Archive for July, 2008
War Dance Movie Trailer
The movie trailer done by Th!nkFilm about the power of music in ehlping to overcome the death and destruction faced on a daily basis in Northern Uganda.
Invisible Children
This is the trailer video for Invisible Children, which shows some of the attrocities that are happening to the youth in Northern Uganda.
Mobile Internet Grows in Uganda
By Edris Kisambira , IDG News Service , 07/28/2008
The Internet landscape in Uganda is gradually shifting from traditional fixed access to mobile wireless access, a top Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) official said.
Quoting figures from a quarterly report that is yet to be released, Fred Otunnu, the UCC’s communications and consumer affairs manager, said the shift [...]
LRA Wants Uganda Army out of Sudan
Tuesday, 29th July, 2008
By Barbara Among
THE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have again demanded the withdrawal of the Ugandan army from southern Sudan.
In a letter to the chief mediator, Riek Machar, copied to UN envoy Joachim Chissano, the rebels said they backed the call made by Machar last month for the UPDF to leave Sudanese territory.
“The [...]
Fearful homecomings in Uganda
Posted on Mon, Jul. 28, 2008 10:15 PM
By STEPHANIE McCRUMMEN
The Washington Post
OCULOKORI, Uganda | He had escaped alone, running for his life, leaving behind seven years of captivity in one of Africa’s most sadistic rebel groups, the Lord’s Resistance Army.
But of all the horrors Samuel Ogwal endured – being forced to teach children to kill [...]
Drought Grips Uganda
Drought grips a large part of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
10 hours ago
ROME — A UN food agency says a poor rainy season has damaged crops in large parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
The Food and Agriculture Organization says although rains increased at the end of the important March-May season, the harvest of the [...]
UN sends report on peace talks to Security Council
UN chief sends report on Uganda peace talks to Security Council
www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-10 09:59:03
UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent a report from the chief mediator between the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) [...]
UN relocates Sudan staff to Uganda
UN relocates Sudan staff to Uganda
Tuesday, 15th July, 2008
By Barbara Among
and agencies
A total of 2,500 United Nations (UN) non-essential staff in Sudan are being evacuated to Uganda despite assurances from Khartoum that it would protect peacekeepers and humanitarian workers.
The first 100 workers arrived in Entebbe last night as Islamist protesters rallied behind Sudanese President Omar [...]