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Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Slain After Being Named on 'Hit List'

An outspoken Ugandan gay rights campaigner, whose photo was published by a homophobic newspaper next to the headline "Hang Them," has been killed after receiving numerous death threats. David Kato, an activist with Sexual Minorities Uganda, was attacked at his home outside the capital Kampala on Wednesday afternoon....

Uganda's Rapping President Gets Rapped for Song

KAMPALA, Uganda (Dec. 11) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has "written" a rap song ahead of the February election that's become the most popular ring tone in this hip-hop-loving nation, and now he's looking to copyright his smash hit. There's just one problem: He didn't compose the rhyme; it's a Kinyankole children's...

Uganda in Bind Over Fighting al-Qaida Group

KAMPALA, Uganda (Nov. 28) -- Four months after an al-Qaida-linked group blew up two night spots here in what is among Africa's safest capital cities, Francis Semwogerere remains in a hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, shrapnel from the blast lodged in his throat and spinal column and leaving him paralyzed...

Are Kampala's Potholes Big Enough to Fish In?

Stephen Wandera, The Daily Monitor / FX Ssempiira

KAMPALA, Uganda (Aug. 29) -- Few cities are likely to openly contest Ugandan capital Kampala's claim to being the "Pothole Capital of the World." Some of the open pits on the city's roads have been dubbed "lakes" and would be easier to cross by boat than by car. During rush hour, vehicles inch forward one by one to take a...

Somalia's al-Shabab Now Exporting Terror

NAIROBI (July 12) -- By staging a deadly double bombing in Uganda, the Somali extremist group al-Shabab has proved in emphatic and bloody fashion that it can wreak havoc far beyond its country's frayed borders, raising the stakes in the American-led fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa. The hardline Islamist...

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06/01/12 Uganda: Is Uganda Becoming a Monarchy? Source: Global Voices Online Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been in power since 1986.
05/30/12 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Arrives in Asmara on... Source: AllAfrica.com President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda arrived in Asmara today on a three-day official visit to Eritrea.
05/30/12 University Quota Admissions Changed Source: AllAfrica.com DISTRICTS with higher student populations will be allocated a higher number of candidate slots beginning this year's admission in public Universities under the quota system.
05/28/12 Museveni Assures Gulf Investors of Market Source: AllAfrica.com President Yoweri Museveni has assured the countries under the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that there is enough market for products produced in Uganda.
05/25/12 State Department Shows "Impunity" In Human Rights... Source: Black Star News - NY NY The U.S.-backed regime of Yoweri K. Museveni engages in gross human rights violations, including killings of civilians and torture of civilians by state security forces, such as cutting off body parts, says a bluntly-worded report by the State Department State Department.