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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:28 PM

Uganda

Type: Country

Name: Uganda

population: 26,987,700

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Anti-Gay Bill Opens a Pandora's Box

Uganda: Ariel RubinKampala — While section 140 of the colonial-era Penal Code Act already criminalises 'carnal knowledge against the order of nature', this new legislation will attempt to give teeth to that dictumBeing gay in Uganda has never been easy, ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Homosexuality, Uganda, Gay, David Bahati

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents (in Energy)

Standard Chartered PLC

Tullow Sells Local Oil, Expecting Shs 3 Trillion - Zibb.com

Companies: Standard Chartered PLC (SCBFF),Tullow Oil Plc, the U.K. explorer with the most licences in Africa has appointed Standard Chartered Plc to sell up to half its stakes in two Ugandan oil fields, the Sunday Times of London has reported.Aidan Heavey, ... [Zibb - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ghana, Uganda, Standard Chartered PLC, Aidan Heavey

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 14 Documents

East African Community

East African Protocol ratified in Arusha

Finally the East African Community Common Market Protocol was Friday signed in Arusha, Tanzania.Five heads of State of the partner states that make the EAC regional economic community put pen to paper resting the myth that has done the rounds over whether ... [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Arusha, East African Community, Common Market

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

Uganda: MTN's Shs 200 Billion Loan Sparks Comparison With Bond Offer

Kampala MTN has set a precident in acquiring quick money from Uganda's financial market. It is the first to raise money through a syndicated loan in the country's history. Will other corporations also follow?Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusime Mutebile says ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Uganda, Simon Rutega, Themba Khumalo

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 3 Documents

Christians Condemn Anti-Gay Bill

Global opposition is growing to the 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for homosexual activity.An increasing number of Christian organisations are condemning the Bill but the Archbishop of Canterbury, ... [AllAfrica.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Rowan Williams, Uganda, Anti-Gay, Homosexuality

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Uganda's gays: from advocates to outlaws

If Uganda?s recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law, Frank Mugisha and other individuals found campaigning for gay rights will face the choice of going to jail or leaving the country.Mugisha heads Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading ... [InSing.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Uganda, James Nsaba BUTURO, Gay

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Orange Wins

Orange Uganda was awarded best exhibitor in the ICT and Internet Sector at the 17th Uganda International Trade Fair organised by the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA).Orange used the 2009 show to launch their Mobile Internet and Internet Everywhere ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Uganda, Mobile Web, EDGE (Telecom)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Smile launches WiMAX network

Smiles Communications Uganda has launched its WiMAX network in the capital city of Kampala, with plans to cover the entire country by the end of next year. ‘We bring to the Ugandan market a WiMAX platform that uses voice over internet protocol (VoIP) ... [TeleGeography - 11/20/2009]

Entities: WiMax, Kampala, Uganda

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Museveni urges African govts to fully finance their budgets

Museveni signing the African Tax Administration Forum journal By David MugabeAFRICA governments have been urged to work towards fully financing their budgets. "Africa is a continent of paradoxes. While we have huge rivers, we have little electricity," ... [New Vision - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Yoweri Museveni, Taxes, Uganda

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist

Since its inception in 2003, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- PEPFAR -- has become the largest public health program in history. Created by President George W. Bush, it has distributed nearly $50 billion worldwide, mostly in Africa, to ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/20/2009]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Homophobia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Ten years later, EAC roars 'one people, one destiny'

By Fred OpolotTEN years ago, in 1999, the East African Community (EAC) was re-born. The EAC had collapsed in 1977 over what many have said were political and ideological disagreements between the political leadership of the partner states.For fear of ... [New Vision - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Customs Union, East African Community, Mombasa, Burundi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Ugandan troops kill top rebel

Kampala - Ugandan special forces have killed a senior commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic, the military spokesperson said on Thursday.Lieutenant-Colonel Felix Kulayigye said Okello Okutti was shot and killed ... [News24.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Central African Republic, Pader (Uganda), Felix Kulayigye, Lords Resistance Army

Quotes

Is Bruce Vilanch writing for Hugo Chavez now? "Cause the Venezuelan leader's comedy material is pretty good lately: now he's a cannibalism apologist. In a recent speech, Chavez praised Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the late Ugandan dictator Idi "Butcher of Uganda" Amin . Said Chavez: "We thought he was a cannibal... I don't know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot." (thanks Antinous)"

Hugo Chavez, cannibalism apologist [Boing Boing - 2 hours ago]

The campaigns have been conducted nationwide since 2008 -- even in the most dangerous areas, such as the Afgoye Corridor. "Due to the lack of funding, these Child Health Days may now be brought to a halt and feeding centers may have to close,? Johnson warned. Yet Somalia is not unique. In six countries around the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and parts of Uganda, as well as Somalia and Kenya), some 24 million people are now in need of food aid and other humanitarian assistance."

