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Posted on Tuesday 12 April 2011Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, UgandaAs preparations for the swearing-in of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on May 12 gather steam, the country has still to shake off the tenterhooks resulting from the Feb. 18 election. On April 11, the police were once again called into action and by the end of the day they had brought various

Addis Ababa, February 21 (WIC) - The presidential and parliamentary elections were free, according to observers from three African regional economic organisations of IGAD, EAC and COMESA.“We commend and urge the people of Uganda to sustain the peace that characterised the entire election period,” Ambassador Hussein Dado from IGAD said in a statement on behalf of the observers.The group deployed

February 15 2011 - ReutersKampala - Ugandan firm Taylor Biomass Energy Uganda (TBEU) plans to invest $160-million to build a power plant that will burn rubbish and generate 40 megawatts, the firm said on Monday.It would be the first major renewable energy project in East Africa's third-largest economy which is plagued by frequent power outages due to supply constraints and a run-down transmission

KAMPALA, Uganda, September 28, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)The 3rd Workshop on the East African Transport Strategy and Regional Road Sector Development Programme is set to take place 29 September to 1 October 2010 at the Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda.Stakeholders involved in national transport planning, regional integration matters from all the Partner States, as well

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 28, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union His Excellency the state President of the Republic of Malawi Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika on the 23rd meeting of the NEPAD heads of state and government orientation committee (HSGOC)Your Excellency, President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda;Your Excellency, Prime Minister

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 28, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)Statement by His Excellency professor Bingu Wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi and Chairperson of the African Union at the official closing ceremony of the 15th assembly of the heads of state and government of the African Union / Kampala, UgandaYour Excellency, Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of

Dorothy Nakaweesi, 21 July 2010, The MonitorKampala — The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has expressed concern over the low level of land utilisation for agriculture.In a statement to Daily Monitor last week, Mr Sindiso Ngwenya, the Common Market for Eastern Africa (Comesa) secretary general, said despite the region having greater agricultural potential for growth, the sector,

9 July 2010, The MonitorEast African countries are set to benefit from a $2.5 million (Shs5.6 billion) power capacity building and technical assistance from the United States Aid for International Development. The two-year initiative will be channeled through the East Africa Power Pool (EAPP), a specialised institution under Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa); to improve

It was one single paragraph in one article of a much larger agreement that triggered a semi-crisis situation among the Nile basin states. Paragraph B, article 14 turned a promise of regional cooperation into tension and a threat to the national security of some states. It called for the right of all Nile basin states to erect projects on the Nile. Those who are familiar with international

KAMPALA, 15 July 2010 (IRIN) - Uganda has begun “forcibly” deporting hundreds of Rwandans from two southwestern refugee camps, at gunpoint according to one witness, prompting the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to call for a suspension of the operation. Both countries have long tried to rid Uganda of Rwandan refugees who for their part say they do not feel safe going home. (See box) Tarsis Kabwegyere,

Wednesday, 14 July 2010Belly-down in the grass, the Somali soldiers cock their Kalashnikovs and take aim. When the order comes, they squeeze the trigger and bellow out a chorus of: "Boom, bang, boom!"The European Union instructors given the task of forming the core of Somalia's new model army have yet to entrust their students with live ammunition. So the men whose fighting techniques have been

By Stefan Simanowitz, July 14 2010Just as World Cup organisers were breathing a sigh of relief that the finals had not been targeted by terrorists, news came in of bombings in Kampala which left 74 dead. The attacks, thought to be the work of the al Qaeda-linked group, al Shabaab, indicate both the danger of Islamic terrorism in Africa as well as its limitations.Last April, the arrest of

KAMPALA, July 12, 2010 – 74 people have been confirmed dead, and one hundred have been admitted to various hospitals.The Uganda Police has called upon the public to be aware of the terrorism threat and to join the Police and other security agencies to fight and prevent its occurrence.Some of the security measures taken include;Access control measures at entry points in public premises like places