By John Stephen Katende

26^th Nov 2012:

Fugitive: LRA Chief Joseph Kony

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of African Affairs), Mr Jonnie Carson, has warned stakeholders involved in global initiatives to end the atrocities attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels that no single silver bullet can on its own solve the LRA problem.

Mr Carson sounded the warning in Washington DC on November 17 at a ‘Global Summit on (more…)

By Charles Ochen Okwir

26^th Nov 2012:

Museveni: Shrewd Operator? FILE PHOTO

The furore that erupted when a UN Panel of Experts report accused Uganda and Rwanda of supporting Congo’s March 23^rd (M23) rebels took a new twist last week when M23 captured provincial town of Goma.

The UN report alleged that while Rwanda “co-ordinated the creation of the rebel movement” and its “major military operations”, Uganda offered more “subtle support” which (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

19^th Nov 2012: 

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon phoned Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday “…to request that he use his influence on the M23 to help calm the situation and restrain M23 from continuing their attack”, according to peacekeeping chief Hervé Ladsous at UN headquarters in New York.

Reports indicated that the M23 rebels are now well-equipped with night-vision equipment and (more…)

By Online Team

19^th Nov 2012: 

An appellate court in Rwanda should overturn the prison sentence handed to the editor of a private weekly on Wednesday last week, (more…)

By Online Team

12^th Nov 2012:

The military option adopted by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) to either capture or kill the elusive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony is doomed, (more…)