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AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011- GRAPHIC CONTENT Mulmillo (L) closes the eyes of her two-year-old son Mahmud moments after he died from malnutrition and related complications at a local hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on August 15, 2011. Mulmillo, her husband and three children fled their village in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia and came to Mogadishu in search for a refuge from a severe drought in the region. More than 100,000 people have fled to Mogadishu from other drought-struck Somalia regions in search of food and water, but insecurity in one of the world's most dangerous cities is hampering aid flows. Some 12 million people in parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia are in danger of starvation in the wake of the region's worst drought in decades.
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People were in tears ... I was so moved by this tragedy. I went online and searched Invisible Children and saw I could do a book drive to help build schools in Uganda. It broke my heart to see so many children without the chance to do something as simple as read, write, or even attend school.
While we are on this issue, I want to say just a couple of other things with respect to Uganda, and it would be remiss of me not to applaud the successful capture this past weekend of Caesar Achellam, one of the two or three top military leaders in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army
Eskom operates and maintains both Nalubaale and Kiira power stations that produce 60% of Uganda's electricityMore quotes »
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Americans train Ugandans for Somalia mission
a long way, especially in achieving the operations in Mogadishu," said Singo's Ugandan commander, Col. J.B. Ruhesi.About 3,500 Ugandan troops are currently undergoing training at Singo under the State Department's Africa Contingency Operations Training and Read more »
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Uganda moves past Little League World Series pain
in South Williamsport.In January, the Ugandans beat the Canadians 2-1. Coach Mukhobe said that the win was more proof that Uganda had baseball talent.Baseball still lags behind soccer across Uganda. But it's catching on among schools attracted to its relative Read more »
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Uganda arrests 100 after policeman's death at demo
by troops if terrorists are suspected to be hiding inside," said Tamale Mirundi, the spokesman for Museveni , who has led Uganda since 1986 but now faces growing opposition within and outside his party. "Police can raid a church if they suspect a crime is Read more »
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Oketch: I could care less about Joseph Kony
Of course. Should every effort be made to bring him to justice? Absolutely.But the truth is there are greater issues facing Uganda today than Joseph Kony. We need to concentrate on peace-building, redevelopment, reconciliation, and educating our children. Read more »
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Kony 2012 video gets Oprah, Kim Kardashian tweets
involved?The 29-minute youtube documentary, by Jason Russell, aims to spread the word about Joseph Kony, a bush fighter in Uganda wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.Russell, who narrates the video, explains the goal of his Read more »
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Question: Is there a caring government in Uganda?
disastrous situation. Where the people are surviving on their own either without a government helping hand or despite government impediments, the issue is: whether there is a caring government in Uganda or not. Mr Ruzindana is a former IGG and former MP. 5:51 PM from Daily Monitor Read more »
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The laissez-faire policy at Busoga University is not acceptable
wish to register my displeasure with the manner in which holiday programmes are conducted at Busoga University in Uganda. For starters, no lecture schedules are properly observed. Cases of impromptu lectures are commonplace - a thing that makes some students 5:51 PM from Daily Monitor Read more »
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EALA is about Uganda, not political parties
Legislative Assembly. They were not of UPC but they served with distinction. Parties have no competing interests in the EAC. Uganda has, and our representatives must represent the country not their respective parties. It is absurd to suggest that a party that 5:51 PM from Daily Monitor Read more »
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Comprehensive review of EAC Treaty may be very necessary
indeed to the Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania contingents! The acrimony which has surrounded the elections, particularly in Uganda, should not cloud our optimism in our onward march to the East African Federation. The acrimony, on the other hand, may actually 5:51 PM from Daily Monitor Read more »
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Katuna: The town that flourished from smuggling
uncontrolled smuggling of goods from Uganda to Rwanda and vice versa during Idi Amin’s regime of 1972 to 1979 made Katuna grow from a small trading centre of temporary structures to the current permanent and storeyed ones. A mixture of Banyarwanda, Bakiga 5:51 PM from Daily Monitor Read more »
