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Tag Archives: Uganda

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Uganda: Monitor offices under police siege

May 20, 2013by FAIR Leave a comment

UPDATE from FAIR Board members Charles Mwanguhya (Monitor Editor) and Barbara Among: “All staff were ordered out of the premises and police have sealed the head office which it says […]

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From Bangui to BRICS: If you carve up Africa, Africa may carve you too

March 28, 2013by FAIR Leave a comment

The reach of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) leaders far into the African continent was palpable this week, not just here in Durban where they are gathering to plan investments and […]

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Museveni vs landlords round two: Who will win the land war?

March 10, 2013by FAIR Leave a comment

President Museveni’s latest announcement prohibiting evictions of squatters from land is just but one episode in a long running battle over land rights in Uganda. Under his regime alone, the […]

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Oil, Money, and Secrecy in East Africa

February 14, 2013by FAIR Leave a comment

Officials in East Africa are gushing with anticipation over potential oil revenue: A new production agreement has been reached in South Sudan; fresh discoveries have been made and drilling deals […]

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Uganda: How fear dictated govt reaction

January 9, 2013by FAIR Leave a comment

In 1985, Yoweri Museveni, then leader of the rebel outfit, National Resistance Army (NRA), put only one key condition he knew the then military government of the Okello’s could not […]

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Lunch with M23 rebels: 180 minutes inside Congo’s war zone

January 3, 2013by FAIR 2 Comments

It was seven days before Christmas eve, the period in which Christians all over the world are busy with shopping and planning for the celebration of the birth of Jesus […]

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Regional Leaders Decide On Congo Crisis

November 26, 2012by FAIR Leave a comment

Munyonyo, Kampala, 25 Nov – President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday closed the 5th Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) which took place at Speke […]

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Accusation and Denials on DRC: UN versus Uganda and Rwanda

October 19, 2012by FAIR Leave a comment

Uganda and Rwanda continue to meddle in the Democratic Republic of Congo civil war despite aid sanctions and appeals from the International community, a new United Nations investigation has revealed.

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[Report] Uganda: Three Years On, No Justice for Riot Victims says HRW

September 12, 2012by FAIR Leave a comment

Authorities have failed to investigate meaningfully the deaths three years ago of at least 40 people during two days of rioting in Uganda. Some families of victims told Human Rights […]

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