Uganda dismisses Obama pressure on anti-gay law
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda on Tuesday dismissed U.S. president Barack Obama's call to its leader Yoweri Museveni not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying the U.S. was trying to blackmail...
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Ugandan military says senior LRA commander may have been killed
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's military said on Monday a commander believed to be the deputy to Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony may have been killed last year in...
Congo, M23 rebels peace signing delayed over wording of pact
ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) - A ceremony to formally end Congo's bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed on Monday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and M23 rebels over...
Congo, M23 rebels peace signing delayed over wording of pact
ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) - A ceremony to formally end Congo's bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed on Monday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and M23 rebels over...
Uganda president dares exiled general to try to remove him by force
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni dared a dissident general in exile on Wednesday to try to overthrow him and said anyone seeking to use violence to seize power...
Ugandan passes bill critics say seeks to silence opponents
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a controversial public order law that drew sharp criticism from the opposition and human rights campaigners who said it was intended to...
Uganda frets over rebel threat as Congo refugees reach 66,000
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is worried that a rising stream of refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Congo could give easy passage for rebels to launch attacks in the country, the...
Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations...
Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police raided Uganda's leading independent newspaper on Monday and disabled its printing press after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri...
Voices from Catholic Africa: Church modernization is a mistake
LUWERO, Uganda (Reuters) - Over the past century, the Catholic Church has been growing fastest in one of the regions other Catholics know least. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for only one...