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Uganda Heads Toward Humanity in Security Council

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Casualties, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, UN Security Council, Uganda, Humanitarian Aid, Civilian War Victims, Benedict Lukwiya, World News
Sarah Holewinski

Uganda reminded us that the distinction between lawful and unlawful harm shouldn't give warring parties an excuse to walk away from civilian suffering.

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The Hometown Shakedown: Your Chance to Help Co-Stop the War in Uganda

Jason Russell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Uganda, Uganda Rebels, Lra, Bobby Bailey, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Lra Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, Jason Russell, Laren Poole, Northern Uganda, Impact News
Jason Russell

We at Invisible Children are trying to end Africa's longest running war. This Wednesday, we're meeting members of Congress who haven't yet co-sponsored the bill. This is your chance to help us.

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At Kawolo Hospital

Alexander Vreeland | Posted 11.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Uganda, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Impact News
Alexander Vreeland

The stories and medical realities in some poor African Hospitals today are not so different from my first experiences in the Pediatric AIDS clinics at New York Hospital and Bellevue Hospital in the late 1980s.

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CNN Heroes: Bartender's Nonprofit Turns 'Wine Into Water' For Developing Countries

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Clean Water, Cambodia, Wine to Water, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Triumph, Impact News

You can get your cabernet and pinot from North Carolina-based bartender Doc Hendley, but you'll also get a side of water and some sobering news. Wine...

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Think It's Over Once You're 60? Check Out The Purpose Prize

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Therapy, Purpose Prize, Charity, Child Soldiers, War, The Giving Life, 9/11, New Radicals, Psychology, Uganda, September 11th, Julia Moulden, Peter-C-Alderman-Foundation, Living News
Julia Moulden

This is the true story of a couple of ordinary Americans who thought, once they turned 60, that life would be uneventful. Instead, they've just won a prestigious award that honours their world-changing work.

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New African Union Convention Protects Internally Displaced People

Refugees International | Refugees International | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Kampala-Uganda, Uganda, Home News

On October 23rd the cause of protecting internally displaced people made a major advance. At the conclusion of a Special Summit in Kampala, Uganda, th...

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Somalia: Al Shabab Threatens Uganda And Burundi

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Somalia, Al-Shabab, Shabab, Somalia Shabab, Foreign Affairs, Uganda, Burundi, Al Shabab Urganda, Al Shabab Burundi, Uganda, Home News

Somalia's al-Shabab fighters have said they will attack the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from the two ...

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The Great Convergence of Crises: Can We Handle the 21st Century?

Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Population, Ethiopia, Poverty, Democratic Republic of Congo, World Hunger, Pakistan, United Nations, Immigration, Hunger, Education, Bangladesh, Climate Change, India, Education Reform, Uganda, Nigeria, China, Refugees, World News
Rahim Kanani

The symptoms of catastrophe are unmistakable, and the diagnosis is clear: we are in a race against time with the forces of the natural world.

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Ugandan Antigay Bill Criticized

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Uganda, Home News

Seventeen local and international human rights organizations have come out against an "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" that was introduced in Uganda's parlia...

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Charles Wesley Mumbere, Nurse's Aide In U.S., To Be Crowned African King

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Nurse Aide, Nurse Aid, Charles Wesley Mumbere, Nurse Aide King, Africa, Kasese District, Foreign Affairs, Uganda, Charles Wesley Mumbere King, Charles Wesley Mumbere's, Nurses Aid Is Crowned King in Africa, Nurse Aid King, Mumbere, Wesley Mumbere, Charles Mumbere, Rwenzururu Kigdom, Nurse Aid/King, Charles Wesley, United States Newspaper, United States, World News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his ho...

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Africa News Focus 17.10.09

SW Radio Africa | SW Radio Africa | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Nigeria, Uganda, Home News

On Africa News Focus, Alex Bell looks at threats by a violent rebel group in Nigeria, which this week warned the oil industry and military to b...

