Rights Organizations Criticize Proposed Uganda Bill on AIDS

A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS pandemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released on Thursday. The...

East African Community Heads of State to Sign Common Market Protocol on November 20

Uganda’s minister for East African community (EAC)affairs, Eriya Kategaya has said that the main event in observing the tenth anniversary of the EAC on 20th November, 2009 at Sheikh Amani Abeid Stadium in Arusha will also witness the signing of the...

Uganda to Host 9th Helen Keller World Conference

The 9th Helen Keller World Conference, the first to be held in Africa is due to take place in Uganda from October 22nd to 27th 2009 at Speak Resort Munyonyo, Kampala. According to the Uganda minister of state for the elderly Sulaiman Madada on Saturday,...

President of Uganda Calls for Training of Refugees

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said that refugees must be supported to learn skills to avoid conflicts with locals over agricultural land. “In this way, they can play a major role when they return to their countries. We need to look at...

EAC And US-Africa Command to Conduct Field Training Exercise in Uganda

The East African Community (EAC) Partner States’ Defence Forces together with the United States-Africa Command (US AFRICOM) will, from 16 to 25 October, hold a joint field training exercise code named Exercise “Natural Fire 10” (NF 10) in Kampala,...

Ugandan Police Arrest Rwandan Genocide Suspect

Ugandan police have arrested a former Rwandan army officer wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Captain Idelphonse Nizeyimana who is accused of genocide crimes and crimes against...

Ugandan Government Clamps Down on Media Amid Riots

A number of privately owned FM radio stations have been closed and others told to suspend popular programs in the wake of the massive riots wrecking Kampala city in the stand off between royalists and the state. The country is currently experiencing tension...

Human Rights Body Calls for Ugandan Police to Use Restraint in Quelling Riots

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Ugandan police to stop using unnecessary lethal force against protesters in Kampala where scores of people were injured and at least four died on Thursday. HRW called for a prompt and impartial investigation into the...

President Museveni of Uganda Urges the Media to Tell the Truth in Order to Gain Credibility And Popularity

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged proprietors of radio and television stations in the country to ensure that their media houses disseminate true information and not lies. The President, on Saturday evening, was guest of honor at the first annual...