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Frank A. Hilario
July 12, 2011
MANILA - We'll, I'm writing again, so I'm searching again, surfing for "organic farming" OR "organic agriculture" and landing in the City of Kampala in Uganda. What did I know?! While Uganda is as far as the moon, this country more than quadrupled its exports of organic produce between 2003 and 2008...
Mahdi Haile
June 26, 2011
The United States will provide Burundi and Uganda $45 Million in military aid with 4 small "Raven" drone aircraft, a U.S. military official told Associated Press, a key step to addressing AMISOM´s calls for more military hardware from U.S.
Ralph E. Stone
February 15, 2011
Last October, a Kampala, Uganda tabloid newspaper ran a diatribe identifying 100 individuals it described as "Uganda's top homos." The article was accompanied by a front-page picture of David Kato, the most outspoken gay rights advocate in Uganda, saying "Hang Them." On January 26, 2011, David Ka...
Abdulazez Al-Motairi
December 17, 2010
AFP and AP reported that unnamed Arab country is sponsoring the expenses of the training militia for Puntland and military equipments from South Africa and Uganda into Somalia, which violates UN weapons embargo on former Somalia. The UN weapons embargo team is visiting Hargiesa, capital of Somaliland, to participate in the investigation of the arrested plane at Hargiesa airport.
Birikano Munyantwali Stephen
December 03, 2010
Uganda's tenure at the United Nations Security Council has come to an end. In this piece we look at the gains of the East African country that is quickly becoming a super power in its own right in the region
William Lambers
October 23, 2010
I will never forget Uganda's faces and stories
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
July 27, 2010
- No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
- But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
Shakespeare, Richard III (1. 2. 74)
It could have been said by Yoweri Museveni, one of the world´s most bestial criminals and genocide perpetrators. Not that the Shakespearian verse would ever matc...
Mahdi Haile
July 19, 2010
After Uganda Blasts - An Interview with President Obama.
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Mahdi Haile
July 16, 2010
Somali groups ask imams to condemn Uganda terror attacks.
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
June 01, 2010
In ten earlier articles titled "Amnesty International 2010 Report. Foreword. Pursuing justice: For all Rights, for all People"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/159774), "The Amnesty International Report 2010 - Report at a Glance, and World by Region"
(http://www.americanchronicle.c...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 19, 2010
In three earlier articles entitled "Uganda. A Genocidal Tyranny with No Freedom of Expression is Terra Nullius in International Law"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/157237), "Nile Water Pseudo-agreement. Ugandan Signature is Unlawful and Invalid"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 19, 2010
In two earlier articles entitled "Uganda. A Genocidal Tyranny with No Freedom of Expression is Terra Nullius in International Law"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/157237), and "Nile Water Pseudo-agreement. Ugandan Signature is Unlawful and Invalid"
(http://www.americanchronicle.c...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 19, 2010
In an earlier article entitled "Uganda. A Genocidal Tyranny with No Freedom of Expression is Terra Nullius in International Law"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/157237), I republished several parts of the HRW Report, namely the Summary and the Recmmendations.
The Report consists...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 19, 2010
Until Justice is made, and the Ugandan Genocide perpetrators are duly punished and rightfully executed to the last, Uganda is a No Man´s Land, and its shameful international delegations must be assaulted by every African and every single individual who belongs to any subjugated and tyrannized ...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 16, 2010
One of the most vital issues for all Africans, and in general people allover the world, is the impunity of tyrants and their subordinates, the various dictatorial administrations. The forthcoming Kampala Conference (May 31 to June 11) consists in an extraordinary event whereby representatives of the...
Birikano Munyantwali Stephen
March 24, 2010
On Tuesday 16th March 2010, at about 9pm, fire gutted Uganda's Kasubi royal tombs that keep the remains of the famous former kings of the great Buganda Kingdom. Kasubi tombs is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The following day the security battled chaotic crowds attempting to block the president from accessing the tragic scene and three people were died. The fire has worsened the strained relationship between the government of President Museveni and Buganda Kingdom.
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
March 10, 2010
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Joseph Raglione
February 16, 2010
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, and especially within the Gay communities of the United States and the World, Uganda is back in the news! This time the government of Uganda is threatening to kill Gays! Not only is that wrong, it absolutely will draw sanctions from the United Nations. ...
Newswire Services
February 07, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Journalist and media critic Cliff Kincaid said that coverage of the so-called "Kill the Gays" bill in Uganda has been completely one- sided, inaccurate, and distorted beyond belief. Kincaid, president of America's Survival, Inc., and editor of Accuracy in Media, says the legislation is...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
January 27, 2010
The recently published HRW World Report 2010 features a particular chapter on Uganda whereby the monstrous tyranny´s practices and policies are summarily exposed and utterly denounced. This chapter alone is enough to prove that the failed state of Uganda must be placed under UN mandate and spl...
