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UNAA Times Online is not responsible for content in YouTube "related videos" that scroll across the bottom of the screen in the Featured Video.McLeod Russel to buy Uganda-based tea firm for $30million
24 December 2009
McLeod Russel, through its UK-based subsidiary Borelli Tea Holding, has signed a share purchase agreement with UK firms James Finlay Limited and James Finlay International Limited for acquiring a Ugandan tea firm.
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Super Star Akon joins Senegal’s Private Sector
20 December 2009
Kemo Cham, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal The Senegalese-American R&B superstar, Alioune Badara Thiam, better known by his stage name as Akon, has joined calls by the government of the country of his father’s birth for Senegalese Diasporans to join the private sector in a bid to boost the country’s economy. The government owned Le [...]
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Uganda | Political Parties Fail to Declare Funding
20 December 2009
Kampala- The Electoral Commission of Uganda says if they tightened the noose around parties which fail to declare election funding, all of them would probably be deregistered. This would be a setback to the country’s democracy as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and all the opposition parties have failed to declare their source of [...]
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New climate change deal for Uganda
19 December 2009
At Copenhagen on Tuesday 15th December, Welsh Environment Minister Jane Davidson today announced a new deal between the Welsh Assembly Government and the Mbale region of Uganda to help prepare the area for the impacts of climate change. The Mbale Territorial Approach to Climate Change project is a three year partnership between Wales, the Mbale [...]
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Uganda’s animal attraction
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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Global Warming | Climate change voices – Uganda
19 December 2009
Uganda relies upon regular rainfall seasons to sustain the farming. Conditions have grown difficult with frequent droughts as a result of climate change. Local people and meteorology experts tell us the extent of the changes in weather patterns and the impact this is having on how people live in Uganda. For more on the UK [...]
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Modern Living in Lubowa, Apartments | Pearl Estates | UNAA Times Online AD Partner
17 December 2009
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The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers | Uganda’s Mwenda makes No.98
17 December 2009
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers From the brains behind Iran’s Green Revolution to the economic Cassandra who actually did have a crystal ball, they had the big ideas that shaped our world in 2009. Read on to see the 100 minds that mattered most in the year that was. DECEMBER 2009 1. Ben Bernanke [...]
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A Day at the Uganda Embassy in Washingston D.C
16 December 2009
By Ronnie Mayanja | www.unaatimes.com | It is a chilly December, on a Wednesday afternoon in Washington DC and I am worried I may not make it in time for my next appointment following an interview and a behind-the-scenes tour I have just made at Voice of America. I jump into a cab on Independence [...]
Iganga District Water Offices and the community.
16 December 2009
Kiringa shallow well built in collarboration with Uganda Village Project, Iganga District Water Offices and the community.
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16 December 2009
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Christmas & New Year Celebrations at Sheraton Kampala
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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Uganda – Rwanda HIGHLIGHTS FINAL CECAFA 2009
13 December 2009
Uganda – Rwanda HIGHLIGHTS FINAL CECAFA 2009
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Gachoka wins Kenya Day golf crown in Uganda
13 December 2009
Kenya’s new golf convert Peter Gachoka carded 43 stable ford points to win the Kenya Day Open golf tournament at the par-72 Kitante course in Kampala, Uganda at the weekend. The impressive win by the Kenyan sensational golfer has earned him promotion and he will no longer play off handicap 27 Gachoka beat handicap 18 [...]
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Uganda Cranes retain Cecafa cup
13 December 2009
Defending Cecafa champions Uganda have retained their regional title after defeating Rwanda 2-0 in the final of the Cecafa Cup in Nairobi. Dan Wagaluka opened the score with a long range effort just before half time. Emmanuel Okwi scrambled the ball in from close range to give Uganda their 11th Cecafa trophy. Their Scottish coach Bobby [...]
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Rwandan president reelected to head party
13 December 2009
KIGALI (AFP) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been reelected with a crushing majority to head the Rwandan Patriotic Front party that has been in power since 1994. His only rival in Saturday’s election, Abdul Kharim Harelimana, took just two percent of the votes in a meeting of 3,000 party members in the capital, Kigali. [...]
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A Day at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center | 2010 UNAA DC Convention Event Venue
12 December 2009
By Ronnie Mayanja | November 30th had finally come. This is the day I had planned weeks earlier to visit the magnificent Gaylord Hotel and Resort and the new home to 2010 UNAA Convention. My flight is scheduled to depart at 10:00AM and I am off to Logan Airport to catch my flight to Washigton [...]
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CNN | Uganda bans female circumcision
12 December 2009
CNN | The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an international outcry and is practiced in some African and Asian communities. The practice, which involves cutting off a girl’s clitoris, is also called female circumcision. In some communities in eastern Uganda, it is practiced in [...]
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NFSC | Meet the Namugongo Fund for Special Children
11 December 2009
By Ronnie Mayanja | December 1st is commemorated as the World Aids Day and in Boston last week there was spotlight on activities devoted to creating awareness of some sort. On one of my Friday evenings in conformity with tradition I had stopped by the Karibu Restaurant in Waltham to get a taste of some [...]
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Celebrate Africa Song: by George Okudi & Josephine Atanga
10 December 2009
This is one of those songs that tags at your heart the more you listen to it. It has the potential of becoming an African Anthem of sorts. A beautiful song about the continent of Africa . . .This Song is a MUST Listen!!
