By Timothy Nsubuga
14th May 2012:
Captured or Surrendered: LRA commander Ceaser Acellam
Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] after a brief battle with the rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, a senior UPDF officer has said.
Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo said on Sunday, (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
7th May 2012:
The United Nations Security Council has called on Sudan and South Sudan to immediately end hostilities and resume negotiations within two weeks to resolve all outstanding issues, and voiced its intention to (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
30th April 2012:
“The fighting in Blue Nile has turned its people into refugees, forcing them to abandon their homes and livelihoods,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The horrific accounts of extra-judicial killings, (more…)
By Online Team
23rd April 2012:
Rebel SPLM-N Secretary General Arman
The Sudanese government has accused Ugandan authorities of issuing passports to senior officials from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) that is fighting to overthrow President Omar Al Bashir’s government. If proved to be true, the revelation, which was published by the Sudan Tribune newspaper could worsen the simmering diplomatic relations between Uganda and Sudan. (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
23rd April 2012:
Projected image Joseph Kony on a US street
US NGO Invisible Children’s campaign to eliminate Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] rebel chief Joseph Kony went up notch last week, April 20, with the start of a grassroots mobilisation campaign which the organisers say is intended “to create buzz and public support”.
In Los Angeles, three dozen high school girls removed weeds, trash and graffiti from their campus. The girls were among small groups of (more…)
By Dennis Otim
23rd April 2012:
The Brussels based global conflict analysis organisation the International Crisis Group [ICG] has warned that Sudan and South Sudan are teetering on the brink of all-out war from which neither state can benefit. (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
16th April 2012:
Close to a million Rwandans were killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Artist Odile Katese was in exile at the time. Despite being far from the killing, she was (more…)
By George Murumba
9th April 2012:
Re-branded: New #Kony2012 Poster
The US-based non-governmental organisation [NGO] Invisible Children has released a second damage limitation video which partly addresses the controversy created the first documentary which had called for the capture of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony.
“Kony 2012: Part II – Beyond Famous” uses some of the same Hollywood-style production techniques but (more…)
By Jo Becker
26th March 2012:
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, found the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers in the armed conflict in that country, sealing his fate as (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
26th March 2012:
Despite the establishment of anti-corruption agencies, Burundi is facing a deepening corruption crisis that jeopardises prospects for lasting peace and stability, the (more…)