which lists five of Africa’s longest serving leaders, Nsehe says:
“…I put a call through to my African followers on Twitter to nominate the worst African leaders of our times. I received over (more…)
By George Murumba
13th Feb 2012:
Dr John Sentamu: Eternally controversial
The outspoken Ugandan born Archbishop of York in the United Kingdom Dr. John Sentamu has come out strongly against the British government’s plans to change the definition of marriage, a move that would allow gay couples to get married in holy matrimony.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, the eternally controversial Archbishop said, “…marriage is a relationship between (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
13th Feb 2012:
Ghastly: Tools for carrying out FGM
The government of Uganda has joined an international initiative backed the United Nations [UN] to end the ancient practice of female genital mutilation [FGM] which is practiced by the Sabiny people of eastern Uganda and many other communities across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
The initiative is being carried out in 15 African countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, (more…)
By Our Online Team
13th Feb 2012:
The rapidly increasing trade in charcoal fuel poses one of the biggest threats to Ugandan forests, and is also a major impediment to global efforts to mitigate the effects of (more…)
By Our Online Team
13th Feb 2012:
Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of Somalia, has released a joint video with al-Qaeda announcing that (more…)
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