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UGANDA: Basua community battles for survival

IRINnews.org - Jan 26, 2012
Uganda has two indigenous forest communities - the Batwa people of the southwest, a larger group originally from Rwanda and Burundi, and the Basua in the west who came from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Uganda: Busy and Bold

AllAfrica.com - Jan 26, 2012
Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga takes on Mugesera's imminent arrival, the Rwandan justice system coming of age and the resumption of Ingabire's trial. Can you take me through the process Mugesera will undergo once he arrives back in Rwanda?

Uganda's Great Wall of Security

Times Observer - Jan 26, 2012
KAMPALA, UGANDA--"For God and my Country," signed Maj. Gen Kale Kayihura, inspector general of police, in the 2011 document, Uganda Police Force Sector Strategic Plan. Journalists attending events at Makerere University on Jan.

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Uganda books

Uganda, 6th

by: Philip Briggs, Andrew Roberts

Somebody once said that if you planted a walking stick overnight in the soil of Uganda, it would take root before morning dawned. Of all Africa’s safari destinations, this is the most fertile. It’s also the best destination in Africa for seeing a variety of primate species – visitors can spot more than ten types of monkey including mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. And if primate enthusiasts are found wandering round with imbecile grins, Uganda’s birds have ornithologists doing cartwheels: more than 1,000 bird species have been recorded here making Uganda, in practical terms, the finest birdwatching destination in Africa.
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Africa's Top Wildlife Countries: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe

by: Mark W. Nolting
Navigating Africa can be daunting, particularly when planning a safari – an experience that varies greatly according to location. This guide demystifies the process, by detailing the safari stats of 18 African countries with maps, color photographs, illustrations of wildlife, 11 useful charts, and an accommodation guide with a detailed rating system.
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Uganda: The Land and Its People

by: Godfrey Mwakikagile
This is a general introduction to Uganda and its people. The author looks at the country's regions and different ethnic groups from a historical and contemporary perspective. He also examines the different cultures across the country whose ethnic and cultural diversity is one of the most interesting features of this magnificent land. As a country and as a nation, Uganda has unique features which make it stand out on the African continent in a number of ways, making it one of the most well-known countries on the continent.
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Uganda Handbook, 2nd

by: Mike Hodd, Angela Roche

Land-locked in the heart of the African continent, Uganda has a fantastic climate, an ever-changing landscape and people who are honest, polite and genuinely pleased to help. Footprint’s Uganda Handbook will guide you from the peaks of the Mountains of the Moon, through the Impenetrable Forest to the Source of the Nile, taking in adrenalin-pumping thrills of tracking gorillas and rafting some of the best white water rides in the world.

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Uganda's plantation workers' fate in limbo

More than 500 tree-plantation workers in Uganda may lose their jobs after a UK-based forestry company, which hired them, has decided to suspended plantations for this year in the wake of what it calls bad publicity. The international charity organization, Oxfam, in its report claims thousands of people's lives were ruined when they were evicted from their farmland to make way for the plantations. International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, has decided to withdraw funds from the plantations. Oxfam says the company did not comply with international regulations, and that's the reason some investors are pulling out. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from Ugandan capital, Kampala.

 

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Uganda Discovery - The Pearl of Africa HD

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1700 to 2300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country.[4] Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. The official languages are English and Swahili, although multiple other languages are spoken in the country. It is a member of the African Union, the Commonwealth of Nations, Organisation of the Islamic Conference and East African Community.

 

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Ugandans turn to Generators for Power

www.ntvuganda.co.ug A few years ago, the generator was one of the least sought after items, common only with big corporate companies that could not stand an hour without electricity, or the upper class who couldn't bare a few hours of a blackout on a given day.

 

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Eco-friendly electric car made in Uganda

www.ntvuganda.co.ug The eco car branded Kiira EV was test driven at the university premises as students gathered to witness the landmark occasion. The Kiira EV car is the first environmentally friendly car to be designed in Uganda and it's the brainchild of Professor Stevens Tikocdri who says the car can run for eighty kilometers on a full battery.

 

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US sends combat troops to Uganda

Barack Obama, the US president, has announced he is sending combat troops to Uganda to help efforts against rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, who Washington accuse of grievous human rights abuses. A force of 100 trainers and advisers will take part in the hunt for Joseph Kony, one of central Africa's most brutal rebel leaders. Many are questioning as why the US, already involved in two long wars, would commit its forces to this mission. Al Jazeera's Anand Naidoo reports from Washington.