20110414
Reuters
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police fired teargas to disperse a crowd that gathered after an opposition leader was prevented from taking part in a second round of protests over rising fuel and food prices, witnesses said.

20110411
reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police charged Uganda's main opposition leader and detained others as they prepared to march in protest over rising food and fuel prices in the east African country, police said on Monday.

20110228
reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A member of Uganda's government has proposed lengthening the presidential term to seven from five years a week after President Yoweri Museveni extended his 25-year-rule in a disputed election.

20110227
reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandans cheering skywards as a yellow plane circles and blares out President Yoweri Museveni's popular rap single are sure an opposition call to protest against his election win is ridiculous.

20110225
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- A grenade explosion accidentally killed four children and injured nine others in the northwestern Ugandan district of Moyo, a senior police officer in the district said on Thursday.

20110218
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Presidential and parliamentary polls in Uganda opened on Friday in which 13.9 million Ugandans will choose a new president and members of parliament.

20110217
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is set to go to the polls to elect a new president on Friday. The following are the key political events in Uganda after independence.

20110217
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda will on Friday hold presidential and parliamentary elections in which a total of eight candidates are vying for the country's presidency.

20110217
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is set to go to the polls to elect a new president on Friday. The following are the basic facts about the East African country.

20110217
Xinhua
KAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is set to go to the polls to elect a new president on Friday. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is one of the eight candidates vying for the country's top job.

20110217
Xinhua
ENTEBBE, Uganda Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's presidential campaigns closed on Wednesday with incumbent President Yoweri Museveni predicting to win the elections with a landslide victory.

20110213
reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had not completed a recent evaluation of Uganda's economy because the country's economic policies are "inconsistent" with those previously agreed with the fund.

20110208
africanews

Achilles Byaruhanga is now Executive Director of Nature Uganda, which is striving for the well-being of natural resources. When he was at his early days, he used to herd cows as many of his village colleagues. Thus, waking up early to deploy the caws and getting back home late evening were daily activities of Byaruhanga.

20110207
reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's army says it will respect the result of a presidential election even if long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni loses the Feb 18 vote.

20110206
reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police said they believe terrorists are targeting Kampala before national elections this month, the latest in a series of threats since twin bombs killed 79 people in the capital last year.

20110123
xinhua

Ugandan police said on Sunday that more police officers have been deployed in the capital Kampala to prevent any election violence as next month's general elections draw close.

20110107
New Vision

PRESIDENT of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has said that Sunday's referendum on the future of southern Sudan will be an opportunity to enhance security and stability in East Africa.

20110101
monitor

To suppress any continued spread of the yellow fever, government has dispatched a national task force to the affected districts in the north to sensitise people and identify any new case of the disease.

20110101
Monitor

Security operatives in the eastern town of Busia have arrested three suspected Somalis believed to be linked to the al-shabaab terrorist group who were reportedly attempting to sneak into the country.

20101211
reuters

TULLOW Oil vice-president for Africa has refuted allegations in one of the Wikileaks stories in which he is quoted accusing security minister Amama Mbabazi and energy minister Hillary Onek of graft.