Doubts Rise in Rwanda as Vote Nears The New York Times | KIGALI, Rwanda — President Paul Kagame uses Twitter. He has lunched at Google. He started out as a skinny rebel fighter in the bush, marched into Rwanda’s capital in the midst of a genocide and then rose to make his country one of the developing world’s most orderly and crime-fre...
U.S. indictments charge 14 with terrorism Seattle Times | WASHINGTON - Federal indictments unsealed Thursday in Minnesota, Alabama and California charge 14 people with terrorism offenses connected to the Islamist al-Shabab organization in Somalia. | Attorney General Eric Holder said the charges reflect a disturbing trend in which al-Shabab, which has lin...
Rape Victims in Congo Raid Now Number More Than 240 The New York Times | KAMPALA, Uganda — The number of rape victims from a four-day rebel attack in eastern Congo a month ago has risen to more than 240 and will likely go higher, aid officials said Thursday. | Giorgio Trombatore, a director of the aid group Intern...
8 minors to be charged as adults in teen killing Fresno Bee | The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/09/02/2063479/8-minors-to-be-charged-as-adults.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | New Mexico pair arrested in mock shooting prank New Mexico ...
Zimbabwe artist faces trial over exhibit GroundReport | BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA E. AFRICA | Bulawayo - An artist in Zimbabwe is facing trial next month for depicting scenes in his paintings of civilians being massacred by government troops, images that have now been banned under the country'...
Kampala Bombing Suspects' Rights Violated, Says Lawyer All Africa A lawyer representing five Kenyan men held in Uganda over alleged involvement in the 11 July Kampala bombings has asked the Kenyan government to intervene to guarantee their constitutional rights. | ...
Child soldier from Uganda tells of great escape from LRA rebels The Guardian Child soldier from Uganda tells of great escape from LRA rebels | A former Ugandan child soldier publicising the plight of other enslaved young girls tells her own video story of capture, sexual abuse and escape from a rebel army Link to this video |...
UGANDA: HIV superinfection spreading in fishing communities IRINnews web | ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) - A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have "superinfections" that threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. | Superinfection occurs when an HIV-positive person is re-infected with another strain of HIV...
Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens US Khaleej Times A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a US-backed govt. | Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast and said it would launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" - repeating a threat to strike West...
