Media pundits depict nation's role in Africa wrong China Daily | International media have reported up a storm on the recent surge in China-Africa links. They invoke a theme familiar from the past two centuries of colonialism and Cold War: Africa is beset by poverty and ignorance, caused by ruthless and corrupt rulers. Westerners are trying to bring them to book...
Cops hunt for homosexuals Independent online | Blantyre, Malawi - Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals. | There is a debate over gay rights in this conservative southern African country, sparked by the trial of a gay couple charged with unnatural acts and gross indecency, felonies f...
Compromise on Ugandan aid bill ends sit-in at Sen. Tom Coburn's city office The Oklahoman | WASHINGTON - A compromise was reached here Tuesday on a bill aimed at helping victims of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, ending an 11-day protest outside the Oklahoma City office of Sen. Tom Coburn. Multimedia | Photoview all photos | Coburn,...
CNOOC, Total pitch oil plans to Ugandan government The Guardian By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, March 6 (Reuters) - Global petroleum firms Total and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC, have presented their investment plans in Uganda's emerging petroleum industry to the government, an official said. The ...
Court Stops Bid to Block Wengi Petition All Africa The Constitutional Court last week overruled the Attorney General's proposal to block a petition filed by Justice Richard Oscar Okumu-Wengi. | ...
Corrupt MP Fined Sh4 Million All Africa Tingey MP Herbert Sabila Kaale smiled out of the anti-corruption court yesterday after the judge fined sh4m for bribing a state attorney. The offence carries 10 years in jail. | ...
Child Sacrifice Emerges as Disturbing Uganda Trend ABC News By DANA HUGHES | Feb. 25, 2010 | is a country so beautiful that once called it "the pearl of ." It has world-class wildlife, fertile rolling hills and a breathtaking lakeshore. Asima Baguma found the body of her 17-month-old son, Nicholas, with the h...
Trial of Pastors Continues All Africa Hearing of the criminal trespass case against pastors, Robert Kayiira and Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre, continued yesterday at the Mwanga Grade Two Court with the state lining up eight witnesses. | ...
Karamuzi Murder Suspect Gets Lawyer All Africa THE principal suspect in the murder of a woman whose body was last month found in a septic tank has engaged a lawyer to defend him. | ...
Red Cross appeals for aid after Uganda landslide BBC News | Uganda's Red Cross has launched an appeal to help survivors of mudslides which swept away three villages near the eastern town of Bududa. | More than 80 bodies have been recovered from the mud which engulfed villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon. | At least 250 people are still missing. The Red Cross says it needs shelters, blankets and psycholog...
Gaza...1000 Days Under Siege The Siasat Daily | Pitifully looking at her baby child, Om Yamen is recalling the past 1,000 days of her life under a crippling Israeli siege. | "Life has been a living hell," she told, in a broken voice. | "We can’t stand this anymore. The siege has exhausted us and broken our backs." | The 1.6 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a costal enclave, are markin...