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Sports | Uganda reach Cecafa final.
09 December 2009
Uganda’s national team. Defending champions Uganda have reached the final of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup. The Cranes beat Zanzibar 2-1 in the first semi-final of the East and Central African regional tournament. The Ugandans had earlier dumped hosts Kenya out of the competition after a 1-0 win in the quarter finals. They will now [...]
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South Africa | Danger Looms for Sports Fans!
09 December 2009
As the 2010 FIFA World Cup approaches host South Africa has no programme to deal with sex workers, stated Marlise Richter, a sex work researcher and member of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC). An estimated 450,000 visitors are expected to storm the country for the global sports fiesta. “There are actually almost no [...]
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Uganda to Drop Death Penalty, Life in Jail for Gays
09 December 2009
By Fred Ojambo Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti- gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity, said. The draft bill, which is under consideration [...]
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CNN Report | Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality?
08 December 2009
CNN | As a gay man in Uganda, Frank Mugisha is used to the taunts, the slurs and the daily harassment of neighbors and friends. But if a new bill proposed in the east African country becomes law, Mugisha could be put away for life, or worse, put to death for having sex with another man. [...]
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Meet Dr. Shaka Ssali, Host of Straight Talk Africa! | VOA
07 December 2009
By Ronnie Mayanja | www.unaatimes.com | On what was a rainy December 2nd morning in Washington DC, I set out for my long awaited interview with Dr.Shaka Ssali the Voice of America managing editor for English to Africa service. Several weeks earlier I had contacted Deirdre Murray the Producer of Straight Talk Africa and requested [...]
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UN launches $7 billion appeal for humanitarian work next year
07 December 2009
United Nations, New York, 30 November 2009 – The United Nations is calling for $7.1 billion to provide urgent humanitarian aid to 48 million people in 25 countries worldwide in 2010. The 2010 Humanitarian Appeal is the biggest Appeal ever launched since the creation of the Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) in 1991, according to the [...]
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South Africa | FIFA Draw ignites World Cup fever
07 December 2009
AfricaNews sports desk The 32 teams participating at next year’s FIFA World Cup finals discovered their fate this evening when the Final Draw for South Africa 2010 took place in Cape Town. While South Africans learned that the host nation’s Opening Match on 11 June would be played against Mexico at Soccer City, it was [...]
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Students stage sit-in for schools in Uganda
06 December 2009
By Jeff Malachowski | SHREWSBURY | Oak Middle School students and teachers abandoned their desks, chairs and materials in an effort to raise money and awareness for schools in Uganda and also learned all they have to be grateful for. Armed with just a pencil and their assignments, seventh and eighth graders at the middle [...]
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Somali govt replaces top security officials
06 December 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Somali government replaced its police and army chiefs Sunday ahead of a planned military offensive, the Somali information minister said. The reshuffle came as fresh clashes between insurgents and government forces in the ruined capital of Mogadishu killed six people, including a mother and two young children. Government spokesman Abdi Haji [...]
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Pirate payoffs feed big-money lifestyle in Somalia
06 December 2009
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, AP Writer | BOSSASO, Somalia – A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men’s shoes has gone up from $20 to $50. The reason: pirates. The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has [...]
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Two more Rwandan peacekeepers killed in Darfur
06 December 2009
KHARTOUM (AFP) – Two Rwandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack on Saturday in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur where insecurity is rampant, in the second such deadly incident in as many days, a UN source said. “Rwandan soldiers were distributing water at the gate of a camp for the displaced in Shangil Tobaya when [...]
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15 dead after suicide bomber attack in Somalia
03 December 2009
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, AP Writer | MOGADISHU, Somalia – A male suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including three Cabinet ministers and three journalists. The attack raised new questions about the ability of Somalia’s weak government to control even the small area of [...]
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Uganda named by Thai Newspaper in Passport Scam
02 December 2009
Thaksin’s new name : Takki Shinegra Runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has used new name in his passports issued by some African countries, Thai Vice foreign minister Panich Vikitsreth said Wednesday. Thaksin’s name in passports issued by Nicaragua, Uganda and Montenegro has been changed to “Takki Shinegra,” he said. The Thai government has revoked Thaksin’s diplomatic [...]
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Fundraiser for children in Uganda | Invisible Children
02 December 2009
STOCKTON – University of the Pacific’s Invisible Children Club will hold a fundraiser from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Grace Covell Tiger Lounge to benefit children in Uganda. The club was founded last year to raise awareness about children in Uganda who are being abducted from their homes and forced to join rebel [...]
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UGANDA: It takes money to get universal access to treatment
02 December 2009
IRIN | As donors tighten their belts in the global recession, health experts in Uganda worry that the national antiretroviral (ARV) programme, which is almost entirely dependent on foreign aid, will be unable to keep providing the life-prolonging drugs. Uganda is only able to provide ARVs to 57 percent of the 240,000 people who require [...]
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Uganda memory books tell of stark AIDS truths
02 December 2009
WAKISO, Uganda (AFP) – Unable to face explaining to her younger daughter Winnie Namagga, that, after losing her husband and eldest child to AIDS, she herself had tested positive for the disease, Harriet Balakyabwe decided to say it in writing. “I was fearing to talk about it,” Harriet Balakyabwe, Winnie?s mother, told AFP. “When her [...]
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