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The African Union IDPs Convention: a unique opportunity to strengthen the protection of the internally displaced in Africa

Refugees International | Refugees International | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Uganda, Home News

At a Special Summit to be held in Uganda from 19-23 October, the African Union (AU) is expected to adopt a Convention for the Prevention of Internal ...

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Vermont Funeral-Home Owner Gives Big To Hospitals, Orphanage

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Orphanages, Philanthropy, H2o for All, Burlington-Vermont, Don Smith, Hospitals, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Impact News

Don Smith doesn't have a single cause. His friend refers to him as a "strategic philanthropist." This Burlington, Vermont, funeral-home owner and oper...

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Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, Somali Minister, Kidnapped In Uganda

Al Jazeera English | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia Uganda, Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, Indaade Kidnaped, Somali Minister, Somalia, Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad Kidnapped, Uganda, Foreign Affairs, Indaade, World News

Somalia's state minister for defence has been kidnapped in the Ugandan capital, according to relatives and government sources....

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Somali minister kidnapped in Uganda

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Kampala-Uganda, Uganda, Home News

Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad had been visiting the Ugandan capital when seized....

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Prolonged drought devastates Kenyan people, wildlife

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Home News

A long and severe drought in the eastern part of Africa has had an effect not only on people, but also on wildlife. The countries worst affected are K...

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Idelphonse Nizeyimana, Rwanda Queen-Killing Genocide Suspect, Arrested In Uganda

AP | GODFREY OLUKYA and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Rwanda Queen, Interpol, Idelphonse Nizeyimana Arrested, Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Uganda, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, Queen of Rwanda, Queen Rosalie Gicanda, Nizeyimana, Rwandan Queen, Queen of Rwanda, Rosalie Gicanda,, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — A top suspect wanted for orchestrating the killings of thousands of people in Rwanda's 1994 genocide – including childre...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Karzai, Iran, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Star Wars, Missile Defense, Israel, Al-Shabbab, Obama, Somalia, Uganda, UN Security Council, Putin, Chavez, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The week's top stories in foreign affairs: Redirecting Missile Defense SI Analysis: The Obama administration announces that it is scraping plans fo...

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PETITION: Get Obama To Commit To Arrest Warlord Joseph Kony

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lra, Lord's Resistance Army, Uganda, Invisible Children, Barack Obama, Lra Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, Joseph Kony, Impact News

If you haven't yet heard of Invisible Children, you're either not 19 or don't watch Oprah. You are, however, not alone. This youth-oriented organizati...

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Uganda Unveils Online Gorilla Tracking

nytimes.com | Pete Browne | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: friendagorilla.org, Animal Rights, Extinction, Animal-Protection, Africa, Gorillas, Online Video, Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Wildlife, Green News

"The project aims to bring attention to the plight of gorillas," said Lillian Nsubuga, a spokeswoman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, "and any money...

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Uganda: Deadly Riots Erupt In Capital For 2nd Day

AP | GODFREY OLUKYA | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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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From Idi Amin to Al-Bashir: A Critical Moment for International Criminal Justice

Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Idi Amin Uganda, Sudan, Africa, Criminal Court of Justice, Icc, Al-Bashir's Sudan, Uganda, Idi Amin, International Criminal Court, World News
Rahim Kanani

With a number of outstanding arrest warrants and many more countries on the cusp of becoming active ICC investigations, the system of international criminal justice is at a crossroads.

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Empowering Butikiro, Uganda To Secure Sustainability

GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 09.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Empowering Butikiro, Uganda, Home News

SLINT-Uganda's mission is to empower people to secure sustainable incomes, food security and  improved quality of life while at the same time mai...

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Hillary Clinton in Congo: Tempers, Human Rights, and Media Cliché

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Uganda, Mugunga I, Georgianne Nienaber, New York Times, Kabila, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, War, Chilren, Radio Okapi, Refugees, Mugunga II, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Media reports of Hillary Clinton's visit to Congo have so far focused on her testy remark to a Congolese student. But what about human rights and continuing corruption in the Kabila government?

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