22 August 2010
Pius Lizard a Ugandan based out of the State of Maine and also Jose Chameleon and Weasel’s brother to perform at the UNAA Convention in DC. Pius performed along side Iryn Namubiru in their Boston concert last night August 21st at Waverly Oaks in Waltham, MA courtesy of Keenote Entertainment.
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22 August 2010
Iryn Namubiru will be among the key performers at the UNAA DC Convention. She performed in Boston to a receptive audience of Ugandans. Iryn is in the US to attend and perform at the 22nd Ugandan North American Association Convention taking place in Washington D.C from September 2nd to the 5th. Check out the Venue [...]
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19 August 2010
Daily Monitor | Kampala | Three members of the United States Congress yesterday called on the government to ensure that the individuals behind the July 11 double bombings in Kampala are brought to justice. The call came two days after 32 suspects were charged at the Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court in connection with the bomb [...]
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13 August 2010
Boston Night of Worship Dispatch | To all my friends in the US and around the world, I will be on TBN this upcoming Friday, August 13th, on the Praise the Lord Show talking about BNOW. We will be going out to potentially 3.6 billion people. To God be the Glory!
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11 August 2010
NYT | Kigali | President Paul Kagame has won 93 percent of the vote in Rwanda’s presidential elections Monday, with the second-place finisher gathering just over 5 percent, according to a total tally of provisional results released Wednesday. According to Rwanda’s national electoral commission, over 98 percent of registered voters participated in the elections, with [...]
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10 August 2010
By Johnson Mujungu | UK | Dr. Frank Byamugisha, the president of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB), was received by Ow’ekitiibwa JB Walusimbi, the Katikkiro (prime minister) of the Kingdom of Buganda when he paid a courtesy call on him on Friday August 6, 2010. Dr. Byamugisha, who was accompanied by Mr. David Behena, [...]
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10 August 2010
Dear Tingasiga: In his series in Saturday Monitor on Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, the former Ugandan president, Fred Guweddeko wrote: “Between November 1960 and November 1961, Binaisa switched positions on Mengo a total of five times. He had supported Buganda Independence, opposed Buganda Independence, supported Buganda Federal (sic), and opposed Buganda federal and again supported Buganda [...]
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08 August 2010
http://www.unaatimes.com/unaa-dc-2010/ | By Dennis Matanda | In one of his latest songs, Ugandan superstar ‘Dr’ Jose Chameleon sings about the resilience of Ugandans and their ability to make it anywhere. When he says ‘Twajja city kupangulula,’ he probably means ‘We came to the Big City to make things happen!’ And we Ugandans DO make things [...]
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03 August 2010
(CNN) – Editor’s note: This year 17 African nations mark 50 years of independence from their former colonial rulers. Eight of those countries celebrate their anniversary in August, they include Benin, Ivory Coast and Gabon. The wave of Independence across Africa in the 1950s and 1960s brought to the end around 75 years of colonial rule [...]
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02 August 2010
BBC | Three Kenyans have been charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda. Hussein Hassan Agad, 27, Mohamed Adan Abdow, 25, and Idris Magondu, 42, were also charged with terrorism and 10 counts of attempted murder. They have yet to [...]
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26 July 2010
By Ronnie Mayanja | UNAA Times Online | The 2010 Miss Africa USA Pageant, highlighting African beauty queens from 17 African nations concluded on Saturday July 23rd with Fifi Soumah, Miss Guinea emerging winner of this year’s pageant. Founded five years ago by Lady Kate Njeuma from Cameroon. The pageant seeks to identify and promote [...]
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21 July 2010
The July 11th Terrorist Attack on Kampala accelerate the search for peace devoid of terrorism on the African continent. Uganda is at the Centre of the Agenda of the African Union meet that kicked off today with a meeting of Government Technocrats. Delegates arriving for meetings that will precede the AU summit are lauding Uganda [...]
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18 July 2010
Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — Ugandan police Sunday released photo reconstructions of two men they say were the suicide bombers behind last week’s attacks on World Cup fans that left 76 dead. “Our intelligence so far confirms that last Sunday’s bomb attacks were suicide attacks,” Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, Uganda’s national police chief, told reporters. The [...]
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17 July 2010
(CNN) — The African Union summit started in Uganda on Saturday, nearly a week after triple bombings in the nation’s capital killed more than 70 people. The summit will address various issues, including health, infrastructure and food security. It will also tackle security concerns in Somalia, Uganda’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Islamist militants have [...]
