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Uganda: Stop Rampant Exam Cheating

Source country allafrica Friday, February 10, 2012 4:48:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3];

[Monitor] Congratulations to all the 273,363 candidates who completed and passed the 2011 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations....

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Uganda govt denies backing anti-gay bill

Source country guardiannewsngr Friday, February 10, 2012 2:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] UGANDA[1]; Uganda[2];

Entities: David Bahati[1]; Barack Obama[1];

UGANDA’S government has distanced itself from a controversial anti-gay bill calling for severe penalties on homosexuality after it was reintroduced in parliament this week. But in a statement released late Wednesday, the government said parliament had the right to debate the legislation, which was shelved last year after widespread condemnation....

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Mauritius launches international campaign to save monkeys

Source country panapress-en Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:54:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[2]; Kampala[1];

Other categories: Environmental protection; UN Bodies; Natural Disasters; Environment (general);

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British NGO, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), on Thursday launched an international campaign aimed at saving Mauritian monkeys ftom being exported for medical research. Environment...

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

Kimanzis legion

Source country standardmedia Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:31:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[1]; Kampala[1];

Entities: Arnold Origi[1]; Racing Genk[1];

Norway-based goalkeeper Arnold Origi, who recently announced his retirement from international football, has been given a surprise call to join Harambee Stars for this month’s Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Togo in Nairobi....

Uganda introduces anti-gay bill

Source country upi Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:28:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3]; KAMPALA[1];

Entities: David Bahati[1]; Michelle Kagari[1];

KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Legislation in Uganda that could sentence gay people to hanging was condemned by Amnesty International on Thursday, a Ugandan newspaper reported....

Firm unveils stand-alone political cover

Source country standardmedia Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:43:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[2];

A new insurance product has been launched in the local market to cover investments against political risks....

Freighters unveil new code of conduct to fight corruption

Source country standardmedia Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:43:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; Financial Economic Crime;

Cargo transporters and freight forwarders within East Africa have launched a code of conduct that will help regulate the industry and reduce corruption at border points....

Felle kritiek op ‘nieuwe’ antihomowet Uganda

Source country nd-nl Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:32:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[2]; KAMPALA[1];

Entities: David Bahati[1];

KAMPALA - Internationale mensenrechtenorganisaties reageren fel op de herintroductie van een wetsvoorstel in het Ugandese parlement waarin homoseksuele daden en het niet-aangeven van deze 'misdaden' streng worden bestraft. In Uganda zelf is de wet met gejuich ontvangen....

Onderzoek naar fraude Oeganda

Source country nd-nl Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:32:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Oeganda[4]; Kampala[2];

Other categories: Market; EC News; Fight against Fraud; Fight against fraud;

De Nederlandse overheid is mogelijk het slachtoffer van een omvangrijke fraude in Oeganda. Er zijn aanwijzingen dat 160 duizend euro voor Oegandese promotiestudenten weggesluisd is door een plaatselijke universiteitsbestuurder. Nuffic, de Nederlandse instelling voor internationalisering in het hoger onderwijs, is een onderzoek gestart....

Onderzoek naar fraude met subsidie voor Oeganda

Source country metronieuws Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:25:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Oeganda[4]; Kampala[2];

Other categories: Market; EC News; Fight against Fraud; Fight against fraud;

De Nederlandse overheid is mogelijk het slachtoffer van een omvangrijke fraude in Oeganda. Er zijn......

Nigeria: Military obstructs journalists covering unrest

Source country pambazuka Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] UGANDA[1]; OUGANDA[1];

Entities: Mohammed Yerima[1]; Mohammed Keita[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; Market; EU-USA; UN Bodies; Terrorist Attack; Echo; Development; Institutional affairs;

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Mohammed Yerima said: “Is it not when a place is secured that you will allow them to go in and do their stories? I am sure it must have been when the tension was very high. But it would not have been deliberate to harm them or deprive them,”

2012-02-09 Nigeria’s military has harassed and obstructed journalists trying to report on unrest in recent days, according to local journalists and news reports. On Sunday in the city of Jos, in Nigeria’s north central region, soldiers detained Jeremie Drieu, a videographer with French television.......

Uganda: Charcoal boom a bust for forests

Source country pambazuka Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda's[2]; Uganda[8]; Kampala[3];

Other categories: Alternative Energy; Climate Action - general; Environment (general);

2012-02-09 The charcoal trade, referred to as 'black gold' by Kampala traders, has become more profitable than the forests where trees are being indiscriminately cut down for charcoal-burning. For the rural population, charcoal trade is an opportunity to earn an income....

Uganda: 2009 'Anti-Homosexuality' Bill re-tabled in parliament

Source country pambazuka Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[7]; Kampala[2];

Entities: David Bahati[1]; David Kato[1];

Other categories: Society; Public Health (general);

2012-02-09 The bill prohibits any kind of community or political organising around sexuality in Uganda, criminalises advocacy and support for the rights of homosexual Ugandans and prohibits any public discussion of homosexuality....

No Spring in West Africa

Source country pambazuka Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3];

Entities: Mahmood Mamdani[2]; Nnimmo Bassey[1]; Jim Thomas[1];

Other categories: Environment (general);

2012-02-08 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/boellstiftung/6708038877/African awakenings have been sporadic, with short-lived moments of intensity followed by exhaustion. But there has to be a starting point and now many people know that ‘We can’....

Uganda: Red Cross distributes relief to 2011 floods and landslides victims

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:52:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[4];

Entities: Catherine Ntabadde[1]; Michael Richard[1];

Other categories: Echo;

Source: Uganda Red Cross Country: Uganda Written by Catherine Ntabadde The Uganda Red Cross has today (Feb 9) began distributing essential household items to 4,000 families recovering from the September 2011 floods and landslides. Heavy rains which caused the disaster resulted in 34 deaths and.......

