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Global opposition is growing to the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for homosexual activity. (AllAfrica)

A total of 34 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered to the UPDF intelligence squad in Faradje in eastern Congo Nzara, according to military sources. (AllAfrica)

KAMPALA Monday, October 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to observers. (irinnews.org)

KAMPALA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - With increasing natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, hitting the continent, more people in Africa are likely to be displaced, creating a challenge for governments, the UN warns. (irinnews.org)

KAMPALA Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs. (irinnews.org)

KITGUM Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Military contingents from five East African countries have begun field training in disaster and emergency response as well as anti-terrorism in the northern Ugandan district of Kitgum. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Monday, October 19, 2009 (IRIN) - As countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa begin to receive El Niño-related enhanced rainfall, disaster risk reduction experts from 10 countries in the region are meeting in Nairobi to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon. (irinnews.org)

AWER Friday, October 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Ambrose Obiya, 70, and his family returned home in March after spending 13 years in a nearby camp, or protected village, because the war between the army and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army had subsided. Although life improved with the move, it was something of a hard homecoming, explains Obiya, who lost his sight in a car accident in 1978. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Friday, October 16, 2009 (IRIN) - A draft bill before the Ugandan parliament that seeks to impose stricter sanctions on homosexuality would drive men who have sex with men further underground, making it even more difficult for them to access HIV services, according to AIDS activists. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Forty years after the rights of Africa’s refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention, the continent’s leaders are due to make legal history again by adopting a new instrument to assist people displaced within the borders of their own country. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa hosts at least 11 million of the world's 25 million conflict-affected IDPs. Millions more are displaced annually by natural disasters. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Most IDPs in Africa have been forced out of their homes by conflict, either between government forces and armed opponents or between communities. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - The objectives of the Convention (irinnews.org)

GULU Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - The imminent closure of internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in northern Uganda is causing concern among HIV-positive residents, who fear they may not have access to vital health services when they return to their villages. (irinnews.org)

DAKAR Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction. (irinnews.org)

The East African community doesna t apply here, the immigration official at this Northern Tanzanian airport barked out at my attempt to seek a more East African reception with my Ugandan passport as I processed my entry into Tanzania recently.

Kampala Fourteen people, including a journalist, were yesterday committed to the High Court for trial on treason charges.

With northern Uganda at relative peace following years of war wreaked by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, activists are now worried about rising outbreaks of domestic violence.

Kampala - The girlfriend of a former Ugandan army chief, accused by the UN of plundering resources during Uganda's invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been charged with his murder in Kampala, a court official said on Tuesday.

A Ugandan government official said the bodies of those who die because of drinking a local illicit gin should be caned six times before burial as an example to the living.

LYDIA DRARU, alias Atim, the woman suspected to have killed Maj. Gen. James Kazini, was yesterday charged with murder and remanded in Luzira prison.

President Museveni has joined the anti-gay crusade, saying he had received reports suggesting that "European homosexuals" had launched a recruitment drive in Africa.

The Uganda AIDS Commission is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped.

The death of former army commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini last week-- apparently in the hands of a lover- was deeply appalling and a cause of deep grief for his family, friends and the entire country.

The prestigious World Cup trophy on a world tour has finally arrived in the East African country of Uganda on Saturday night.

THE local council chief of Wabigalo project zone, where former army commander Maj.

THE Cabinet yesterday held a special meeting in which it was briefed about progress on the Land Amendment Bill and the probe into the 2007 Commonwealth summit expenditure. (AllAfrica)

The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information. (AllAfrica)

Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni told cultural leaders on Wednesday that a Bill that will regulate relations between them and the central government has been approved by cabinet. (AllAfrica)

A group of academicians from Makerere University and University of Bergen, Norway have added their voice, based on scientific evidence, to the already known fact that tap water in Kampala is unsafe for drinking and predisposes the population to the risk of cancer and other water borne diseases. (AllAfrica)