26 August 2010
Here is a video that may have fallen through the cracks due to lack of Media coverage here in the Diaspora | President Obama holds a town hall meeting with Young African Leaders from over 50 countries about the future of Africa in an interconnected world and the role of the United States as a [...]
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Posted in Featured, Inspiration
15 August 2010
Maurice Kirya appeared on the The Patricia Show in Nairobi, Kenya. He talks about learning to play the guitar, his fans, The Maurice Kirya Experiece, and performs his hit song “I Will Sing”. The show is the most popular talk show in East Africa. Check it out! He is also one of the ten African [...]
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Posted in Featured, Inspiration, News
10 August 2010
Deborah Asiimwe is from Uganda and was ecstatic at having won BBC African Performance 2010. She said she is also honoured and humbled that Professor Wole Soyinka chose her script as the winner. Deborah’s play was seen as convincing and streetwise The Nobel Laureate is someone whose writing Deborah says she fell in love with [...]
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04 August 2010
Photography of all types of food grown in Uganda. Mwiine Derrick did a good job of cataloging the food ie; fruits, vegetables, that earned Uganda the nickname, Africa’s food basket. Ugandan does indeed have that capacity due to the beautiful climate that we are blessed with. A thumbs up to all the Ugandan farmers that [...]
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Posted in News, Photos of Uganda
03 August 2010
Recently President Museveni (L) got a hearty laugh while watching Herbert Mendo Ssegujja (R) mimic him at Amelia Kyambadde’s sendoff party. The comedian, who makes a living mimicking the President, left his audience wiping tears of joy. Ms Kyambadde resigned her job as Museveni’s principal private secretary to join politics. PHOTOS BY JOSEPH KIGGUNDU Here [...]
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Posted in Featured, Humor, News
02 August 2010
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A Delaware native killed in a terrorist bombing in Uganda is being memorialized in his boyhood church in Wilmington. A spokeswoman says Bethel Baptist Church was preparing for an overflow crowd of 800 at Nathan Henn’s memorial service Saturday morning. The 25-year-old humanitarian aid worker was among 76 people killed July [...]
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Posted in Life Stories, News, Obituary
02 August 2010
MOGADISHU, (IRIN) – Somali citizens among thousands recently deported from Saudi Arabia have failed to trace their families in Mogadishu, the capital, due to the frequent displacement caused by ongoing fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents. Somali officials have urged Saudi Arabia to halt the deportations, saying conditions in the Horn of Africa country [...]
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Posted in Life Stories, News
31 July 2010
I was born a white child in Uganda, East Africa to missionary parents, Velma and David Freeman. When I was 8 years old, our time in Africa came to a sudden and frightening end. Just three months earlier, my dad had witnessed the brutal killing of our town mayor in Masaka. The mayor had been [...]
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Posted in Inspiration, News
30 July 2010
This is an inspirational story of a Canadian lady who absolutely loves Uganda. Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson was born in Uganda. Her family was deported by Idi Amin Dada in 1973, She returned after many years to make a difference in the life of a Ugandan Family, Maria and her 3 grand-children | On April 18, [...]
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24 July 2010
By Diata Wallace | Examiner | With the first ever Africa Fashion Week designer showcase coming to a close, there were 3 designers who gave not only a good presentation but also a great entertaining experience. Fashion designers Osun , 54 Kingdoms and Solome Katongole wowed the audience with great collections and excitement. Osun, who [...]
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15 July 2010
Friend a Gorilla Campaign | Saving the last remaining Mountain Morillas | Key Club International on 10th July in Memphis City, USA, joined the worldwide campaign to save the Uganda Mountain Gorillas in a charity walk that attracted friend-a-gorilla Ambassador and Hollywood star Simon Curtis. Over 1000 Key Club Members paid $10 each to participate.
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04 July 2010
Here are some Photos taken in and around Kampala City, highlighting some of the modes of transport available to you as you venture out to explore the capital city of the Pearl of Africa, Uganda. The lone camel is a fixture along the Entebbe road, we are yet to find out how much it costs [...]
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Posted in Photos of Uganda
04 July 2010
When you’ve just suffered one of the cruelest exits in World Cup history, as Ghana did on Friday, it takes something pretty big to lift your spirits less than 24 hours later. Maybe something as big as an invite to meet a living legend. Luckily, Ghana got just that on Saturday, when the whole team [...]
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01 July 2010
The Serene Suites Hotel was officially launched on May 13th. It was a wonderful ceremony with many dignitaries gracing the opening of this beautifully, and quietly set hotel; located on the slopes of the mutundwe Hill, on the outskirts of Kampala. The performers at the Event included Isaiah Katumwa, Ragga Dee, Sweet Kid and Jamal. [...]