Stop human rights LGBT violations in Uganda

Source country pse Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:41:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[4];

Entities: Michael Cashman[1];

Other categories: European Parliament; FRA-EU; Foreign and Security Policy;

Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today called once more on the Ugandan Parliament to reject a proposed bill that would punish with life imprisonment what the legislator calls "aggravated homosexuality." Under the new law, HIV-positive homosexuals would automatically be imprisoned for life....

China skirts Africa corruption

Source country news24 Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:58:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda's[3]; Uganda[9]; Kampala[2];

Entities: Paul Kagame[1]; Bill Gates[1]; Augustine Ruzindana[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud;

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Augustine Ruzindana said: "Capacity building ... is the easiest to steal because the only evidence is paper accountability,"

China is skirting African corruption in direct aid gifts; Uganda's president gets a new office...

Radiografía de la persecución a los homosexuales en África

Source country rnv Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:30:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Yoweri Museveni[1]; Uganda[2]; Kampala[2];

Entities: Movimiento de Resistencia[1]; Yoweri Museveni[1]; David Kato[1]; David Bahati[1]; Resistance Movement[1]; Raila Odinga[1];

En Somalia, Sudán Mauritania y el norte de Nigeria se les castiga con la muerte. 36 países del continente penalizan las relaciones entre personas de igual sexo...

Africa Mission: «Grazie al vescovo Ambrosio per la sua visita in Uganda»

Source country ilpiacenza Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:24:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3]; Kampala[2];

Si è concluso il viaggio missionario di mons. Gianni Ambrosio, vescovo di Piacenza-Bobbio, in Uganda per conoscere da vicino......

Articles published more than 12 hours ago

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation preparedness in Uganda

Source country eldis Thursday, February 9, 2012 4:32:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[3];

Other categories: Environment (general); Climate Change;

This study gives an overview about Uganda's efforts to address the challenges of adaptation to climate change so far. It provides information on ......

Peine de mort pour homosexualité: Kampala contre le projet de loi

Source country cyberpresse Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:58:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Ouganda[1]; l'Ouganda[2]; Kampala[1];

Entities: David Bahati[1];

Le gouvernement ougandais a affirmé qu'il ne soutenait pas la proposition de loi durcissant les......

”En reaktion mot en växande hbt-rörelse”

Source country dn-se Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:39:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[4];

Entities: Ulrika Westerlund[2];

Quotes in this article

Ulrika Westerlund säger: – Utvecklingen går verkligen åt olika håll i olika delar av världen. Det är ju intressant att det här S:t Petersburg-lagförslaget kommer nästan samma dag som det här utslaget från Europadomstolen. Det är en extremt tydlig demonstration av hur utvecklingen kan gå åt vitt skilda håll i olika delar av Europa,

I Uganda föreslås dödsstraff för homosexuella handlingar. I Ryssland finns lagförslag mot ”homosexuell propaganda”. Men allt negativt beror på något positivt, säger RFSL:s förbundsordförande Ulrika Westerlund. ”Det är en reaktion mot en växande hbt-rörelse”, säger hon....

Uganda 'not behind anti-gay bill'

Source country bbc-news Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:08:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda's[1]; Uganda[8];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; David Kato[1]; David Bahati[1];

Uganda's government defends its right to debate a controversial anti-gay bill but says the draft legislation does not have official backing....

Regering Uganda neemt afstand van antihomowet

Source country metronieuws Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:53:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Yoweri Museveni[1]; Uganda[3]; KAMPALA[1];

Entities: Yoweri Museveni[1]; David Bahati[1];

KAMPALA - De regering van Uganda staat niet achter het voorstel van parlementslid David Bahati om......

Regering Uganda wil geen antihomowet

Source country nd-nl Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:25:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Yoweri Museveni[1]; Uganda[3]; KAMPALA[1];

Entities: Yoweri Museveni[1]; David Bahati[1];

KAMPALA - De regering van Uganda staat niet achter het voorstel van parlementslid David Bahati om een nieuwe versie van een wet door te voeren waaronder in de originele versie de doodstraf zou gelden voor homoseksuele activiteiten. Dat zei de regering in reactie op kritiek van mensenrechtenactivisten op de wet....

UGANDA: Opposition tries to capitalise on discontent

Source country oxfordanalytica Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: [Uganda] UGANDA[1]; Yoweri Museveni[1];

Entities: Yoweri Museveni[1];

The energy minister yesterday presented draft legislation to overhaul the oil sector, a day after President Yoweri Museveni warned MPs not to obstruct development of the industry....

LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) LAUNCHES FEWER ATTACKS, BUT THREAT PRESISTS

Source country misna-en Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:32:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[2];

Entities: Joseph Kony[1];

Other categories: Security;

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has launched 284 attacks against villages and homes during 2011, at an average of five per week. In these actions, the bandits originally from Uganda have killed 144 people and abducted 595 accoridng to the first annual ‘tracker LRA Crisis’ developed by the organization ‘Resolve’ and ‘Invisible children’....

Uganda: Court Acquits 'Daily Monitor' Editors

Source country allafrica Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:14:00 PM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Uganda] Uganda[2]; Kampala[3];

[IFEX] Kampala - A court in Kampala has thrown out a case of forgery against the Daily Monitor managing editor Daniel Kalinaki and political editor Henry Ochieng on grounds that the prosecution failed to adduce sufficient evidence to sustain the charge....

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