14 November 2011
(AP) KINSHASA, Congo – A national park in Congo best known for its endangered mountain gorillas is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava nearly 1,000 feet into the air. Mount Nyamulagira began erupting on Nov. 6 and could continue to do so for days, or [...]
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06 September 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ Ethiopian Airlines announced a special short-term “Buy One Get One Free**” fare sale to most major cities in Africa. Tickets must be purchased by September 10, 2011 for travel beginning from September 12, 2011 through November 30, 2011 These fares are available to many cities within Africa. Here’s how the fare works: [...]
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27 April 2011
By Ronnie Mayanja | Travel Insight | In January of this year I embarked on a trip to my motherland Uganda. Prior to the trip I had been shopping around for an airline that could provide me with stellar in-flight service at an affordable cost. It was not long before friends recommended Ethiopian Airlines – [...]
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21 March 2011
BY ELLA RYCHLEWSKI | The Independent | When my mother announced she was coming to visit Uganda, I went into a Google search on Ugandan tourism and started asking my acquaintances what we should not miss on our one week tour. Our circuit of Western Uganda started from Kampala, up to Murchison Falls National Park, [...]
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26 January 2011
(CNN) | The U.S. Embassy in Uganda is warning its citizens in the east African nation that regional terror groups “remain actively interested in attacking” American interests. “We are particularly concerned about the month of February,” the embassy, based in the capital, Kampala, said in a statement. Uganda is holding presidential elections next month. The [...]
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13 November 2010
Ethiopian Airlines Promotional Tickets to UGANDA | Round Trip to Entebbe ~ USD $849.00 ~ This special is available from many cities in the USA served by Delta Airlines and US Airways Via Washington Dulles to Entebbe, Uganda and is valid for 3 months stay form the day of departure. Date of departure is from August [...]
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30 July 2010
ARLINGTON — The Rangers had an interesting guest throw out the first pitch of Sunday’s finale against the Orioles at the Ballpark in Arlington. His Royal Majesty King Oyo, the reigning Omukama of Toro in Uganda made his first visit to a Major League Baseball game. “I did not know that. Here? I did not know [...]
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13 June 2010
By Arthur Mwenkanya | It has been a while since I graced my opinion on these pages. I have been hit by two calamitous events. The first one is that I have had to go back to school [university]. I will tell you all about it at a later stage but it is all along [...]
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04 May 2010
By Barbara Birungi | UNAA Times Online. The count down has now began to the start of the world cup and I am telling you we are ready. First in 2005 when Seth Blatter( FIFA President) announced that SA will be hosting the world cup, it sounded like a dream. The white man said how [...]
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Posted in Events, News, Travel
19 December 2009
What does it feel like to be face-to-face with a 450- pound gorilla? In Uganda you can see — and smell — for yourself BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — For two hours we hiked through the humidity, with only scrapes, blisters and ant bites as our rewards. The promise of seeing a mountain gorilla [...]
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15 December 2009
Dear Guests, It gives me great pleasure to present to you our comprehensive festive season programme. Families and friends usually come together at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel to celebrate the year gone by and to usher in the new. Come and join us in making this season a very special one. The line up and content [...]
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30 September 2009
UNAA Times Online | www.unaatimes.com | On Friday September 25th 2009 ”Blu 3′ a Ugandan gal group held their final performance at Club Rendezvous a popular Ugandan night spot in Boston before departing from the US. Among the artists on stage that night were Michael Ross who is currently touring Texas and Ragga Dee who [...]
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24 September 2009
By Arthur Mwenkanya | www.unaatimes.com | The last time I wrote about my nocturnal escapades my dear friend from our boarding school days at Kings College Budo Vicky N. Muli fired off a missive from her Omaha Nebraska residence chiding me for not learning the lessons of dressing well for a social function. Well, after [...]
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Posted in Humor, News, Travel
24 September 2009
September 2009, Karisoke Research Center Field News | www.unaatimes.com | On the morning of Sept. 14, Fossey Fund trackers at the Karisoke Research Center found legendary silverback Titus dead on his night nest in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. He was 35, which is quite old for a male mountain gorilla.
