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 Sharon Tibenda
14th May 2012:
A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries. (more…)
By Norman Miwambo
14th May 2012:
The decision by US President Barack Obama to throw his political weight behind the liberal campaign to legalise gay marriages has caused massive excitement among gay and human rights activists around the world. (more…)
By Online Team
7th May 2012:
US President Barack Obama has snubbed most African leaders and only invited the leaders of Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Benin to attend the Group of Eight [G8} summit of major economies scheduled to (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 Sharon Tibenda
7th May 2012:
The BBC World Service will, tomorrow, May 2, invite young people from schools around the world to discuss, debate and share their views on what really matters to them. In several special editions of World Schools Have Your Say, (more…)
By Charles Ochen Okwir
30th April 2011:
On Friday April 27, BBC Africa Debate came live from the Ugandan capital Kampala. Over the last few months, the debate has asked whether Congo is a failed state, delved into the possibilities of an African Spring, discussed (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…)