Kampala

Ugandan Youth Work to Address Issues In Kampala's Most Notorious Slum

Heather Box | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Prostitution, Schools, Uganda, Activism, Slums, Uganda Youth, Sex Workers, Kampala, Bwaise, Good News News

"I want people of the world to know that people like me come from Bwaise. I know you know about the floods, about the poverty, about the sex work. But I want you to know that there are also inspired, committed young people!"

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Smuggled Ivory, Animal Parts Seized At Uganda Border

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Uganda Animal Parts, Video, Uganda Revenue Authority, Ivory, Bones, Animal Skin, Sarah Banage, Kampala, Kampala Uganda, Uganda, Animals, Uganda Ivory, Green News

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Officials in Uganda say they have seized nearly 360 pounds (162 kilograms) of ivory and other animal parts and products that were b...

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Uganda Lightning Strikes School, Killing 18 Students And Teacher

AP | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Storms, Uganda Lightning, Kampala, Natural Disasters, Uganda, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan officials say 22 students and a teacher died after lightning struck their school in the country's midwest. Local poli...

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My Trip to Kampala

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Uganda, Entebbe, Hotel Serena, Sinclair Lewis, Kampala, Africa, Arts, Idi Amin, National Theatre of Uganda, Kennedy Center, Travel, Teaching, Travel News

One student called the session "revolutionizing" and almost all came up to me to tell me how much they had learned and how this new way of thinking about arts management was so helpful.

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Museveni Expects To Maintain 25-Year Uganda Hold

AP | MAX DELANY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Uganda, North Africa Protests, Uganda President, Uganda Elections, Kampala, Egypt Protets, Inter-Party Cooperation, North Africa Unrest, Hosni Mubarak, Yoweri Museveni, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda's long-serving president says he will not become the latest African leader to be unseated by popular unrest, and electi...

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Meeting David Kato: His Courage Is a Model for Our Leaders

Richmond Blake and Rafaela Zuidema | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Lgbt, Kampala, Gay Rights, Uganda, David Kato, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, World News

Two weeks ago, we spoke to Ugandan LGBT rights activist David Kato at length, and were struck by his passion and courage in the face of such extreme hatred.

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Funeral Of Slain Ugandan Gay Activist Interrupted By Protest

AP | MAX DELANY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Kampala, David Kato, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Uganda Gay Activist, Gay Activist, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — An anti-gay protester created a commotion at the funeral Friday for a prominent activist slain in Uganda, yelling out homophob...

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Sidewalks

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Harmony, Art, The Balanced Life, Galleries, Sidewalk, Kampala, Artist, Uganda, Logan Pollard, School, Puddle, Light, Living, Study, Healthy Living News

See the rest of this series this week here. ...

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How Not to Address the Uganda Bombings

Maria Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethiopia, Kenya, Amisom, Uganda World Cup Bomb, World Cup 2010, United Nations, European Union, Kampala, Obama Administration, Uganda, Al Shabaab, African Union, World News

Washington, which strongly condemned the Kampala bombings, should push for consistent accountability in East African countries so that the threat of terrorism is not manipulated to entrench authoritarian rule.

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Tragedy in Uganda and a Rare Opportunity to Deliver for Africa's Women

Jill Sheffield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reproductive Health, Kampala, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, Maputo, African Union Summit, World News

These past few weeks especially, Kampala has been on my mind because amidst the grief over recent events there is an amazing opportunity. The city is host to the 15th African Union Summit.

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Who Is Al-Shabaab's Next Target? (VIDEO)

Christof Putzel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Al-Shabab, Terrorists, World Cup, Terrorism, Al-Shabaab, War on Terror, Jihad, Mogadishu, Al Qaeda, Africa, Militant, Kampala, Muslims, Somalia, Uganda, World News

A Somali militant group's claim that it carried out the devastating attack on a popular restaurant in Uganda during the World Cup final triggered wide...

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Kampala World Cup Massacre

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Matt Anderson, Al-Shabab, Lion's Den, Kampala, Somalia, Devin Hibbard, Beadforlife, Al-Qaeda, Bombing, Netherlands, Ethiopian Village, World Cup, Spain, Rugby Club, Kabalagala, Denver News

I had hardly stopped fist pumping in the air over Spain's victory in the World Cup when I heard the news about the simultaneous bombings in Kampala, Uganda.

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Bombings Target World Cup Fans

AP | MAX DELANY and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Word Cup, World Cup 2010, Uganda Bomb, Uganda World Cup, Al Shabab, Al Shabab Uganda, Uganda World Cup Bomb, Uganda Attack, Uganda Terrorism, Kampala, Kyadondo Rugby Club, Ethiopia, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — East Africa saw the emergence of a new international terrorist group, as Somalia's most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militia clai...

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Deed for Life

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Ownership, Uganda, Hiv, Ndagire Sarah, Kampala, Devin Hibbard, Beadforlife, Friendship Village, Aids, Poverty, Mukono, Denver News

Sarah was now a homeowner because of her partnership with BeadforLife. For many months she rolled beads out of recycled paper and saved her money for a down payment.

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Uganda's Gays Fight Back Against Crackdown

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Kampala, Gay Rights Uganda, Homosexuality Africa, Africa, Gay Rights Africa, David Bahati, Homosexual Rights, World News

By Gregory Branch KAMPALA, Uganda -- Even as Uganda's parliament considers the Anti-Homosexuality Bill -- which calls for the death penalty for som...

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Long Before Earthquake Destruction in Haiti, A Drinking Water Crisis

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Purification, Dirty, International Action, Children, Knight Foundation, Malaria, Knight Center for International Media, Unhealthy, Corroded, Springs, Clean, Drilling, Lack, World Health Organization, Water-Borne, Miami, Uganda, Kampala, Die, Dysentery, Pan American Health Organization, Earthquake, Drinking, Haiti, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Port-Au-Prince, Diarrhea, Water, Well, Cholera, Crisis, Typhoid, Diseases, Bacteria, World News

As the rebuilding of Haiti gets underway, billions of dollars are going to be spent. Some of those dollars, perhaps a billion or more, should be dedicated to cleaning up the country's drinking water.

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Uganda Debates Legislation That Would Impose Death Penalty For Gays And Jail Time For Family Members

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD and GODFREY OLUKYA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Uganda Gay Rights, Uganda, Gay Rights, Kampala, James Nsaba Buturo, Uganda Death Penalty, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven...

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Deadly Riots Erupt In Ugandan Capital For 2nd Day

AP | GODFREY OLUKYA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda Rebels, Unrest Uganda, Uganda Fighing, Africa, Riots in Uganda, Uganda Riots, Riots in Africa, Congo Uganda, Uganda, Uganda Africa, Kampala, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — Rioters angry over political and land issues clashed with government forces for a second day Friday, and at least six people w...

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Child Soldiers on Film: "Kassim the Dream" (I)

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Mamdani, Museveni, Child Soldiers, Kassim the Dream, Trauma and Theater, Lords-Resistance-Army, Joseph Kony, Save the Children, Kampala, Gulu, World News

The situation of child soldiers remains the same: and the finger points back -- many argue -- at Museveni himself.

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