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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.

In Uganda lässt die EU somalische Soldaten ausbilden. Zu Hause sollen sie die Übergangsregierung gegen Islamisten-Milizen verteidigen. Bilder aus dem Trainingscamp

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today spoke out against the killing of two journalists, one in Honduras and the other in Uganda.

Many displaced head to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda in exodus the UNHCR describes as a "humanitarian disaster".

KAMPALA, Uganda -- An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants.Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, says in his online diary released Wednesday that his "bad temperament" runs in his family and that he showed anger to his teachers when he...

The United States congratulates the Government of Uganda on the capture of one of the senior commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) by the Ugandan military.  The capture of Maj. Gen. Ceasar Acellam is a testament to the resolve of Uganda and its military forces to work with regional forces to end the threat posed by the LRA. Ugandan and other regional forces continue to pursue the L...

Ugandan army says US-backed troops have captured a top commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army ranks as the hunt for fugitive leader Joseph Kony enters a decisive stage.

Uganda says it has captured a top commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, the guerrilla movement notorious for its attacks on civilians and use of child soldiers.

A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army has urged fellow rebel fighters to give themselves up and end the war in Uganda after his capture on Saturday.

Millionen Menschen sahen das Video "Kony 2012" im Internet. Nun ist der ugandischen Armee ein Schlag gegen den Rebellenführer gelungen: Caesar Acellam, ein General der Rebellen, wurde von der Armee gefasst.Mehr zum ThemaSPD-Sensationssieg bei Landtagswahl in NRW - Kraft schafft rund 39 Prozent – Debakel für Röttgen und die CDULandtagswahl in NRW - Röttgen tritt nach krachender Niederlage zurück...

Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border

UGANDAN troops have captured a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army in a milestone arrest.

Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo said Sunday that Caesar Acellam was captured Saturday with two other rebel fighters.

Caesar Achellam, a major general in Joseph Kony’s band of fighters, was found armed with just an AK-47 and eight rounds of ammunition

One of the Lord's Resistance Army's top five rebels has been captured by Uganda, bringing the country a step closer to catching Joseph Kony.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony is constantly changing his hideouts as the African Union prepares to expand a U.S.-assisted manhunt for one of Africa's most wanted men, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.

I have given my international friends a reason to come to Uganda to spread peace and love. We put up a medical center with our bare hands, and the community's help, in a period of nine months.

Guelph residents Norma and Ben Fear started with just two students, but now sponsor more than 50 youngsters

There’s a place in Africa where Col Muammar al-Qaddafi is still king, but it’s a long way from his unmarked grave deep in the Libyan Desert. To get there, you have to travel south through the searing plains of Darfur and the scrubby brush of South Sudan and across the jungles of northern Uganda to its capital, Kampala. Then head west - roughly 150 miles over rutted, potholed roads - ...

Hugh Pickens writes "AP reports that when a Delta Airlines flight touched down at Midway International Airport in Chicago, the passengers looked out the window to see the jet surrounded by fire trucks, police cars and ambulances. Health officials came through the door wearing facemasks and other protective gear. As it turns out the bedbugs that infest hotels appear to be the source of red marks...

A bid to limit the tenure of Uganda's longtime president looks set to fail, Ugandan politicians said, as ruling party officials argue he needs more time than the 26 years he has already served.

Even a cure is not preventing deaths from malaria in Uganda. Poor education and limited access to healthcare are among the reasons why.

Claims by two Muslims accused of role in bomb attack during 2010 World Cup date from after coalition came to powerTwo men facing terrorism charges in east Africa are accusing the British government and its intelligence agencies of being involved in their abduction, unlawful rendition and torture.The allegations by Habib Suleiman Njoroge and his brother Yahya Suleiman Mbuthia closely echo those ...

USA verlängern Einsatz der US-Spezialkräfte zur Unterstützung der Armee des Landes

Der Kampf gegen den ugandischen Rebellenführer Joseph Kony geht weiter. Barack Obama hat die US-Mission zur Jagd gegen Kony verlängert. Obama will die "Plage" der Rebellengruppe LRA beenden.

