Uganda News

“They should not be impatient. Patience pays. They should stay the course. Enough of violence as violence profits nobody. It is wasteful”

Hundreds of Ugandans have left the camps to start a new life but many more are concerned that if the peace process fails, their lives will be at risk again KAMPALA, 15 February 2008 - Renewed military action ... via IRIN

Farmers selling cotton in Kasese. Monopolistic buying of organic cotton in northern Uganda should be checked before farmers are ripped off. via AllAfrica.com

“The off-network calls are more expensive to other networks because they charge us higher and we cannot control quality. We want to encourage people to buy five sim cards so their friends and family can all join together”

For the first time ever Ugandans will make calls for as low sh124 a minute as WARID comes on line today in a near countrywide launch, the company has said. via AllAfrica.com

“Uganda is on a positive way forward. As you seek for national unity, you will find people have different opinions. I encourage people to engage in debate.”

German First Lady Eva Luise Hohler with the M-Lisada Brassband at the Kampala Music School yesterday Germany has pledged to open up its market and promote Ugandan products in Europe tax free. via AllAfrica.com

“Some infected men inevitably will seek circumcision because it leaves a physical mark”

A number of studies showing that circumcision among men reduces their risk of infection from the AIDS virus has raised the hope that the procedure would also benefit their female sexual partners. via Boston.com

An antiretroviral drug already in widespread use in the developing world to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborns during childbirth has also been found to substantially cut the ... via PharmaExec.com

“There is lots of damage. Many buildings have been hit. Lots of houses have collapsed”

By Raymond Baguma and Agencies TWO strong earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, killing at least 40 people and seriously injuring 550 more, officials said. via New Vision

“Any person who attempts to block a highway or attack any motorist will face the full force of the law.”

KAMPALA, Uganda : Attacks by armed Kenyan mobs on truck convoys plying vital trade routes through the country is costing its neighbor Uganda more than US$500,000 daily in lost revenues, officials said. via International Herald Tribune

PEOPLE with Ugandan passports, or driving vehicles with Ugandan number plates, have become a target in Kenya's Rift Valley. via New Vision

Riek Machar, left, the Vice-President of Southern Sudan, has been chief negotiator since the talks with the LRA began in 2006 NAIROBI, 31 January 2008 - The government and the Lord's Resistance Army have ... via IRIN

“The death toll now is 10. We do not expect any more people to be alive”

A survivor is pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in the Ugandan capital of Kampala January 30, 2008. via Boston.com

“The Government is, however, looking at alternative routes, one of which is the Dar route. The other option is the force of East African Community security people to escort the cargo”

THE continuous violence in Kenya has forced Ugandan traders to seek alternative routes for importing and exporting their products. via AllAfrica.com

“Detailed studies in Uganda have found these”

HIV/AIDS prevention and education efforts should target at-risk groups -- including refugees, internally displaced people, fishing communities, truck drivers, commercial sex workers and the disabled -- Ugandan ... via EMaxHealth

“What is alarming about the last few days is that there are evidently hidden hands organising it now. Militias are appearing ... the targeting is very specific”

People look at the burnt bodies of the victims of post-election violence in a house in Naivasha, 60km west of Nairobi By Raymond Baguma, Reuben Olita and Nathan Etengu A Ugandan was injured by machete-wielding ... via New Vision

“It came from some two kilometers away. Three soldiers, two Ugandans and one Burundian, sustained injuries from shrapnel.”

Ugandan troops leave their base at the airport in Mogadishu. Five Ugandan peacekeepers have been wounded since Saturday By Els De Temmerman in Mogadishu TWO more Ugandan peacekeepers were injured yesterday as a ... via New Vision

“That is a bad lie. There is nothing like that at all”

Ryu report - Download MP3 Listen to Ryu report Uganda is strongly denying reports from Kenya that it has sent troops to help President Kibaki to quell opposition protests in the western part of the country. via Voice of America

Kampala, Jan 26: A heavily-loaded truck crashed in a village in central Uganda Saturday morning, killing 22 people on the spot, while another six died of their injuries on their way to hospital, police ... via Newkerala.com

“We have evidence that ODM politicians and local leaders actively fomented some post-election violence”

Thousands of people have fled their homes, especially in the Rift Valley Officials from Kenya's opposition party were behind attacks on members of the president's ethnic group and are planning more, Human ... via BBC