Buganda Kingdom
Ebyaffe | President Museveni returns Mengo Land titles
At State House Entebbe today, President Museveni officially returned 213 land titles of Buganda kingdom’s ancestral properties. Museveni handed over the titles to Buganda’s first Deputy Katikkiro Ambassador Emmanuel Ssendaula. Transfer agreements were signed by ...
Rwanda Genocide
Rwanda | A survivor’s story – Rwanda’s genocide By Angelique Umugwaneza
Anyone who was around in 1994 will remember the wrenching images of Rwanda’s rivers of blood. Now, 20 years later, comes a poignant book that gives a personal account of the genocide and its aftermath. “Les enfants du Rwanda” (“The Children of Rwanda...
Africa
The Economist | Nigeria’s Economy Overtakes South Africa To Become Africa’s new Number One
Nigeria’s suddenly super-sized economy is indeed a wonder; but so are its still-huge problems. — Nigeria has declared itself the biggest economy in Africa. Overnight, with the wave of a statistical wand, it has added 89% to its GDP, now worth $510 billion,...
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The Washington Post | U.S. foreign policy and Ugandan domestic politics collide
Just weeks after the United States announced additional American troops and aircraft would be deployed to Uganda to hunt rebel leader Joseph Kony, Ugandan officials stormed a U.S. military-affiliated research institution, the Makerere University Walter Reed Project, ...
UNAA
UNAA National Town hall Meeting Held In Boston – Sunday April 6th 2014
On Sunday April 6th I reluctantly set out to attend the UNAA Town hall meet called by the Mr.Brian Kwesiga and his executive in Boston. My reluctance was in part due to the continued disregard to the UNAA By laws and statutes that are meant to ensure effective govern...-
Ebyaffe | President Museveni returns Mengo Land titles
At State House Entebbe today, President Museveni officially returned 213 land titles of Buganda kingdom’s ancestral properties. Museveni handed over the titles to Buganda’s first Deputy Katikkiro Ambassador Emmanuel Ssenda... -
Rwanda | A survivor’s story – Rwanda’s genocide By Angelique Umugwaneza
Anyone who was around in 1994 will remember the wrenching images of Rwanda’s rivers of blood. Now, 20 years later, comes a poignant book that gives a personal account of the genocide and its aftermath. “Les enfants du R... -
The Economist | Nigeria’s Economy Overtakes South Africa To Become Africa’s new Number One
Nigeria’s suddenly super-sized economy is indeed a wonder; but so are its still-huge problems. — Nigeria has declared itself the biggest economy in Africa. Overnight, with the wave of a statistical wand, it has added... -
The Washington Post | U.S. foreign policy and Ugandan domestic politics collide
Just weeks after the United States announced additional American troops and aircraft would be deployed to Uganda to hunt rebel leader Joseph Kony, Ugandan officials stormed a U.S. military-affiliated research institution, the M... -
UNAA National Town hall Meeting Held In Boston – Sunday April 6th 2014
On Sunday April 6th I reluctantly set out to attend the UNAA Town hall meet called by the Mr.Brian Kwesiga and his executive in Boston. My reluctance was in part due to the continued disregard to the UNAA By laws and statutes t... -
St. Peters Anglican Church of Uganda in Waltham Celebrates Mother’s Union Day!
