Panic over Uganda H1N1 Swine Flu Text Message Hoax

An H1N1 swine flu text message hoax has been spreading throughout Uganda, claiming that swine flu has broken out in the region. This has been debunked has a chain-letter hoax. Confusion reigned at first, since...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Property Rights Not Guaranteed In Canada : A Real Courtroom Drama

Seated across from me next to the Judge at the Settlement Conference table were the three lawyers for the City, GVRD, and the Sewage Authority. They eyed me like sharks circling their bait. “All right...

Indian return to Uganda

BY MRINALINI REDDY, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE A family friend Goswami Debarata, from Calcutta, has been a resident for about ten years and plans to go back in a few years. Debolina Choudhary had been married only a few...

D.C. HIV/AIDS Report: HIV and AIDS Cases Rise 22 Percent In D.C.

Update: Monday, March 16, 2009; 7:07 pm EST: As noted at the end of this story, Dr. Hader was to take questions about the levels of HIV/AIDS cases in the Washington, D.C. area today at 2:00 pm. Questions and...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

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HUMAN RIGHTS: Uganda moves towards abolishing death penalty

It seems that Uganda, a country in central Africa, is one big step closer of banning capital punishment. On January 21, the Ugandan Supreme Court ruled that death sentences will be turned into life imprisonment...

Prosecution of penis chopper peters out

Don't think I'd like to meet this lady in a banana plantation! Sounds like a suitable punishment for the horrible rape of a young girl. It's a shame Uganda doesn't do more to help rape victims, especially in light of the weird 'Rape and Beg' phenomenon. " 37-year old Angelina...

Lord's Resistance Army Slaughters 45 Women and Children in Church

Military officials in Uganda are claiming that the rebel militia Lord's Resistance Army has slaughtered at least 45 Catholics, including children, in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lord's...

Saving Girls From a Deadly Tradition: Uganda's Mission

By Miriam Mannak A huge breakthrough for girls and women in Uganda seems to be on the horizon with the drafting of a national bill that will send practitioners of female genital mutilation to jail for up to seven...

Increasing Violence in Congo Endangers Quarter Million

The deadly civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to rage.  Officially the civil war that cost at least four million their lives has ended, but the recent escalation of fighting between...

UN: Gen Laurent Nkunda blamed for war crimes in Congo

Overwhelmed by thousands of refugees in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are flocking towards overcrowded camps,  the UN mission in the country (MONUC) has accused Gen Laurent...

Iran, Iceland fail as five elected to U.N. council

Iran lost its bid to UNSC seat to Japan and Iceland lost it to ailing economy.Turkey , Austria,Mexico, Uganda won its regional share unoposed for 2009-10 two year term in UNSC. " Iran lost its bid to win a...

Rwanda to switch from French to English in schools

Is the French influence waning? At least it's reflected  in the step taken by its former colony Rwanda. In a move seen as a snub to former colonial power Rwanda has decided to switch form French to English in schools. Rwandan leaders think that French is spoken...

Uganda seeking miniskirt ban

Long live the miniskirt.... "  Uganda's ethics and integrity minister says miniskirts should be banned - because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents.  Nsaba Buturo told...

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