Der Soulsänger Michael Kiwanuka ist einer der großen Newcomer des Jahres. Seine Eltern stammen aus Uganda. Er träumt davon, dort ein Popfestival zu veranstalten.

Uganda has threatened to intervene if Sudan invades South Sudan, the head of Uganda's army said, as a conflict over an oil-rich border area threatens to escalate into a wider regional war.

Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag sucht den ugandischen Rebellenchef Kony. Für seine Idee eines christlichen Gottesstaats zwang er Tausende Kinder, Soldaten zu werden. Einer von ihnen ist Jacob. Er wollte damals lieber sterben, als Soldat zu sein und überlebte.

Newsweek reporter Scott Johnson just returned from a trip to Africa, where he traveled with the Ugandan army and went hunting for Joseph Kony. Kony, t…

"Das muss Folgen haben", will BZÖ-Klubobmann Josef Bucher nun strengere Regeln für Parlamentarier auf Dienstreisen. Wie berichtet, hatte ein BZÖ-Mandatar bei einem Kongress in Uganda eine Ex-Miss als Begleiterin mit. Der Ausflug der Abgeordneten kostete die Steuerzahler etwa 135.000 €.

Tullow Oil has published an extraordinary collection of correspondence between it and the Metropolitan Police and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), in an attempt to draw a line under false allegations of corruption in Uganda.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The group behind the viral "Kony 2012" video that drew world attention to Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony tipped off Ugandan forces in 2009 to the whereabouts of a former child soldier wanted by the Kampala government, according to a classified U.S. cable published by Wikileaks.

Making affordable life-saving drugs into profit in Uganda

Das Video über Rebellenchef Joseph Kony schauten fast hundert Millionen Menschen. Jetzt veröffentlicht die Organisation Invisible Children einen neuen Film. Dank dieser Aufmerksamkeit werde der "Schlächter von Uganda" bald gefasst, hofft der Chefankläger des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs.

Mike Lin of Fenix International, developers of cheap electricity solutions for off-grid use, just returned from Uganda where he picked up these excellent items at local markets. Kids make the toy trucks out of wire and the oil lamps are recycled bug repellent cans. Click image to see it larger.

London (ots/PRNewswire) - Die Mara Foundation hat ein Video veröffentlicht, das ein ganz anderes Uganda zeigen soll als das aus dem massenhaft verbreiteten Video "Kony 2012". Der dreiminütige Film "Uganda 2012 - more than Kony 2012" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi1poly673k) bietet …

Auf Einladung des ugandischen Parlaments findet die 126. Versammlung der Interparlamentarischen Union (IPU) vom 31. März bis 5. April 2012 in Kampala statt. Unter der Leitung von Bundestagspräsident Norbert Lammert werden die Abgeordneten Peter Götz und Thomas Silberhorn (beide CDU/CSU), Petra Ernstberger und Angelika Krüger-Leißner (beide SPD), Alexander Ulrich (DIE LINKE.) und Josef Philip Wi...

Tullow Oil, the Anglo-Irish firm behind the exploratory drilling, believe they may have tapped into reserves of light crude similar to that in neighbouring Uganda.

It is disease that is being called "nodding syndrome" or zombie disease (in literal translation). It is of unknown origin and has no cure. The authorities of Uganda estimate that more than three thousand children have been affected. It's called this because of causing episodes similar to epileptic seizures

India is proving to be a good example to other nations. Recently Uganda, an African nation approached India to looking forward to get India’s cooperation to promote its micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.

Long before Joseph Kony, people in northern Uganda were preyed upon.

Cricket:Gary Wilson’s unbeaten half-century steered Ireland to a comfortable win over Oman in their ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Abu Dhabi. Ireland had already assured themselves a place in the play-off stages of the competition yesterday with a heavy win over Uganda and followed it up today with a 44-run win.

Uganda has taken to the Internet to correct a 'false impression' about the country it says was created by a U.S. celebrity-backed online campaign to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony

Uganda Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is finally responding to the Kony 2012 viral video -- with a video of his own and a series of tweets directed at a slew of celebrities.Just a day after Kony 2012 director Jason Russell was detained by police after…

Fugitive warlord Kony subject of huge Internet campaign; Uganda appeals for equipment, money to help hunt.

