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- Sudanese Vice President Discusses Garang Investigation With Ugandan President (Sep 7, 2005)
Sudan's Vice President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has discussed the investigation into the death of his predecessor, John Garang, with the Ugandan president.
- Sudanese Vice-President Pledges Support Against the LRA (Sep 7, 2005 Kampala)
Sudanese First Vice-President Salva Kiir assured Uganda on Wednesday of his cooperation in the fight against the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which operates from bases in both countries.
- Global Fund Predicts Resuming AIDS Grants to Uganda by October (Aug 31, 2005)
The international agency that suspended millions of dollars in AIDS grants to Uganda last week says it likely will resume funding by October.
- Report: 1,000 Displaced Die Every Week in War-Torn Northern Uganda (Aug 29, 2005 Kampala)
An estimated 1,000 people displaced by the 19-year-old war in northern Uganda die every week from violence or disease, the Ugandan Ministry of Health and its partners said in a report.
- AIDS Activists, Experts Accuse Uganda, US Of Creating Condom Shortage (Aug 29, 2005 Washington)
Uganda’s health minister is denying charges that his country is facing a shortage of condoms.
- Hutu Rebels in DR Congo Given Month Deadline to Disarm (Aug 25, 2005)
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda have set a one-month deadline for Rwandan rebels operating out of Congo to disarm and return home or face serious consequences.
- Uganda Closes Radio Station For Airing Conspiracy Theories on Sudan Rebel Leader's Death (Aug 12, 2005 Nairobi)
The Ugandan government shut down a radio station in the capital, Kampala, a day after President Yoweri Museveni vowed to close any media outlet reporting conspiracy theories on the death of Sudan's former rebel leader.
- Uganda Joins Sudan in Investigating Garang's Death (Aug 10, 2005 Washington)
A Ugandan parliamentarian says his country's national assembly will look into the helicopter accident that killed Sudanese first vice president and former rebel leader John Garang nearly two weeks ago.
- Sudanese Vice President Garang Reportedly Killed in Helicopter Crash (Aug 1, 2005)
A United Nations official says Sudan's First Vice President John Garang has been killed in a helicopter crash in Uganda.
- Sudanese Vice-President Garang Missing Amid Crash Reports (Aug 1, 2005)
Ugandan and Sudanese forces are still searching for the missing helicopter carrying Sudan's vice president and ex-rebel leader John Garang.
- Ugandans Vote for Return of Multi-Party Politics (Jul 30, 2005)
Election officials in Uganda say voters have overwhelmingly decided to end nearly two decades of single-party politics.
- Ugandans Vote for Multi-Party Democracy (Jul 29, 2005 Nairobi)
Early results show Ugandan voters are overwhelmingly in favor of opening up their country to multi-party politics, reversing a 20-year ban on opposition parties in national elections.
- Uganda Votes in Referendum on Multi-Party Democracy (Jul 28, 2005)
Voters in Uganda are casting ballots Thursday in a nationwide referendum on whether to restore multi-party politics after nearly 20 years.
- Ugandans Vote on Multi-Party Politics (Jul 28, 2005 Nairobi)
Voter turnout has been light so far in a Ugandan referendum on whether to reintroduce multi-party politics.
- Ugandans to Vote on Multi-Party Democracy (Jul 27, 2005)
Voters in Uganda are preparing to cast ballots in a nationwide referendum that would allow the return of multi-party politics.
- LRA Rebels Kill 14 in Northern Uganda Ambush (Jul 12, 2005 Kampala)
At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed them in the district of Kitgum, about 400 km north of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, officials said on Monday.
- Critics Slam End to Term Limits for Uganda's President (Jun 29, 2005 Nairobi)
Uganda's parliament is being criticized for voting Tuesday to eliminate presidential term limits.
- Crisis Group: Peace in Northern Uganda Possible with Comprehensive Strategy (Jun 25, 2005 Kampala)
Prospects for peace in northern Uganda have improved but a more comprehensive strategy is required to end the 19-year insurgency against the government by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the International Crisis Group (ICG) has said.
- Focus: Waiting for Elusive Peace in War-ravaged Northern Uganda (Jun 12, 2005 Gulu)
Michael Okello clearly remembers the day that the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) stormed his home in the northern Ugandan district of Gulu, killed his parents and abducted him.
- Background: Chronology of Events in the Northern Uganda Conflict (Jun 12, 2005)
Chronology of key events in the Northern Uganda Conflict (1986-2005.)
- Ugandan President Extends Olive Branch to LRA Leader (Jun 12, 2005 Kampala)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pledged on Tuesday to forgive the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, if he gave up fighting and came out of the bush.
- UNICEF: Renewed Violence in Northern Uganda Forces 10,000 More Children to Become 'Night Commuters' (May 24, 2005 Kampala)
Renewed fighting, killings and abductions by rebels in northern Uganda has forced 10,000 more children to spend their nights on the streets of major towns in the region, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report.
- Ugandan Army Claims to Have Killed Senior LRA Rebel Commander (May 23, 2005 Kampala)
The Ugandan army claimed on Friday that it had killed a senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who was a member of the rebel team that met government representatives last December in a bid to start peace talks.
- UN Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Northern Uganda Conflict (May 13, 2005 Nairobi)
The UN Security Council has condemned atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in northern Uganda and called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
- Security Council Urged to Intervene in Northern Uganda (May 10, 2005 Kampala)
The UN Security Council must intervene in the worsening humanitarian situation in war-ravaged northern Uganda, the British aid agency Oxfam said on Tuesday.
- LRA Rebels Kill 10 IDPs in Northern Uganda (May 6, 2005 Kampala)
At least 10 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed in northern Uganda on Thursday when rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked civilians who were working in their fields.
