Uganda
Ugandan authorities have issued a terror alert, saying Somalia's al-Shabab militants plan another attack inside the country.Police chief Kale Kayihura is urging citizens to be extra vigilant, particularly while in hotels and shopping centers or when using public transportation. Kayihura said security teams are increasing surveillance around the...
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Human Rights Watch has accused Ugandan police of torture and extrajudicial killings. It recently issued a report saying an elite police and military group known as the Rapid Response Unit “frequently operates outside the law” with impunity.
The outfit, which includes elements of the police and the army, was created by Uganda’s president, Yoweri...
The Nile is the world’s longest river, spanning a distance of almost 6,600 kilometers.
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It is formed from the White Nile, which originates in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, and the Blue Nile, which begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The two rivers meet in Sudan and travel northwards, flowing through Egypt and seven...
Two are dead in Kampala following an incident in which Ugandan police shot into a mob late Monday.
According to reports, police were attempting to break up a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers which had caught two men trying to steal a motorcycle. The mob converged upon the two men and proceeded to beat them.
According to the spokesman for the...
As pro-government troops continue their push to oust Islamist insurgents from southern and central Somalia, Uganda and Burundi have pledged additional troops to reinforce the African Union peacekeeping mission.It has been slightly more than a month since the Somali government launched an offensive against the al-Qaida-linked insurgent group al-...
Uganda was one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to address the HIV/AIDS crisis early on. Over the years, it’s come to rely heavily on U.S. support for its prevention and treatment programs. But Congress is considering cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, and the...
South African President Jacob Zuma has warned that the Western-led bombings of Libyan military installations must not target civilians. Zuma was one of several African leaders who criticized the bombings, which were meant to establish a no-fly zone in Libyan air space.
South African President Jacob Zuma called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya...
The Somali government is claiming victory in a month-long offensive to retake pieces of southern Somalia from the insurgent group al-Shabab. But as fighting continues and the death toll rises, the impact of the recent clashes remains unclear.There has been relative calm in Somalia’s border regions over the past week as fighting between government...
Authorities in Somalia say 13 people were killed during fighting between insurgents and government troops in the capital, Mogadishu. The Associated Press says the majority were victims of mortar attacks near the Bakara market and the presidential palace.An additional 21 people were wounded in the attacks.There have been several weeks of intense...
Arab League ministers are meeting in Egypt Saturday to discuss a possible "no-fly" zone over Libya to press Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to end his military's deadly airstrikes against rebels. Reuters news agency quotes Oman's foreign minister, Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, as saying there could be "unwanted foreign intervention" in Libya if...
The spokesperson for Uganda’s government describes anti-government protesters demonstrating against alleged rigging by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in last month’s presidential and parliamentary elections as hooligans and property destroyers.
Kabakumba Labwoni Masiko says the protesters defied the country’s law by refusing to...
An adviser to the United Nations on the conflict in Somalia warns the country’s ongoing crisis is encouraging terrorism activities in Kenya and other neighboring countries, which he says could destabilize the entire Horn of Africa region.
Mustapha Ali, who is also the Secretary General of the African Council of Religious Leaders, says Kenyans are...
The United Nations children's agency is launching its global annual appeal for funding for women and children caught in various crises. Within that appeal, the agency called for donors to contribute $303 million to projects in eight countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, with the bulk going to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. UNICEF’s...
Somali officials say pro-government forces have retaken control of a border town from al-Shabab militants, after several hours of heavy fighting.The officials said Saturday that security forces and government-friendly militia have seized Belet Hawo on the Kenyan border.A military official told the Reuters news service that 20 militants were killed...
In Northeastern DRC, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have sharply increased their attacks against civilians. The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, says it’s “alarmed” by the upsurge in violence near the Sudan border.
Spokesperson Celine Schmidt, in the capital Kinshasa, says, “Since January, we have received many reports about new attacks by the...