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Posted in News, Photos of Uganda, Real Estate
29 June 2010
By Dennis Matanda | When Norbert Mao resigned his parliamentary seat to serve as LC V Chairman of Gulu municipality in 2006, most of the Acholi lived in Internally Displaced Camps [IDPs]. In the four years he has been back to the land of his father and forefathers, about 98% of these people have been [...]
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29 June 2010
By Dennis Matanda | I am a most critical person. I cannot, for the life of me, stand tardiness! And anyone who knows me knows that I like music. I love music and use my instinct to judge songs I listen to. Which is why I was pretty pleased that my editor asked me [...]
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Posted in Artists, Inspiration, News
22 June 2010
By Dennis Matanda | www.unaatimes.com | If, and when, he becomes President after the 2011 Uganda Presidential Elections, Norbert Mao knows who is going to form his cabinet. He has already picked out a Vice President, a Prime Minister, cabinet ministers – and if he has his way, he’ll maintain Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, [currently Minister [...]
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Posted in Featured, Life Stories, News
22 June 2010
By Barbara Birungi | South Africa | Early this month my colleague (whom I will call Noma) invites us to Kwazulu Natal for a thanksgiving/giveaway ceremony. This ceremony is a zulu ceremony done for ladies who are 21yrs old and are virgins. The parents make rituals to the ancestors and they hand you over to [...]
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19 June 2010
CNN | Manute Bol, one of the tallest players in NBA history, died Saturday at the age of 47, a spokeswoman with the University of Virginia Medical Center confirmed to CNN. The hospital did not disclose the cause of death. Bol, who was listed at 7-feet-7 inches tall and 225 pounds, played for the Washington [...]
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Posted in Inspiration, News
11 June 2010
He peered into my eyes and said, ‘I can’t pick you up. You’re too fat, just like your mother.’ In that instant, he confirmed all of my fears, and I knew he was right. I was too fat… too fat to like, too fat to love, too fat to matter.”
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Posted in Featured, Health, Inspiration
29 May 2010
By RAPHAEL TENTHANI, Associated Press Writer | BLANTYRE, Malawi – Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Activists were searching for a safe house for the couple, fearing they could be attacked upon [...]
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Posted in Life Stories, News
16 March 2010
By Faith Karimi, CNN | Fort Portal, Uganda (CNN) — At first glance, he looks like any other 17-year-old. He bobs his head to rapper Jay-Z, plays video games and reads the “Twilight” vampire books. When he’s not doing homework, he kicks a soccer ball in his backyard. Yet looks can be deceiving. People in [...]
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26 February 2010
VOA’s Vincent Makori talks to Ugandan singer Angella Katatumba. | She is much more than just another Ugandan musician. Angella Katatumba is a philanthropist who, through her Angella Katatumba Development Foundation and specifically the ‘For You Gulu’ project has raised awareness and help for the people in northern Uganda. But this has not gone unnoticed. [...]
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11 February 2010
DFGFI Field News | Mount Nyamulagira (10,033 feet), located in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted over the weekend. This volcano, considered one of the most active in the world and in continuous activity since 2006, is part of the Virunga volcanic chain that stretches between Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC. [...]
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Posted in Inspiration, News
14 November 2009
Last week I was having a phone conversation with an old friend of mine back in Uganda. We have not seen each other in a long time but recently after he “discovered” me on facebook, we got in touch and its like we have never been apart. I call him nearly every week. However, the [...]
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Posted in Humor, News
12 November 2009
As the year winds down and birds fly south, here in the US, change is all around. The leaves are turning a flaming hue of orange and red. Trees are beginning to lose their leaves as the weather gets colder. Everywhere you turn, you are bound to catch a squirrel with a mouthful of acorns [...]
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Posted in Fall Series Photos, News
29 October 2009
Youth Superfest held in October 2009 at Theatre La Bonita in central Kampala Uganda. This was a city wide youth event with youngsters from many different churches. The host is Edwin Musiime, head of religious broadcasting at UBC and the visitors are Bruce and Sharon Oliver of Mango Ministries, England. The power of God falls [...]
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Posted in Events, Inspiration, Videos
26 October 2009
Hi Guys, for those of you who haven’t been home in a while or are planning to travel home for Christmas, this is what you will encounter in terms of transportation in and around the city center of Kampala. From the looks of the scenery, CHOGM is becoming a distant memory. The mode of transportation [...]
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Posted in News, Photos of Uganda
26 October 2009
Patrick Olobo, Uganda’s top-ranked tennis player, struggles to leave behind a devastating civil war, finding a new set of obstacles after emigrating to the US. Uganda is in the midst of the world’s longest-running civil war, a 22-year conflict that has displaced over 2 million people from their homes, resulting in the abductions of over [...]
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Posted in Life Stories, News