St Peters Anglican Church of Uganda in Waltham held its Mother’s day worship service at the Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday April 6th 2014. The main celebrants were the Rt. Rev. Benon Ogwal – Abwang a former Bish... -
Boeing Delivers First 787 Dreamliner to Kenya Airways
EVERETT, Wash., April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Kenya Airways celebrated the delivery and flyaway today of the Kenyan flag carrier’s first 787 Dreamliner. The airplane departed Paine Field in Ever... -
Sunday Monitor | Archbishops deny pro-Mbabazi scheme
Three Anglican and Catholic bishops have denied claims in a much-publicized secret police tape that they are supporting and promoting Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi’s supposed presidential bid in 2016. The one-hour-thirty-minut... -
Weekly Observer | Amama, Kayihura spy tapes exposed
Recording reveals new details about the extent of Prime Minister Mbabazi’s strength among lower-level party cadres. As tensions between President Museveni and Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi persist, it has emerged that police c... -
Wall Street Journal | Former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson to Teach at Harvard Business School
More than three decades of management experience from the sideline of a soccer field have landed former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson a retirement gig at Harvard Business School. He has accepted a “long-term tea... -
Foreign Affairs Magazine | Rebooting Rwanda | A Conversation With Paul Kagame
On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down by unidentified assailants. The next day, the killings began. Over the next three months, as the international community stood by, an estim... -
Diaspora Remittances | How immigrants in America are sending $120 Billion to their struggling families back home
Migrants working in the United States sent a staggering $120 billion back to their families last year, it was revealed today. The amount of money being sent by migrants across the entire world reached $530 billion last year, m... -
Ugandan Diaspora News | Letter from the Editor | April 2014 | Museveni/Mbabazi falling out and what it means for Uganda
Dear Readers, What a month March has been! For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere this was perhaps the worst winter in decades but it was also a hive of activity for Ugandan politics. For now I will limit myself to d... -
Community News | UNAA Boston Community Chapter Appoints New Interim Executive Committee
The long awaited UNAA Boston local chapter revival meeting was under way at 5pm March 30th at the Waltham French Club. The former UNAA Boston chairman Mr. James Serumagga opened the evening with some brief remarks before inviti... -
Kony 2014 | President Obama Deploys 150 More Special Forces In Hunt For Joseph Kony & LRA
This week, President Obama took military action. But it wasn’t in Ukraine or Syria. Instead, he notified Congress of the deployment of 150 special forces troops and CV-22 Osprey aircraft to Uganda in order to provide support ... -
Orbituary | The Late Augustine D Ssozi | Former Headmaster of Kitante Primary school passes on in Texas
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Mr. Augustine Dymocke Sozi which occurred on March 19, 2014 near Houston, Texas . Mr. A.D Sozi, 81yrs, a father, grandfather and former Headmaster of Kitante Prima... -
MR VEGAS SET TO ROCK LOWELL THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH|9PM-2AM
Drip Events, a Boston based Entertainment company presents Mr Vegas, a Jamaican and international dancehall superstar who has proven to the world that he is the most successful dancehall /Reggae artist through his accrued numer... -
Uganda Music Videos | No Holding Back – Navio featuring Stephanie Ming
This brother has over the years exhibited focus and the desire to always take his music trade a notch higher. No Holding Back [featuring Stephanie Ming] is a clear testimony that Navio continues to mean business every day and t... -
A Random Email – An invitation to Teach and Tour in Uganda That Changed Dr. Joanne Clemente’s Life
A Random Email – Almost 5 years ago, a random email came across Dr. Joanne Clemente’s desk and it started her on a humanitarian journey that has continued into the present. It was an invitation to Teach and Tour in Uga... -
Malcolm Gibson | Kansas University Journalism Professor Appointed Executive Editor of The Daily Monitor
By Nicole Wentling — Malcolm Gibson, a retired Kansas University journalism professor, is a self-proclaimed “Africanist.” He traveled to the continent in 1969, ’71 and ’93. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in ...
South Sudan Leader Says Talks Possible – Four Soldiers Wounded As US Military Aircract Comes Under Attack – Al Jazeera
As talk of dialogue begins, four soldiers are wounded as US military aircraft is hit by fire from unknown forces. The government of South Sudan has said it is prepared to open dialogue “with any rebel group” as vio...
World Athletics 2013 | Kiprotich Does It Again Wins Men’s Marathon Gold In Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda pulled away late in the race and won the men’s marathon gold medal Saturday at the world championships.Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the...
Denis Okema ~ A Ugandan refugee finds his family
By Sue Ann Rybak, Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, USA ~ It’s easy get lost in the hustle and bustle of the holiday. Recently, a story about one man and his struggle to survive, his unbreakable spirit of hope and an im...
The Economist | Nigeria’s Economy Overtakes South Africa To Become Africa’s new Number One
Nigeria’s suddenly super-sized economy is indeed a wonder; but so are its still-huge problems. — Nigeria has declared itself the biggest economy in Africa. Overnight, with the wave of a statistical wand, it has added...
Wall Street Journal | Former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson to Teach at Harvard Business School
More than three decades of management experience from the sideline of a soccer field have landed former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson a retirement gig at Harvard Business School. He has accepted a “long-term tea...
Orbituary | The Late Augustine D Ssozi | Former Headmaster of Kitante Primary school passes on in Texas
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Mr. Augustine Dymocke Sozi which occurred on March 19, 2014 near Houston, Texas . Mr. A.D Sozi, 81yrs, a father, grandfather and former Headmaster of Kitante Prima...