KAMPALA A Ugandan youth group said Thursday it would stop screening a hugely popular Internet video calling for the arrest of rebel chief Joseph Kony after local people reacted furiously at its first showing. A screening in the northern town of Lira, attended by many people mutilated by Kony’s soldiers, was halted after some people started throwing stones, said Victor Ochen.

KAMPALA A Ugandan youth group said Thursday it would stop screening a hugely popular Internet video calling for the arrest of rebel chief Joseph Kony after local people reacted furiously at its first showing. A screening in the northern town of Lira, attended by many people mutilated by Kony’s soldiers, was halted after some people started throwing stones, said Victor Ochen.

Sexual Minorities Uganda said that Mr. Lively conspired with local leaders to create hysteria that resulted in persecution of gay Ugandans.

La película 'Kony 2012', que en seis días ha sido visto en la red más de 100 millones de veces, tiene como objetivo enseñar al mundo las atrocidades cometidas por Joseph Kony y el Ejército de Resistencia del Señor (LRA, sus siglas en inglés) en Uganda, incluyendo el secuestro de menores y su conversión en niños soldado.

The lawsuit alleges that beginning in 2002, Scott Lively conspired with religious and political leaders in Uganda to whip up anti-gay hysteria.

"It's taken nasty dictatorships and a brutal civil war to keep Uganda off the tourist radar, but stability is returning and it won't be long ...

  A week after their "Kony 2012" video about a brutal African warlord exploded on the Internet, the activist filmmakers behind it have released a new Web film to answer questions about their finances and mission. "I understand why people are wondering is this is just some slick, kind of fly-by-night slacktivist thing," said Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, "when actually it’s not at all....

Bei den vorgezogenen Parlamentswahlen in der Slowakei konnten sich die Sozialdemokraten durchsetzen. Aber der eigentliche Gewinner ist die EU: Der designierte Regierungschef Robert Fico will pro-europäische Politik machen.Mehr zum ThemaPeiniger von 60 000 Kindersoldaten in Uganda - Netzgemeinde macht Jagd auf Terroristenchef Joseph KonyHeftige Proteste - Russen demonstrieren – Obama gratuliert ...

Wow. I never dreamed that I'd have a legitimate excuse to write a TechCrunch post about Joseph Kony, the crazed Ugandan warlord whose Lord's Resistance Army has been a pet obsession of mine for some years now. The first draft of my thriller set mostly in Uganda and the Congo had a villain loosely based on Kony, but I had to edit him out, basically because he's far too batshit crazy to be even r...

Debates have broken out over the accuracy of the online campaign and the intentions of the charity that prepared it.

Ni un cantante sin talento y desvergonzado ni una gracieta infantil, el último vídeo que recorre la Red reclama la captura de un caudillo africano reclamado por el Tribunal Internacional de la Haya y que se encuentra en paradero desconocido. La ONG estadounidense Invisible Children ha difundido en Internet un documental en el que se solicita la detención de Joseph Kony, el líder del Ejército de...

LOCALS say viral campaign is "highly irresponsible" and paints a picture of Uganda six or seven years ago.

Die Kampagne Kony 2012 nutzt die Mechanismen des Netzes geschickt, aber sie führt in die Irre. Uganda hat ganz andere Probleme als den Kriegsherrn, kommentiert A. Endres.

Joseph Kony ist Massenmörder - und spätestens seit ein paar Tagen weltbekannt: 60 Millionen Menschen haben sich bisher online das Video "Kony 2012" angesehen, mit dem die Organisation "Invisible Children" auf seine Gräueltaten in Uganda aufmerksam machen will. Doch die Methode der NGO sei zweifelhaft, bemängeln Kritiker.

The UN refugee agency says more than 3,000 Congolese have fled into Uganda since the start of this year with harrowing accounts of abductions, looting, harassment and rape.

Jason Russell set his humanitarian sights on Uganda years ago—and now, Hollywood is following suit. The Kony 2012 director and cofounder of Invisible Children Inc. sat down with E!...

There is growing outrage in Uganda over a viral internet film viewed by more than 32 million people in four days that suggests Africa's longest-running conflict is still raging in the country's north.