- Ugandan Parliament Approves Referendum on Multi-party Politics (May 5, 2005)
Uganda's parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favor of holding a referendum to decide whether the country should return to multi-party politics.
- Uganda Delays Peacekeeping Mission to Somalia (May 4, 2005 Nairobi)
Uganda says it has delayed the deployment of about 800 peacekeepers to Somalia.
- Rwanda Working With Burundi, Uganda To Return Genocide Suspects (Apr 25, 2005 Nairobi)
Rwanda is working with Burundi, Uganda, and other governments to track down and return genocide suspects fleeing traditional trials.
- Ugandan Soldiers Charged with Rape of Northern IDPs (Apr 22, 2005 Nairobi)
Uganda's defense ministry has been asked to investigate an allegation that soldiers gang-raped women in a displaced persons camp in northern Uganda.
- DR Congo Opens Security Talks with Uganda, Rwanda (Apr 21, 2005 Nairobi)
Foreign ministers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda are meeting with officials from the European Union, the United Nations and the United States in southern Congo to try to quell mounting tension in the region.
- Northern Uganda: ICC Could Suspend War Crimes Investigations (Apr 18, 2005 Nairobi)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) could suspend its ongoing investigations into possible war crimes committed in the northern Ugandan war between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an ICC spokesman says.
- Crisis Group: LRA Rebels in Northern Uganda Reorganizing, Stepping up Attacks on Civilians (Apr 12, 2005 Kampala/Brussels)
The peace process aimed at ending Northern Uganda's extraordinarily brutal eighteen-year war is in critical condition, but it may still be possible to resuscitate it if the Ugandan government and international community act decisively, a leading peace advocacy organization says.
- World Court Hears DRC Complaint Against Uganda (Apr 11, 2005)
The United Nations highest court has begun hearing the Democratic Republic of Congo's complaint against neighboring Uganda for violating humanitarian law.
- NGOs Suggest New Ceasefire in Northern Uganda (Apr 5, 2005 Kampala)
A group of NGOs working in war-torn northern Uganda lobbied the government on Monday to offer a new ceasefire to the rebel movement, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), as an incentive to re-establish peace talks.
- Rights Group Blasts US Over Uganda AIDS Programs (Mar 30, 2005 Nairobi)
An international human rights group Wednesday criticized the United States for backing an AIDS prevention campaign in Uganda that focuses exclusively on sexual abstinence, a charge the U.S. government denies.
- Stopping Rebel Attacks In Northern Uganda No Easy Task (Mar 29, 2005 Gulu)
For almost two decades, the people of northern Uganda have been subjected to random attacks by a rebel group the United States calls a terrorist organization.
- Children Traumatized by Rebel Attacks in Northern Uganda (Mar 28, 2005 Gulu)
For almost two decades, the people of northern Uganda have been subjected to random, brutal attacks by a rebel group the United States calls a terrorist organization.
- Uganda Protesters Reject Third Museveni Term (Mar 24, 2005)
Hundreds of people have marched in Uganda to protest a bill that would allow President Yoweri Museveni to seek a third term in office.
- Northern Ugandan Leaders Consult With the International Criminal Court (Mar 17, 2005 Washington)
A six-man delegation from northern Uganda is in The Hague this week for consultations with the International Criminal Court, the ICC.
- IGAD Officials Discuss Controversial Somali Peacekeeping Mission (Mar 7, 2005 Nairobi)
Military officials from seven east African states met in Uganda Monday to begin two days of talks on deploying regional peacekeepers in war-ravaged Somalia.
- LRA Rebels in Northern Uganda Kill 24, Maim Eight in Fresh Attacks (Mar 1, 2005 Kampala)
Days after an 18-day ceasefire between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) expired on 22 February, the rebels have killed and maimed more than 30 people, military officials said.
- Ugandan Government Ends Ceasefire, But Talks with LRA Rebels to Continue (Feb 22, 2005 Kampala)
Peace talks to end hostilities between the Ugandan government and the rebel LordÆs Resistance Army (LRA) will continue despite the expiration on Tuesday of an 18-day truce called by the government.
- Uganda Talks with Rebels to Continue Past Truce Expiration (Feb 22, 2005)
Uganda says peace talks with rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will continue past Tuesday's expiration of a unilateral government cease-fire.
- LRA Rebels Abducting Fewer Children In Northern Uganda (Feb 21, 2005 Geneva)
The U.N. Children's Fund says in Uganda the rebel Lord's Resistance Army is abducting fewer children for use as child soldiers.
- Top Rebel Negotiator in Northern Uganda Surrenders to Government (Feb 17, 2005 Kampala)
The principal negotiator for the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in protracted talks with the Ugandan government, Sam Kolo, gave himself up on Wednesday, an army spokesman said.
- Uganda's Military Denies it is Recruiting Children (Feb 16, 2005 Nairobi)
Uganda's military admits minors may have joined the ranks of its army, but denies it is the government's policy to recruit children.
- Ugandan Minister Says Peace Deal Soon To Be Reached With LRA Rebels (Feb 8, 2005 Nairobi)
Uganda's interior minister has told VOA his government and the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group will likely sign a peace agreement soon to end 18 years of civil war in the north.
- Mediator Says Peace Process in Northern Uganda Back on Course (Feb 7, 2005 Kampala)
The announcement by the Ugandan government of a new limited ceasefire has put the protracted peace process in northern Uganda back on course, chief mediator Betty Bigombe and a key government minister said on Monday.
- New, Limited Ceasefire Takes Effect In Uganda (Feb 4, 2005 Washington)
In Uganda, a new, limited ceasefire took effect Friday in the north. The 18-day ceasefire is being offered to members of the rebel LordÆs Resistance Army who wish to surrender and take advantage of an amnesty offer.
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