The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (<“http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home“>UNHCR) today deplored the forced returns of Rwandans from Uganda, with reports of police brutality being used to deport the asylum-seekers. On Wednesday, Ugandan police carried out an operation to round up and force out some 1,700 Rwandan refugees from the Nakivale and Kyaka camps in southwestern Ugandan. […]
President Yowri Museveni has dismissed claims that the bomb attacks on innocent Ugandans was a result of Uganda sending troops to Somali and rubbished calls for Uganda’s withdrawal from the war raveaged country in the Horn. “Well, those people are not right. Do you remember ADF? ADF was planting bombs in Kampala in the 1990s […]
Introduction Our esteemed partners, members of the press, It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to our press briefing today. On behalf of the Electoral Commission, I would like to thank you for the good work you are doing of informing the country and the world at large about the electoral process in […]
THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION ACT, 2007 Uganda __________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I—PRELIMINARY. Section. 1. Interpretation. PART II—ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION 2. Establishment of Commission. 3. Independence of Commission 4. Seal of Commission 5. Composition of Commission. 6. Tenure of office of members of Commission. 7. Oath of members of Commission. 8. Remuneration […]
NEWS RELEASE APOLOGIES Sorry for gap in press releases about Janet Achola’s training and racing programme in Germany, a programme shaped by the highly experienced German National Coach for Middle and Long Distance running, Henning von Papen. The gap was due to the breakdown of my modem and internet connection. ESSEN 1500m On July 14, […]
Webtorial Press release for Twerwaneho Listeners Club Date: 16th July, 2010 Venue: Allan’s resort, Fort Portal – Uganda Twerwaneho Listeners Club forms grass-root networks in Kabarole and Kyenjojo Districts Twerwaneho Listerners Club a human rights non-governmental organization operating in the four districts of Kyenjojo, Kyaka, Kamwenge and Kabarole that makes up Tooro region and based […]
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Press release – UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity A new global agreement intended to protect the biodiversity of developing nations from unfair exploitation could do more harm than good, according to Krystyna Swiderska, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, who outlines […]
Many Africans blame themselves for the impacts of global climate change they are witnessing despite being least responsible for the causes, finds a groundbreaking pan-African research report from the BBC World Service Trust and the British Council. Just as a lack of practical information and resources hindered attempts to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic, […]
Press Release/ Webtorial Ten leading aid agencies today called for a ‘surge’ in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The centre of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population do not have enough food. […]