A SOCIAL media movement has propelled a charity video condemning Uganda rebel leader Joseph Kony on to every local major media platform.

The tiny animals look almost perfectly matched as they chase each other over the grass beside the River Nile in Uganda, in front of a group of enchanted onlookers.

It was a bad trip all right for Kathryn Fuller. The assistant to Amazing Race freelance producer Jeff Rice—who remains hospitalized in Uganda after taking bad drugs two weeks ago...

Ugandan authorities claim American reality show producer Jeff Rice died from a cocaine overdose.

China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's biggest marine oil producer, is negotiating with Uganda to participate in the African country's first refinery, adjacent to the Lake Albert Basin.

Uganda, where 90 percent of the people lack electricity, taps deeper into waterpower, by eliminating cascading rapids on the Victoria Nile.

Tullow Oil has signed two production-sharing agreements with Uganda, allowing it to complete a deal with China's CNOOC and France's Total that will pave the way for commercial oil production.

John Wooden's philosophy, particularly his Pyramid of Success, has helped break down international barriers via sport. In a recent visit to UCLA, Ugandan coaches absorbed his wisdom in a taped lecture.Ayeet Timothy Odeke, basketball coach at Nkumba University in Kampala, gets the look — the same one Bill Walton might have given John Wooden years ago — when he instructs his players on the proper...

We in the skeptic community like to make fun of naturopaths and homeopaths and all the snake oil salesmen out there. While its a good ol laugh here in the West, if not nostalgic, the damage these charlatans can do in other parts of the world is not funny at all. Long-time readers of SciBlogs might remember someone named Matthias RathIn the battle of science versus woo...The Dr. Will Sue You N...

Set in America and Uganda, but shot largely in South Africa, this is the true story of Sam Childers (Gerard Butler), who lived a life of violent crime.

I still feel disappointed we’re not there because we had such a good campaign. We missed out by one point. I feel we would have done well. Some of the big countries are missing and everyone is expecting the Ivory Coast to do well.

Sitting in the glow of his flat-screen computer monitor in a fashionable office, Donald Kasule says that until recently it was almost impossible to imagine making a success of an Internet start-up in Uganda.

Eine mysteriöse Krankheit breitet sich weiter im ostafrikanischen Uganda aus. Mehr als 3.000 Kinder und Jugendliche leiden bereits unter dem sogenannten Kopfnicksyndrom.

It seems like an amusing ailment: the major visible symptom is nodding a lot while you eat. Hell, I know plenty of healthy people that do that. But this new disease is spreading fast in Africa, and claiming lives as it goes. More »

Der TV Wattenscheid 01 hat 20 Patenschaften für Aids-Waisen in Uganda übernommen. Über die Aktion Canchanabury wird den Kindern eine schulische Ausbildung gerantiert.

He might have been content simply to teach thousands of university students in Uganda how to use computers, assemble them into networks, manage them and write basic software programs. In a poor African country with one of the world's fastest-growing populations and rising Internet use, that alone would have been an enormous achievement... from the New York Times (Registration Required)

Ein britisches Unternehmen will in Uganda Holzwirtschaft betreiben. Es verspricht Jobs, Waldschutz und Entwicklung. Dafür wurden Tausende vertrieben. Von Alexandra Endres

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopian and Kenyan officials met Thursday for talks on bolstering the African Union force protecting the Somali government, to help stabilise the war-wracked Horn of Africa state. The talks took place at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, a day after Kenya said it was willing to deploy soldiers for the AU Mission for Somalia (AMISOM). "In case a...

Uganda is poised to give final approval to Tullow Oil’s $2.9 billion sale of stakes in one of Africa’s most promising oil prospects to France’s Total and China’s Cnooc, spurring a project that a tax dispute and corruption allegations have long threatened to derail.

Kiew, Ukraine, November 9 (ots/PRNewswire) - Der renommierte britische Reiseführer-Lonely Planet-ernennt die Ukraine zu einer der drei Top-Destinationen für das Jahr 2012. Die ersten beiden Plätze der Liste belegen Uganda und Burma. Ukraine, die Drittplatzierte, wird als-die grosse ...