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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:57 |
NAIROBI, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are still afraid to return to their villages, despite a lull in attacks, a UN spokesman said.
Some 298,000 people were displaced in Haut Uele district in 2009, along with 42,500 in Aru territory in Ituri. Another 20,000 fled to Southern Sudan and 3,500 to Central African Republic, said Ndiaga Seck, associate information officer with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma.
"Displacement rose 9 percent in Haut Uele and 11 percent in Bas Uele after a massacre in Makombo in December," he said. "The attacks have since subsided, except in some places, but most IDPs [internally displaced persons] are still living with host families."
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Tension Mounts as Sudan Elections Near |
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Written by Agencies
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:44 |
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 BENTIU, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - Tension is mounting as elections approach in Sudan, with analysts, candidates and voters concerned about potential violence in flashpoint areas in the South.
The elections due in April are a key part of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended Sudan's 22-year civil war.
"We are worried for what happens when the votes are announced," said former soldier William Kong at an election rally in Bentiu, capital of the oil-rich Southern Unity state.
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Buganda insists on independent investigator of Mausoleum fire |
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Written by Lydia Nsubuga
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:57 |
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 The Katikkiro of Buganda, Eng. J.B Walusimbi, during the official beginning of a one week Buganda Lukiiko [Parliament] yesterday called for an expanded and independent inquiry into the causes of major fires that have rocked the country. The special Lukiiko demanded that thorough investigations be carried out by a non-partisan body like Scotland Yard of the United Kingdom to avoid suspicion.
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Museveni denies government role in mausoleum fire |
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Written by Kampala Correspodent
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Monday, 22 March 2010 06:11 |
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"I am waiting for someone to say so publicly. My fingers are itching to get such a person."
Entebbe-Uganda, Furious and visibly angry Uganda's president Gen. Yoweri Museveni publicly denied rumors that his government is responsible for burning down the Kasubi mausoleum housing the remains of four Kings of Buganda. Buganda is the largest surviving Kingdom in the region dating back to the 8th Century according to some historians.
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Buganda King Heartbroken! |
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Written by Ldyia Nsubuga and Agencies
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:33 |
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 Foul play Suspected in Uganda World Heritage mausoleum Fire
Tension the sour relations between the Uganda central government and the "nation" of Buganda, one of the oldest surviving Kingdoms in Africa, have hit a new low after fire on Tuesday night gutted the most cherished historic tombs (Amasiro) of the Kingdom where for former kings are buried.
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