International Desk
January 16, 2010
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni says his government will bow to international pressure and back away from a controversial bill that would have given the courts the right to hand out the death penalty as punishment for any HIV-positive person convicted of having gay sex.
Although the law had broa...
Ralph E. Stone
December 02, 2009
A secretive, privately-funded group known as "The Family" or "The Fellowship," one of the most powerful, well-connected Christian fundamentalist movements in the United States, has used its influence and funds through the Family´s African outreach programs to support a proposed Ugandan law tha...
Amanuel Biedemariam
November 27, 2009
For century´s, African leaders have done tremendous harm to Africans equal to that of the European colonizers by selling Africans to Western slave masters and by allowing foreigners to exploit Africa for their selfish interests. The exploitation of Africa using African leaders is pervasive. African ...
Kanini Evans Kariuki
October 11, 2009
THE news agencies reported that the state Minister, Sheikh Yusuf, was kidnapped, beaten up and later hospitalized at a Ugandan hospital where he is recuperating from injuries he sustained during his ordeal.
However, the chairman of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament,Information, Culture ,...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
June 11, 2009
Fanatic and biased Western journalists, ranging from Anti-Kushitic and Anti-Somali racists to hidden "White Race" supremacists, defend the presence of AMISOM forces in parts of multi-divided Somalia; they fail to respond why AU does not decide to also send troops to other parts of Somalia, such as P...
Arthur Mugisha Rucakatsi
May 07, 2009
Since its stabilization, Southern Sudan has continued to influence business in Uganda.
Sudan has become one of the major markets for Ugandan products. Trade between Uganda and her neighbours, especially Southern Sudan has increased by over 20%, and almost 80% of this trade is in agricultural produc...
Scott A. Morgan
June 11, 2007
The United States has once again been asked to decide the outcome of an African Crisis. But instead of the State Department or the Pentagon making the decision the investigating body will be the Central Intelligence Agency.
The request for intervention in this matter of t...
William Church
May 07, 2007
James KaruhangaSenior ResearcherGreat Lakes Centre for Strategic StudiesConflict Early Alert Report (CEAR)
Violent public rallies and demonstrations have recently rocked Kampala indicating that Uganda is on the verge of a major political crisis. The most recent riots were sparked by President Mus...
William Church
March 22, 2007
By CEAR Staff
Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Studies
Regional Risk Overview
The Great Lakes Region continues its slow but steady progress in all areas of the Pact on Peace, Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region (PSSDGLR). During the last four reporting periods Vol. 1...
Scott A. Morgan
March 03, 2007
In the last couple of weeks the United States has made some critical statements regarding two crises that do not appear to have any sign of being resolved soon.
First of all in Zimbabwe the US Condemn the banning of all forms of protest in the Capital of Harare for 90 Days. This step came after ...
Scott A. Morgan
January 23, 2007
The previous week was a tumultous for the Ugandan Peace Process currently underway in Juba,Sudan. After President Al-Bashir of Sudan stated that he wanted the LRA out of his country ,the rebel movement stated that Sudan was not Neutral and wanted the talks moved out the Country on that basis. Two of...
William Church
November 13, 2006
By James Karuhanga
Senior Researcher, GLCSS
According to the 2006 World Investment Report (WIR), Uganda leads its East African partners in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In 2005, Uganda’s FDI rose by 16 percent up from 14.7 percent in 2004.
According to the Uganda Investment Aut...
William Church
October 08, 2006
By William Church
Director, GLCSS
The countries of the Central Africa are attempting to recover from one of the Africa’s bloodiest wars; however, false or misleading media reports continue to fan the flames of ethnic or national hatred. The most recent disturbance in the diplomatic community i...
Scott A. Morgan
April 10, 2006
In Recent weeks the Government of Uganda has been involved in some unique diplomacy. Some of these actions have concerned several Governments and some feel that the potential backlash could have Uganda resembling Zimbabwe.
Recently there has been a rise in tensions with neighboring Rwanda. This st...
Scott A. Morgan
March 26, 2006
Since winning a controversial third term as President of Uganda Mr. Museveni and his supporters have been tightening their hold on the affairs of the country. First of all they have renegotiated the understanding with Sudan that allows for both countries to conduct counterinsurgency operations again...
Scott A. Morgan
March 15, 2006
The Congressional Human Rights Caucus recently took steps to address a growing problem in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The bi-partisan lobby had a two- day series of briefings on concerns regarding the situation in Northern Uganda. This crisis is a situation that has seen very little scrutiny b...
