The walk to work protests in Uganda has taken a new twist following the injuring of opposition leader Kizza Besigye as he walked to work this morning. One person has also already been confirmed dead after being hit by a teargas canister, while several people including six pupils are admitted in hospital following police clashes […]
Uganda is witnessing a second day of chaos and drama as the police once again try to stop opposition leaders who are walking to their places of work in the second day of “walk to work” protests by the opposition. The police Thursday morning stopped Forum for Democratic Change President Dr. Kizza besigye from walking […]
The government has promised to resettle all people affected living in mountainous areas to avoid the re-occurrence of the March 2010 landslides in Bududa district of eastern Uganda. The landslides killed about 300 people and left more than 8,000 without shelter. About 2,500 of the Bududa landslide victims were transferred to a resettlement camp in […]
The United States government has expressed concern at the Ugandan government’s handling of a walk to wok protest by opposition politicians where many opposition leaders were arrested and charged on Monday. The US deputy spokesman for the State Department, Mark C. Toner says the US government is concerned about Monday’s arrest and charging of Forum […]
International Human Rights body Amnesty International has asked the Uganda police to withdraw all charges put on opposition politicians arrested in Monday’s walk to work protest. This follows the arrest and charging of Forum for Democratic Change President, Dr. Kizza Besigye, Democratic Party President, Norbert Mao and several other top opposition politicians for what police […]
The Democratic Party has threatened to drag the government of Uganda to court for what they termed as malicious prosecution and unlawful detention. DP President Nobert Mao said they were arrested while walking individually to their places of work, detained for long hours and presented before court after working hours (after 5pm), which Mao says […]
Chelsea FC is facing the hugest challenge of the season Tuesday night when they go on the pitch at Old Trafford for the second leg of their Champions League Quarter final match with Manchester United. The Blues are trailing the Red Devils who beat them 1-0 last Wednesday at the first quarter final clash at […]
Team Uganda has overcome Bermuda in the International Cricket Council games taking place in Dubai. Bermuda crashed to a 74 run defeat at the hands of Uganda in their third game of the World Cricket League Division Two tournament today and were left ruing the under performance of their key players Jason Anderson (38) and Lionel Cann […]
With effect from July 2011, Makerere University will run as a collegiate institution with eight colleges being established to replace the Faculties under which students used to be admitted. The College of Natural Sciences (CONAS), College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS), College of Computing and Information Sciences (COCIS), College of Engineering, Design, Art and […]
African Union leaders have met embattled Libyan President Col. Muamar Gaddafi who reports say accepted their peace plan that calls for an immediate ceasefire. The AU team led by South African President Jacob Zuma told journalists after the meeting that the Libyan government had been positive to the AU proposal to stop all military activities […]