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17 July 2010
It was a day of double tragedy for one Delaware family when they got news that Nate Henn was killed by a terrorist bomb in Uganda, and then his brother Kyle was in a plane crash while hurrying home to be with the grieving family. Kyle Henn’s brother was killed in a terrorist attack in [...]
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17 July 2010
By Dennis Matanda in Belmont, Massachusetts | The first text message came in at precisely 7:14 pm our time. Then a series of them noiselessly fluttered onto my phone screen – all announcing the same thing: The bombs in Kampala! The bombs in Kabalagala! The bombs at the Rugby Club! It was like they were [...]
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17 July 2010
On Saturday July 10th 2010 all roads led to Chapala Restaurant and Night Club in Burtonsville, Maryland for this year’s Namassagali fundraiser. In what was a very well attended event that brought both the new and old Namassagali boys and girls. The music entertainment was provided by the renown DJ Mondy, Washingtons best and he [...]
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17 July 2010
Alex Taylor Dispatch | In light of the recent bombings in Uganda, please find attached ‘Radical Islam in Africa’ an upcoming article by Ambassador Charles Stith to be published in the ‘Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science’, a prestigious academic journal. This article can serve as a background piece for coverage [...]
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17 July 2010
A turning Point in Uganda’s war on Terrorism | Uganda scoffed at threats by Somali Islamist group Al- Shabab, to launch an attack in Kampala. Museveni said any attack on his country would be dealt with firmly. Al-Shabaab had threatened to attack Uganda and Burundi following the fighting in Mogadishu in which 30 people were [...]
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14 July 2010
Miss Africa USA 2010 Press Release | The pageant management and Delegates are looking forward to seeing you all at the grand finals event July 22 – 25 in Maryland and Washington DC. Any Questions please contact us. We are still accepting sponsors and vendors for this event. Please contact us info@missafricaunitedstates.com For other pageant [...]
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14 July 2010
Police in Kampala say they have foiled what would have been a second round of bomb attacks in the city. Officers found what they believe to be a suicide vest at a hotel just a day after two explosions killed at least 76 football fans. Authorities say several people have now been arrested in connection [...]
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13 July 2010
(CNN) — Ugandan officials have recovered what they’ve alternately described as an explosives-laden belt or a vest in a trashcan at a nightclub in a suburb of Kampala, the chief of police said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, the chief of police, said the device — found Monday — was impregnated with ball bearings and [...]
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13 July 2010
The militant Islamic group Al Shabaab has been threatening to attack Uganda and Burundi capitals in retaliation to the two countries presence in Somalia. The latest warning came only last week but as Yassin Juma reports, Kenya may also have been in the militants’ crosshairs. Video Showing Al Shabaab Militants:
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12 July 2010
People watch the World Cup final at an Ethiopian-owned restaurant in the Kabalagala area of Kampala late on July 11, 2010 moments before twin bomb blasts tore through crowds of football fans. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER Photo updates of events as they unfolded:
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12 July 2010
Mogadishu (Alshahid) -The militant rebels in Somalia Alshabab, linked to international terror group al-Qaeda, have claimed responsibility for the triple bomb attacks late Sunday in Uganda which so far has killed 64 people, reports Xinhua. A senior member of the Somali group said the blasts were aimed at retaliating Uganda for sending peacekeepers to Somalia [...]
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12 July 2010
Ugandan officials have blamed Somalia’s Al-Shabab fighters for twin bomb attacks that ripped through the capital Kampala on Sunday. At least 64 people were killed in the attacks, apparently aimed at foreigners. They had gathered to watch the finals of the football World Cup. In an interview, Ayo Johnson, an analyst for Africa Inform, the [...]
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11 July 2010
By MAX DELANY and JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writers | KAMPALA, Uganda – In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. Americans were among the casualties. The deadliest attack occurred at [...]
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10 July 2010
HRH Omukama [King] of Toro, the current youngest reigning Monarch in the world according to the guinness book of records, Oyo Kabamba Iguru Nyimba Rukidi [iv] who was coroneted earlier this year in Toro, Uganda after turning eighteen years of age, visited Midland-Texas, where he attended and conducted some official engagements in his capacity as [...]
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08 July 2010
The Old Budonian association in London with the family of The Late Rev Laban Bombo invite you to a thanksgiving service for the late Rev Bombo at St Andrews Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY. Please inform any other people whom you know may want to attend this event. For further information, please do not [...]
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