Uganda: Kampala Bound Bus Overturns, Kills Seven
All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Seven passengers yesterday died after a bus in which they were travelling in from Fort Portal Town to Kampala overturned several times.
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Seven passengers yesterday died after a bus in which they were travelling in from Fort Portal Town to Kampala overturned several times.
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KAMPALA, Uganda -- The mother of one of Africa's most notorious rebel leaders relayed one last wish for her son before her death Wednesday, according to a nurse at her deathbed: Make peace.
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CABLE News Network (CNN) International and MultiChoice have officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards. The winners of these annual awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Kampala, Uganda in May 2010.
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At least 30 young entrepreneurs are expected to win up to Shs25 million, for excelling in their fields of investment during the inaugural Young Achievers Awards due in Kampala this Saturday.
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President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Chinese government for its aid programme for Africa, which includes $10b in concessionary loans. Meeting Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in Egypt on Sunday, Museveni said China can support projects like the hydro-power dam at Karuma and a toll road from Entebbe Airport to Uganda's business district, Kampala.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Last Thursday, he posthumously graduated with a Bachelors degree from Kampala International University in Uganda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
For a capital city, the state of Kampala's roads is appallingly inapt and an embarrassment. With the current heavy rains, potholes are increasing by the day. At peak hours, commuter cars, private cars, heavy trailers, boda boda cyclists and pedestrians have to compete on the narrow roads, making driving in Kampala an agonising inconvenience.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THIS December, travellers from Kamuli and Kayunga districts will connect to Mukono, Kampala and Jinja districts using the new Nabuganyi-Mbulamuti ferry.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THE condition of the 62-year-old man who was hit by a stray bullet during the September riots in Kampala is deteriorating, despite the three surgical operations he has undergone.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
SECURITY is investigating reports that a number of Al Shabaab Islamists have entered the country following their threat to strike Kampala and Bujumbura last month.
New Vision (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
THE Uganda Revenue Authority has identified the Kasese-Fort Portal-Kampala highway as a major route for illicit trade.
Congo Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Report from Sudan Tribune by Richard Ruati Friday 6 November 2009: Leading LRA rebel commander surrenders to Ugandan army November 5, 2009 (KAMPALA) — Lt Col Charles Arop, a leading Ugandan LRA rebels (the Army of the Lord’s Resistance), has decided to surrender himself to the Ugandan army. Arop is responsible for a bloodbath perpetrated on Christmas Day last year in Faradje in the DRC...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
IN this year of wrongly organised (Miss Uganda), postponed (PAM Awards) or completely cancelled (The Ascot Goat races) events, it comes as a relief that even after a six months' delay, the annual Amakula Kampala International Film festival kicks off today at the National Theatre.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A total of 76 Rwandan Students were yesterday awarded post graduate degrees, undergraduate degrees and diplomas in various disciplines at Kampala International University (KIU) in Uganda.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(Kampala) - A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly. read more