UNICEF urges stepped-up response to crisis in Somalia [Xinhua News Agency - 12 hours ago]

"On a personal note, the quality of life here is good too; it's a central place so you can fly off to almost anywhere; places that are often only a dream are at your doorstep here; it's liberal too, of course not as free as Europe but its not too bad. I've been on holiday a few times to Oman, Iran, North Pakistan, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia. There's great food here too. The variety is amazing."

Six degrees in construction [Arabian Business - 16 hours ago]

The article examines a program offered by a local university in Western Uganda where "a pair of volunteers in each of 175 villages in the region" receive training "in a set of basic child health concepts known as Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)," a child health approach designed...

Lancet examines Uganda's child-health volunteers [News-Medical.Net - 18 hours ago]

More Content

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Global fair trade is an untapped goldmine [New Vision - 1 hour ago]
A Byrd's eye view: Volunteering in Uganda makes... [Individual.com - 2 hours ago]
Heritage boss to pocket 80m [Times Online - 2 hours ago]
What is wrong with Uganda's judicial system? [New Vision - 2 hours ago]
Halfway back from the moon [National Catholic Reporter - 4 hours ago]
How relevant is anti-gay bill? [The Monitor - 4 hours ago]
India's Essar Bets On African Telecoms [Corporate Financing Week - 5 hours ago]
Kagame: EAC faces revenue challenges [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 5 hours ago]
Common Market Protocol Signals Dawn of New Era ... [Emerging Minds - 11 hours ago]
UNICEF urges stepped-up response to crisis in S... [Xinhua News Agency - 12 hours ago]
East African nations plan trade deal [Individual.com - 14 hours ago]
Right to Water [UNESCO - 14 hours ago]
WHO chief requested to dispatch urgent mission ... [Third World Network - 14 hours ago]
Six degrees in construction [Arabian Business - 16 hours ago]
Church prays for genitals [New Vision - 17 hours ago]
Honest man beaten [New Vision - 17 hours ago]
US charities open clinic in Kasubi [New Vision - 17 hours ago]
Lancet examines Uganda's child-health volunteers [News-Medical.Net - 18 hours ago]
'Uganda oil is for East Africans' [Daily News TSN - 19 hours ago]
Bagaaya on fashion, acting and why she left uni... [The Monitor - 19 hours ago]
Kwame Nkrumah versus East African Federation [The Monitor - 19 hours ago]
This country has been invaded by vultures [The Monitor - 19 hours ago]
Poverty Blamed for Continent's Maternal Mortality [Individual.com - 20 hours ago]
East African Protocol ratified in Arusha [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 20 hours ago]
Help the Police to help you [The Monitor - 21 hours ago]
East Africa sign customs union protocol [New Vision - 21 hours ago]
Corruption more rampant in Uganda, says interna... [New Vision - 21 hours ago]
E. Africa common market to take effect in July ... [The Saudi Gazette - 21 hours ago]

Blogs

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Hugo Chavez, cannibalism apologist [Boing Boing - 2 hours ago] Is Bruce Vilanch writing for Hugo Chavez now? 'Cause the Venezuelan leader's comedy material is pretty good lately: now he's a cannibalism apologist. In a recent ...
The Law That Shames Uganda [Iain Dale's Diary - 6 hours ago] I wonder if my readers will find this as shocking as I do. Imagine that a political party introduces a law which says the following...(1) a person commits the offence ...
Craig and Marc Kielburger: Marking UNCRC Annive... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] It speaks to the values of our society when we can't protect our most vulnerable citizens - our children. Twenty years ago today, the United Nations ...
Toby Daniels: Announcing ThinkSocial Award Winn... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] Founded this year, ThinkSocial's goal is to connect people and ideas to advance the use of social media to address society's most pressing challenges. ...
Will EAC’s common market deal work? [Africa Blog - 11/20/2009] For telecoms-tycoon-turned-philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, it’s one step forward, two steps back. For Benno Ndullu, governor of the central Bank of Tanzania, the whole ...

Audio/Video

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Inhofe Speaks about the Lord's Resistance Army [Senator Jim Inhofe - YouTube Channel - 11/18/2009]
Plane crashes into VIP lounge [Reuters - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Plane crashes into VIP lounge [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/13/2009]
mms - Canadian, Australian governments now forb... [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]
mms - More than 75,000 disease victims healed! [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]

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