Uganda
A prominent Ugandan legal scholar and former Supreme Court judge has condemned the Uganda police for using excessive force on peaceful demonstrators. Dr George Kanyeihamba, accusing the police of brutality, is calling for the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in the crackdown. Police are reportedly using brutal force to...
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Scientists met this week to discuss an aggressive new strain of wheat rust disease that has the potential to devastate crops in many parts of the world.
It’s been found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Uzbekistan. A meeting has just concluded in Aleppo, Syria, where experts made recommendations to stop the spread of the disease...
Uganda opposition leader Kizza Besigye says he and his supporters will stage another ‘walk-to-work’ Thursday to highlight what he says are high fuel and food prices, as well as alleged gross abuses of public office by the government of President Yoweri Museveni.
But, Ugandan police say Besigye will not be allowed to ‘walk-to-work’ without a permit...
A top Ugandan official says the arrest of opposition leaders is not a denial of their right to public protest. For more than a week, main opposition leader Kizza Besigye and other government critics have walked to work to demonstrate against rising petrol and food prices.
The problem, said Uganda’s internal affairs minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, is...
The relationship between African militaries and civil society has often been rocky. Many consider the military a tool of repression of the government in power.But observers say in many countries that dynamic is changing. They point to efforts to professionalize armies, with the understanding that they serve societies and not leaders. It’s the...
A Ugandan pressure group is vowing to defy President Museveni’s ban on protests against food and fuel price rises. They say they will continue their call to walk to work to protest deteriorating economic conditions, and to show solidarity with the poor.
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni on Saturday warned he will not allow the protests, which...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was hit in the hand by a rubber bullet Thursday during a protest march just outside the capital, Kampala.Besigye was taking part in a "walk to work" protest against rising food and fuel prices when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators. A journalist in Kampala told VOA...
Pressure is mounting on the Kenyan government to seek the release of eight human rights activists being detained in Uganda in connection with the July terrorist attacks in Kampala.In the past few days, a debate has arisen in the Kenyan government over the fate of prominent rights activist Al Amin Kimathi and several suspects facing charges of...
In Uganda, the stage was set Thursday for a possible confrontation between police and opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his supporters.
Besigye vowed to stage another ‘walk-to-work’ to highlight what he says is the high cost of transportation in Uganda.
The police say publicizing the desire to walk to work amounts to a procession that will...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye says he and other supporters of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will stage another “walk-to-work” Thursday.
Ugandan police arrested Besigye and several others Monday charging them with inciting violence after they participated in the first “walk-to-work” as part of a campaign to highlight what they say...
A new study of sub-Saharan Africa finds serious shortcomings in the scientific research capabilities needed to improve the region's agricultural production. Rates of hunger in sub-Saharan Africa today are the highest in the world.
Addressing that hunger problem is complicated by a host of emerging issues, including food price volatility, growing...
A delegation of African leaders is heading to the Libyan rebel-stronghold of Benghazi Monday to present a plan for a cease-fire they say has already been accepted by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.African Union officials say the proposal calls for an immediate cease-fire, talks between the rebels and the government, the protection of foreign...
South African President Jacob Zuma, leading a delegation of African leaders to the Libyan capital, says leader Moammar Gadhafi has accepted their roadmap for a cease-fire with anti-government rebels.The terms of the African Union's proposal are still unclear, but opposition leaders have said they will accept nothing less than an end to Mr. Gadhafi...
Uganda’s largest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has launched a non-partisan pressure group to champion a non-violent campaign against the spiraling cost of basic needs, government opulence and hunger in the country.
The high prices of commodities, including food and fuel, in the country have seen a rise in inflation since...
Religious leaders in Uganda are calling for a renewed debate of the country's "anti-homosexuality" bill which they argue is essential to protect Ugandan children from homosexual recruitment.
On Wednesday, religious leaders and anti-homosexual activists from around Uganda gathered in parliament to urge debate on the country’s much-maligned “anti-...