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Africa’s leaders mull how to handle refugees

Africa’s technocrats and politicians are converging in Kampala to tackle one of the continent’s most pressing problems: refugees.

New conflict with Uganda rebels looms

The two-year peace process in Uganda aimed at ending a rebellion by the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army lies in tatters as the rebels rearm.

Ugandan govt asked to deal with wildlife poisoning

Conservationists in Uganda have asked the government to intervene to prevent further killing of animals by herdsmen living in the country’s second-largest game park. The…

Africa’s apes ‘are being eaten to extinction’

Bush-meat trade is threatening a possible depletion of Africa’s great apes, the world’s leading chimpanzee and gorilla conservationist, Jane Goodall, warned on Thursday. She said…

Ugandan opposition leader released on bail

Uganda’s main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, was released on bail and greeted about 12 000 cheering supporters outside the courthouse where he is on trial on charges he says…

Ugandan opposition leader applies for bail

Police blocked roads leading to court on Wednesday as crowds gathered ahead of a bail hearing for a top opposition leader charged with treason. A day earlier, at least one person…

Thousands attend Obote state funeral

Thousands of government officials, diplomats, supporters and relatives gathered on Friday for the state funeral of Milton Obote, whose presidency was a brutal chapter in Uganda’s…

Uganda’s first prime minister dead at 80

Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister and two-time president known for his brutal repression that led to the deaths of 500 000 people, died on Monday at a South African…

‘This war will never end’

Terecina Ayo remembers the night rebel fighters attacked, hacking to death her 12-year-old nephew and 13-year-old niece, abducting other villagers and torching thatched huts. The…

Cholera outbreak hits Ugandan refugee camp

A cholera outbreak has killed two people and affected about 50 others in the largest camp for people who fled their homes to escape an 18-year insurgency in northern Uganda, the…

Donor fatigue threatens Uganda war victims

More than 1,6-million people driven from their homes during Uganda’s 18-year civil war risk losing their main source of food as international donors grow weary of the conflict, a…

Rebels in Uganda cause refugees to flee

Rebel attacks in northern Uganda have forced more than 20 000 refugees to flee their camps in recent weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said Sunday. The rebels of the…