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Uganda Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Uganda.

Results 1 - 20 of 2,632 in Uganda

  1. PERFORMANCE/TOUR: New Africa LiveRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | All About Jazz

    ... in the film are Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Yinka Shonibare, among others. Edwin "Krukid" Ruyonga is from Kampala, Uganda, but now an Illinois resident hoping to make his mark as an original emcee. His critically acclaimed first album Raisin' in ...

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, World News, Africa

  2. Giant snake hatches 40 babiesRead the original story

    Yesterday | Independent Online

    ... wild as the large group cannot be maintained. The giant snake which was rescued from a hotel in 2007 and kept at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in the lake-side town of Entebbe, 42 kilometres south-east of the capital Kampala, was ...

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    Related Topix: Kampala, Malawi, World News, Central, Malawi, Malawi, Africa

  3. Uganda: Tackling Crime in Kampala CityRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    ... they recruited enough police personnel, and seriously trained and equipped them. The question now is: what are we in Uganda doing regarding all these different aspects? What is more worrying is that the current crime wave appears better organised ...

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  4. To take or not to take mortgage?Read the original story

    16 hrs ago | New Vision

    Anatoli Kamugisha , the head of Akright Projects, a real estate developer, signs an agreement with Clives Ainebyona, the Uganda Revenue Authority staff council chairman for a mortgage scheme By Paul Busharizi ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  5. Fake Malaria Drugs on saleRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | New Vision

    ... Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania. Kenya appeared to have the highest percentage of inefficient drugs (38%), followed by Uganda and Ghana (35%), Rwanda (33%), Tanzania and Nigeria (32%). The drugs sampled were sulfadoxine-pyromethamine (commonly known as ...

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    Related Topix: Malaria, Medicine, Health, Africa, World News

  6. Priest found not guilty in sexual assault caseRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | El Paso Times

    ... lawyer Luis Aguilar. "He didn't know if he would get a fair trial in this country as a foreigner." Taban, who is from Uganda, was found not guilty by a jury of nine women and three men after more than eight hours of deliberations over two days. ... 12 comments

    Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, World News, El Paso Metro, El Paso, TX, Africa

  7. Uganda: Displaced Want Better ServicesRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    ... but because of the lack of roads, schools and hospitals. The most affected districts in the two-decade long Northern Uganda conflict have been relatively safe since rebel attacks ceased over 22 months ago. A peace process has not been concluded yet ...

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  8. Python hatches 40 babiesRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | News24.com

    ... wild as the large group cannot be maintained. The giant snake which was rescued from a hotel in 2007 and kept at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in the lake-side town of Entebbe, 42km south-east of the capital Kampala, was incubating a ...

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  9. UGANDA : Hoops Stars KUL, Oketcho PerishRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Basketball in Africa

    by Sande Bashaija Kampala The Federation of Uganda Basketball Associations (Fuba) has called off tomorrow's MTN League games following the untimely death of Sadolin Power's Wilbrod Oketcho and Amazon Rhino point guard Najat Kultithier Kobusingye. ...

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  10. RWANDA : Junior Basketballers RegroupRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Basketball in Africa

    ... team will regroup this afternoon ahead of next month's Junior African Cup of Nations qualifiers in Kampala, Uganda. According to Innocent Karuhije, the national basketball federation technical advisor, the qualifiers will run from June 11-15, which ...

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  11. Landmines Leave Deadly LegacyRead the original story

    Yesterday | IWPR

    The death of seven children in a landmine explosion in northern Uganda in recent weeks has highlighted the dangers still posed by unexploded devices left over from two decades of conflict between the Ugandan ...

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  12. 30-year old python hatches 40 babies in a Ugandan zoo, reports sayRead the original story

    Yesterday | Earth Times

    ... wild as the large group cannot be maintained. The giant snake which was rescued from a hotel in 2007 and kept at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in the lake-side town of Entebbe, 42 kilometres south-east of the capital Kampala, was ...

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  13. Presiding Bishop writes to Primate of UgandaRead the original story

    Monday May 12 | Thinking Anglicans

    ... Archbishop Orombi Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schor i has written to Archbishop Henry Orombi . Archbishop of Uganda Henry Orombi's actions to visit a Savannah congregation on May 14 without the invitation of Episcopal Bishop of Georgia Henry ...

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  14. Congolese rebels pay with their livesRead the original story

    Thursday | Independent Online

    By Frank Nyakairu Kampala - The Ugandan military on Thursday said it had killed two Congolese rebels who were part of a group that tried to attack a border trading post in Kisoro in Uganda's south-west. The ...

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  15. Children bring hope in song to Tri-StateRead the original story

    Thursday | Independent

    ... the form of the Hope of Africa Children's Choir. Formed by children rescued from displaced persons' camps in war-torn Uganda, the choir of 23 children from 5 to 10 will offer the area three opportunities to hear traditional sacred music from their ...

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  16. Plus: India Plays Catch-Up in AfricaRead the original story

    Yesterday | BusinessWeek

    ... home to 2 million Indians. Periodically many have been expelled and harassed; last year two Indians were lynched in Uganda. But that's not stopping the drive. "India has been too married to the West recently, and now it's ready to reclaim its ...

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  17. Victims Fear Break Down of Uganda Peace Negotiations Could Encourage More Violence.Read the original story

    Yesterday | Voice of America

    Victims of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels are reportedly upset with the apparent breakdown of the peace negotiations between the government and the rebels.

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  18. Chicken coming home to roostRead the original story

    Thursday | New Vision

    ... on the line will take up to a month to complete. In the meantime, the option of re-routing trade through and from Uganda over Lake Victoria to the Kenyan port city of Kisumu is being explored. This comes on the heels of a worrying report last week ...

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  19. Salesman wins New Vision's sh1mRead the original story

    Thursday | New Vision

    The New Vision , Editor-in-Chief, Els De Temmerman, smiles as Uganda Breweries salesman based in Mbale, Andrew Noah Kateu, counts the sh1m which he won in the newspaper's Cashlines game.

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  20. Former basketball MVP murderedRead the original story

    Thursday | New Vision

    By Anne Mugisa WILBROD Oketcho, a leading Ugandan basketball player, died of gunshot wounds after armed thugs attacked him at his home near Kampala.

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