By Online Team

23^rd April 2012:

Northern Uganda IDP Camps

Inter-communal disputes over land and the allocation of land to private investors for cultivation, could threaten peace in parts of northern Uganda, IRIN news has reported.

The UN’s News Agency said, so far in 2012, at least five people have been killed in violent land disputes in the villages of Lakang, Apar and Pabbo in the northern district of Amuru. Two more people were (more…)

By Online Team

23^rd April 2012:

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan “must have the courage” to return to the negotiating table and resolve their differences peacefully, US President Barack Obama has said. (more…)

By George Murumba

23^rd April 2012:

The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] has denied being involved in the theft of its members’ savings, following allegations to that effect in the media.  In a statement published on (more…)

By Online Team

16^th April 2012:

Top opposition leaders: Who scares Museveni most?

The NRM government’s continued crackdown on opposition activities, especially against Activists for Change [A4C], has attracted the attention of an international foreign policy analysis magazine, Foreign Policy, and caused it to ask what President Yoweri Museveni is afraid of.  In an article published last week, April 13, the author Jackee Budesta Batanda said: (more…)

By Online Team

16^th April 2012:

Mulago Hosp Maternity Ward: FILE PHOTO

The government of Uganda could soon be held liable for the rampant maternal deaths that have claimed the lives of countless women in hospitals across the country, The Huffington Post has reported.

In the report published last week, April 13, the paper says, after a frustrating year of slow progress, a landmark lawsuit that seeks to hold the government accountable for the high number of preventable maternal deaths in (more…)