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Posted in Featured, Galiwango, Travel
06 September 2009
www.unaatimes.com | UNAA Convention | The Boat cruise had a rocky start. The Buses arrived while the candidate debates were still going on. Members who wanted to catch the buses were asked to exit the hall peacefully. The cause of the delay as reported was due to a higher number of members that registered for [...]
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06 September 2009
Dear Readers, we bring you, in pictures, the event of the night at the UNAA Convention; Presidential Campaigns, featuring the incumbent Mr. Musisi, and the challengers Moses Wilson from Carlifornia and Flex Kabuye of Atlanta, Georgia. We had a healthy and spirited debate that covered a range of issues.We will be bringing the videos so [...]
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Posted in News, Travel, UNAA
04 September 2009
As an advertisement extension to all our AD partners we create a complimentary landing page with more information that can be updated in realtime to reflect the growth of the company. In this edition, we present Sheraton Hotel Kampala in Uganda. Check out the images and the vacation packages of the featured hotel. Here are the [...]
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02 September 2009
By Arthur Mwenkanya | Last Saturday evening I was invited by a friend of mine, Amisi from Congo to go and attend a party that had been organised by the Congolese community in Stoke On Trent. He, Amisi, is one of those men to whom women just flock to. He is evidently quite good looking [...]
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Posted in Humor, News, Travel
02 September 2009
www.unaatimes.com | Dear Readers. The UNAA Convention Week is finally upon us and we at UNAA Times are glad to inform you all that we shall be able to present you with all the highlights of this year’s 21st UNAA Convention in real time. Check back as we blog live and bring you the sights [...]
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01 September 2009
This week, the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Tourism ministry kick-start activities to mark the UN International Year of the Gorilla. The campaign seeks to highlight the danger these primates face and make a case for their sustenance. Uganda specifically has reason to observe this day. In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in western Uganda, are about [...]
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Posted in Galiwango, Travel
24 August 2009
A Tour of Chicago, Event venue for the upcoming 21st Uganda North American Association Convention | Marriot Hotel |
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21 August 2009
By Arthur Mwenkanya | www.unaatimes.com | Late 20th Century King’s College Budo in Uganda had quite a number of memorable theatrical speeches. Olangos’ campaign speech for the post of Head Prefect in November 1985 was a master class. It left the whole school with the attending members of staff in the school main hall absolutely [...]
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Posted in Inspiration, Life Stories, News, Travel
18 August 2009
EarthWise, Thain Boatworks, and the PNW African Chamber of Commerce are hosting a Lake Victoria Ferry Farewell! Last chance to see the Lake Victoria ferry stateside!!! Don’t miss this opportunity to see the Ferry up close in her full grandeur!
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13 August 2009
By Arthur Mwenkanya | www.unaatimes.com | Usually when I visit a new place, the first thing that I do is have a quick look around. I find that as soon as I arrive, before I even get my room ready, I am off. Recently I visited the Sunshine Isle Ibiza with my family. My poor [...]
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Posted in Humor, Inspiration, Travel
03 June 2009
Delta Air Lines Inc. has postponed indefinitely its planned Tuesday inaugural flight from Atlanta to Nairobi, Kenya. Delta was notified Monday night that the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration would need more time to approve Delta’s flights to Kenya and one scheduled to start June 8 from New York-JFK to Monrovia, Liberia.
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02 June 2009
By Bethsheba Achitsa | UNAA Times Online | Focus on Africa | Business travelers and tourists are set to benefit from Delta Airlines’ direct flights between Kenya and the United States of America from June 5, 2009. With visa fees for tourists visiting the country cut by 50% for adults and abolished for children under [...]
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24 May 2009
Uganda is a wonderful place to experience Africa — and rafting is just a piece of it. You can trek deep into Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and stand eye to eye with a 500-pound critically endangered mountain gorilla. You can scale mountain peaks in the Rwenzoris (also known as the Mountains of the Moon) and see wild elephants at Queen Elizabeth National Park. You can bungee jump, jet boat and kayak. And when you’re done and ready to relax, you can head to the capital, Kampala, to feast on Indian food at boutique hotels and watch enormous marabou storks fly lazy circles in the air, like feathered B-52s, right in the center of town.
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