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Kampala

Type: City

Name: Kampala

Country: Uganda

Latitude: .32

Longitude: 32.580002

population: 1,353,236

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 7 reports

Yoweri Museveni

MUSEVENI REMOVES ARMY CHIEF

President Yoweri Museveni removed the head of the military Aronda Nyakairima, and moved him to a civilian position in the Interior ministry.The national media today reports that the now former chief’s name was among the people named in a letter published ... [Published Misna - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Yoweri Museveni, Succession, Kampala, Katumba Wamala

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Museveni roots for Japanese investments

President Museveni has urged the Japanese government to partner with Uganda and invest in priority sectors such as electricity, roads and agro-processing of raw materials to spur economic development.A statement released after Mr Museveni met the Japanese ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Yoweri Museveni, Uganda, Official Development Assistance, Kampala, Construction

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Bamburi woes

Controversy surrounds the Bamburi Super Series semi-final match between Nyumbu and Rwenzori with the Kenyan franchise maintaining that they will not honour the tie in Kampala, tomorrow.Nyumbu, who boast of players from Impala, Quins and Nondies topped ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Terminalia Ferdinandiana, Kampala, Impala

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Oxfam

Hear about Oxfam's impact in Uganda

A MOTIVATED fundraiser from Faversham is sharing her experience of volunteering in Africa in a bid to boost support for Oxfam.HELPING HAND: Susanna Rossini, far left, with a women's trade association in UgandaFaversham fundraising group coordinator Susanna ... [Published Faversham People - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Uganda, Oxfam, Fundraising, Fine Foods Limited, Kampala

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Parliament blocks evidence on Kampala report forgery claims

The clerk to parliament Jane Kibirige turns down a request by Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooze to provide evidence to justify her claims that MPs Florence Kintu and Raphael Magyezi forged a report about KCCA mattersYesterday the Deputy Speaker Jacob ... [Published Radio One 90 FM - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Betty Nambooze, Kampala, Forgery

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Committee to Protect Journalists

Uganda Police Siege Enters Fourth Day as Forces Snub Court

Uganda’s police continued a siege at the offices of the Daily Monitor, the East African nation’s biggest independent daily newspaper, for a fourth day as the authorities snubbed a court order to remove the cordon.The publication’s offices in the capital, ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 23 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Committee to Protect Journalists, Yoweri Museveni, Kampala

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Paul Kagame

Rwanda On the Right Track in Local Governance

An assessment of Local Democracy and Local Governance has shown that Rwanda is on the right track in as far as the promotion of good governance and service delivery is concerned.The report, presented to President Paul Kagame last weekend, was sanctioned ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Rwanda, James MUSONI, Paul Kagame, Democracy

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

World Bank announces $1bn for Great Lakes

The World Bank has announced $1bn in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in the conflict.World Bank President ... [Published Al Jazeera - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mouvement du 23-Mars, World Bank Group, Rwanda

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Artillery lands in east Congo city, humanitarian camp

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighborhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by , a human rights group ... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 22 2013]

Entities: Goma (Congo (Dem. Rep.)), Republic of the Congo, Mouvement du 23-Mars, Democratic Republic of the Congo

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Uganda: Volunteer Action Leads to Enforcement of the Public Health Act

Overall health indicators in Uganda are poor; life expectancy is low, and child, infant, and maternal mortality rates are high. Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, killing between 70,000 and 110,000 people each year, most of whom ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Public Health, Red Cross/Crescent, Malaria

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Uganda Students to Compete for Microsoft Spot

Uganda: Students to Compete for Microsoft SpotKampala - Two Ugandan secondary school students will compete in this year's Certport Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship set to begin on July 31 and end on August 3 in Washington D.C. Majaso Limited, ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 22 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Clashes continue in eastern DRC ahead of UN chief visit

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO $ Fighting has continued for a second day between the Democratic Republic of Congo$s army and the M23 rebels near the city of Goma, which is due to be visited by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this ... [Published Turkish Weekly - May 22 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma (Congo (Dem. Rep.)), United Nations, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

Quotes

"What I am interested in is to see that the Japanese processors are linked up with our people here and start the processing of the sheer butter oil in northern Uganda (Lira) where there is already a well-established government factory" Mr Museveni was quoted by the statement

Museveni roots for Japanese investments [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - 1 hour ago]

Ban said he believes the U N 's new collaboration with the World Bank will inject "a new spark of hope into a region desperate for good news." The World Bank on Thursday pledged $1 billion in additional funds for health, education and others services in Congo and the wider region

UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo [Published Miami Herald - 2 hours ago]

"We should start technical education right from primary through secondary to the university level so that it becomes part and parcel of one's life" he said

MUBS to Build SH52 Billion Hostel in Honour of Mulwana [Published AllAfrica.com - 2 hours ago]

"We hope that Africa's Great Lakes become a global symbol of what is possible when countries work together to lift themselves out of conflict and succeed in boosting economic growth and shared prosperity" Kim said

Roundup: UN chief, WB president root for DR Congo peace process as best chance for peace [Published Individual.com - 3 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Police surround news outlets amid media crackdo... [Published SocioLingo Africa - May 22 2013] NEW YORK, May 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ugandan police surrounded the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring access to the premises,...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
Malaria overstretching healthcare in DRC [Published SocioLingo Africa - May 21 2013] Malaria overstretching healthcare in DRC KAMPALA, 20 May (IRIN) – Gaps in the healthcare system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are hampering the fight against malaria, a leading...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
Ugandan police raid newspapers to discover stor... [Published Media: Greenslade \| guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013] Police in Uganda have raided two newspapers and two radio stations in a bid to discover the source of a story embarrassing to the government of President Yoweri Museveni. On 7 May, the Daily Monitor published an article about the so-called "Muhoozi ...
Green diary rescue: Pedal power, electric cars,... [Published Daily Kos - May 18 2013] Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 226 of these ...
What next in Kampala? [Published Congo Siasa - May 17 2013] News in the Congo has been surprisingly M23-deficient in the past few days. A group of Mai-Mai attacked Beni yesterday, killing several Congolese army officers (although their commander Hilaire has links well- to the M23); Kinshasa prepares for the visit ...

Audio/Video

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Uganda president hands out sacks of cash [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 24 2013]
Boxing changes lives in Uganda [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 08 2013]
VIDEO: Uganda's golden bananas [Published BBC News Video - World - Mar 27 2013]
Uganda's economy develops rapidly [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 14 2013]
Uganda Oil Bill creates parliamentary raucous [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 06 2012]

Press Releases

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Uganda Selects IBM and Waterfund to Benchmark W... [Published Financial Services - May 23 2013]
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GOPAC's Regional Chapter in Africa, APNAC, Elec... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 07 2013]
AHF: Plus de 90.000 personnes vivent avec le VI... [Published Business Wire Health News - Mar 20 2013]
AHF: Over 90,000 Living with HIV Treated in Africa [Published Business Wire Health News - Mar 18 2013]