Uganda rules out amnesty for captured LRA commanderhttp://news.yahoo.com/uganda-rules-amnesty-captured-lra-commander-175748721.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0Ob_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-rules-amnesty-captured-lra-commander-175748721.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0Ob_wgt.Tue, 22 May 2012 10:57:48 -0700
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda's chief prosecutor on Tuesday appeared to rule out any amnesty for Lord's Resistance Army commander Caesar Achellam, captured this month. The Ugandan army's detention of Achellam, one of the LRA's top five members, has raised hopes it is closer to catching Joseph Kony, the rebel leader accused of war crimes for his group's near three-decade campaign of child abductions ...
Official: Over 12,000 Congolese Flee to Ugandahttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0eb_wgt./SIG=13fkn3pv4/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-12000-congolese-flee-uganda-16411114http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0eb_wgt./SIG=13fkn3pv4/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-12000-congolese-flee-uganda-16411114Wed, 23 May 2012 04:11:49 -0700
Official says more than 12,000 Congolese are seeking refuge in Uganda, flee violence at home
Uganda to Spend More Than $1 Billion on Karuma Hydropower Planthttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0ub_wgt./SIG=1406t4u1l/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/uganda-to-spend-more-than-1-billion-on-karuma-hydropower-plant.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0ub_wgt./SIG=1406t4u1l/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/uganda-to-spend-more-than-1-billion-on-karuma-hydropower-plant.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 10:05:37 -0700
Uganda will spend more than $1 billion on the Karuma Hydropower Project, the country’s presidency said.
Uganda Parliament Pushes for Public Disclosure of Oil Contractshttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0.b_wgt./SIG=12lv4iqsu/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.voanews.com/content/disclose-oil-contracts/940358.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA0.b_wgt./SIG=12lv4iqsu/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.voanews.com/content/disclose-oil-contracts/940358.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 07:07:18 -0700
Uganda’s nascent oil sector has been marked by secrecy and allegations of rampant corruption. In this second part of our series on oil in Uganda, Douglas Mpuga looks at the clash between the executive and members of parliament over the lack of transparency in the oil deals. Most members of parliament say the government is not being transparent in the way it has signed oil agreements and even ...
Uganda row over LRA rebel amnestyhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1Ob_wgt./SIG=1231sljqf/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18199001http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1Ob_wgt./SIG=1231sljqf/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18199001Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:10 -0700
A senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be granted amnesty just like other LRA fighters, his lawyer tells the BBC - sparking a row with the public prosecutor.
Uganda shilling weaker vs dlr, more losses seenhttp://news.yahoo.com/uganda-shilling-weaker-vs-dlr-more-losses-seen-101217177--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1eb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-shilling-weaker-vs-dlr-more-losses-seen-101217177--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1eb_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 03:12:17 -0700
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling lost ground against the dollar on Thursday, hurt by fears the euro zone debt crisis would continue to erode confidence in emerging market currencies and traders forecast more pressure for the local currency. At 0747 GMT, commercial banks quoted the currency of east Africa's third-largest economy at 2,486/2,496, a touch weaker than Wednesday's close of 2 ...
Official: Uganda may pardon Joseph Kony associatehttp://news.yahoo.com/official-uganda-may-pardon-joseph-kony-associate-112451172.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1ub_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/official-uganda-may-pardon-joseph-kony-associate-112451172.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1ub_wgt.Tue, 15 May 2012 04:24:51 -0700
Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord's Resistance Army atrocities.
Thousands flee to Uganda as Congo hunts renegade commanderhttp://news.yahoo.com/thousands-flee-uganda-congo-hunts-renegade-commander-163203945.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1.b_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-flee-uganda-congo-hunts-renegade-commander-163203945.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA1.b_wgt.Wed, 16 May 2012 09:32:03 -0700
KISORO, Uganda (Reuters) - It was the six rebel soldiers who hacked down the door of Elias Ngahaga's house one night two weeks ago in Kesaha, eastern Congo, who led him and his family to flee to Uganda from his village, where government troops and rebels are fighting. "We were frightened. They had guns and pangas (machetes)," said Ngahaga, 20, sheltering from the rain in an abandoned building on ...
Over 12,000 Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda, officials sayhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA2Ob_wgt./SIG=16uvlqgpp/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/over-12000-congolese-refugees-have-fled-to-uganda-officials-say/article2440993/%3futm_medium=Feeds%253A%2520RSS%252FAtom%26utm_source=Home%26utm_content=2440993http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA2Ob_wgt./SIG=16uvlqgpp/EXP=1337923696/**http%3a//www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/over-12000-congolese-refugees-have-fled-to-uganda-officials-say/article2440993/%3futm_medium=Feeds%253A%2520RSS%252FAtom%26utm_source=Home%26utm_content=2440993Wed, 23 May 2012 07:25:41 -0700
Scores of refugees enter Uganda every day and 200 police have been deployed to help manage border security.
Uganda's planned investment more than triples Q1 2012http://news.yahoo.com/ugandas-planned-investment-more-triples-q1-2012-130922542--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA2eb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/ugandas-planned-investment-more-triples-q1-2012-130922542--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfwp75P93sA2eb_wgt.Wed, 16 May 2012 06:09:22 -0700
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's planned investment more than tripled in the first quarter of this year from the preceding three months, buoyed by increasing interest in the country's energy sector, a state agency said on Wednesday. Poised to be a top-50 crude oil producer, Uganda's economy is forecast to grow at 5.4 percent in the 2012/2013 (July-June) fiscal year, fueled by investments in ...
