uganda

Uganda is a landlocked nation in Eastern Africa nestled on the northern banks of the vast Lake Victoria.

Although the country has a tumultuous recent history, today Uganda is a peaceful and progressive nation which is experiencing relative prosperity thanks to its natural resources and tourism industry.

Uganda is becoming an increasingly popular destination for safari holidays particularly gorilla trekking experiences. The Southern forests of Uganda and the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest especially are home to over half of the entire planet's population of Mountain Gorilla.

The capital of Uganda is Kampala located centrally on the shores of Lake Victoria.

An excellent blog resource for up to the minute information on Uganda is http://www.ugandatourismguide.com/.

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• Archbishop of York compares David Cameron to a dictator over his support of gay marriage

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 649
  In a forthright interview with the Daily Telegraph, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has compared prime minister David Cameron to a dictator over his support of gay marriage. Last year, Mr Cameron announced his support of the introduction of civil ...
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• Former South African President criticizes Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

  
  Warren Throckmorton — Authority: 584
  Former South African President Thabo Mbeki criticized MP David Bahati’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Thursday in Kampala while speaking at an event at Makerere Institute for Social Research. About the bill’s provisions, Mbeki said: I mean what would you want? It doesn’t make sense at all. That is what I would ...
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• Gorilla Tracking Rwanda Treks,Hiking And Trekking Safaris

  
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  4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tracking Treks,  Hiking And Trekking Safaris . Mother gorilla with twins Tour Highlight: The genocide memorial of Gisozi where you get an insight into the history of modern day Rwanda- Pre-colonial Kingdom, the colonial period, the genocide and post genocide. Volcanoes National park ...
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• From One Dictator To Another: Kagama & Obiang Receives Highest Honours From Museveni

  
  African Dictator — Authority: 121
  President Yoweri Museveni awarded Presidents of Rwanda Paul Kagame and Theodore Obiang Nguema Obasago of Equatorial Guinea with the Pearl of Africa yesterday at the 26thNRA/NRM anniversary celebrations in Kapchorwa, eastern Uganda. President Kagame was recognised for his role in the five-year bush struggle that ...
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• Uganda: Alleged mother of Buganda Prince demands Shs500m in damages…

  
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  Ugandans will have to wait a little longer to know themother of new Buganda Prince Richard Ssemakookiro after it emerged that thewoman alleged to be the Prince’s mother denied the reports. Patience Barbra Kirabo, whose photographs were onWednesday published in government owned New Vision newspaper, and its ...
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• Condemnation grows over police shooting at journalist…

  
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  Leading global media institutions that work to safeguardpress freedom have joined this newspaper’s editorial leadership in condemningTuesday evening’s police shooting at Daily Monitor photojournalist IsaacKasamani. The global media entities are pressing for a fullinvestigation into the incident in which Mr ...
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• Uganda honours Kagame, Nguema…

  
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  President Yoweri Museveni has awarded the visitingPresidents of Rwanda Paul Kagame and Theodore Obiang Nguema Obasago ofEquatorial Guinea with the most excellent order of the Pearl of Africa, theGrand Master in recognition of their selfless contribution to peace andstability not only in their own countries but also in ...
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• Clinton’s deputy, Museveni talk rights today…

  
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  The US deputy Secretary of State, Ambassador WilliamBurns, is expected in the country today to engage with President Museveni on arange of bilateral issues, including regional security and good governance. In a statement released by the Department of State, theguests and Mr Museveni will also discuss human ...
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• Makerere VC Barya faces probe over grant…

  
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  The Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. VenansiusBaryamureeba, is being investigated over allegations that he mismanaged aDutch-funded scholarship scheme for PhD students worth Euros 5.7m (Shs17billion). But the VC in an interview on Wednesday denied anywrongdoing, saying both internal and external ...
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• Evicted Port Bell Residents Erect New Structures…

  
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  Residents of Railway Zone in Port Bell have startedbuilding new structures along the road almost a week after a KCCA evictionexercise turned violent leaving one person dead and five others injured. KCCA contends that its enforcement team retreated afterthe successful execution of the demolition exercise, however ...
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• "Of Late, We Are Here": Remembering David Kato

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 469
  A year ago today, human-rights activist David Kato, an out gay man , was bludgeoned to death at his home in Uganda.  Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall commemorate Kato and his legacy in a moving short film linked to this New York Times  article today . "They kept on saying we are not here. ...
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• Uganda drops in press freedom ranking…

  
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  Alleged brutality by security forces against journalistsand proposed draconian legislation against newspapers have plunged Uganda 43places lower in the latest press freedom ranking by the Paris-based ReportersWithout Borders (RSF). The RSF report was released yesterday, a day after DailyMonitor newspaper ...
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• Uganda Opposition Hopes to Capitalize on Economic Discontent…

  
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  Ugandan opposition leaders have re-launched last year’spolitical protest movement, called Walk to Work, with a series ofdemonstrations marked by arrests and scuffles with police. The movement hopesto take advantage of the economic discontent sweeping the country. They are calling it Walk to Work Reloaded: a ...
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• Ugandan photojournalist shot at from police van…

  
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  Ugandan authorities must hold to account members ofsecurity forces who fired Tuesday on a photojournalist covering their attack onthe motorcade of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the Committee to ProtectJournalists said today. Isaac Kasamani, a photojournalist with the independentDaily Monitor, said men in ...
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• KCCA Director released on bond, bodyguard charged with murder…

  
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  A 26-year old man accused of killing two people and injuringtwo others during a botched Sunday morning eviction in Kampala appeared incourt on charges of murder. Santos Komakech, a police officer deployed to guard thecity’s Physical Planning Director George Agaba Ninsiima on Wednesday appearedbefore Nakawa ...
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• Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of protest

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of protest Syria, Bahrain and Yemen fall backwards as uprisings fail to secure democracyThree Arab countries where popular risings have been quashed have achieved their worst-ever rankings in the annual press freedom index. But ...
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• Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of protest

  
  Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 117
  Syria, Bahrain and Yemen fall backwards as uprisings fail to secure democracy Three Arab countries where popular risings have been quashed have achieved their worst-ever rankings in the annual press freedom index. But the falls by Syria, Bahrain and Yemen are among many changes that reflect a year of unrest and ...
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• Ugandan photojournalist shot at from police van

  
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      Ugandan photojournalist shot at from police van   NEW YORK, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ugandan authorities must hold to account members of security forces who fired Tuesday on a photojournalist covering their attack on the motorcade of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the ...
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• Uganda’s Electoral Politics Remains a Ruse

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 111
  The duty is on us to repossess our countrys political glory. The challenge calls for daring actions to re-humanize our politics. Electoral politics should not be about demarcation, exclusivity,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• New date set for bias ruling in Uganda homophobic smear case

  
  Changing Attitude - Colin Coward & Christina Beardsley — Authority: 111
  February 20 is the date when a court in Uganda will rule on whether the magistrate handling the homophobic smear conspiracy case against three Christian anti–gay preachers is biased against the accused. The Chief Registrar of Uganda’s Courts was meant to have made the ruling in an on-going probe on the conduct of ...
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