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Uganda and the Culture of Corruption

Uganda is and remains among the most corrupt nations in the world. To many donors and investors, Transparency International’s corruption perceptions ranking provides a basis for choice of countries where investment is li...

by Ivan Atuyambe

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What Happened to Kony 2012?

Nearly six months before the viral release of the video “Kony 2012” by the non-profit Invisible Children (IC), conservative American pundit Rush Limbaugh was already calling his listeners to attention to the on-goings of Ko...

by Tiffany Brittingham

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Banning Uganda From The 2014 Commonwealth Games In Glasgow

There is much pressure from the international community to stop Uganda from participating in the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. This is because Uganda has undermined human rights by denying gay people the power to marry wh...

by Harriet Owalla

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No go Zone: Could Retirement Armnesty Law inspire Presidential Retirement in Africa?

In the wake of the popular walk to work protests that affected Kampala until a few months ago, one thing stood out: the opposition politicians and their faithfuls wanted to send a message to the regime of President Museveni an...

by Ivan Atuyambe

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WATCH: Peace vs justice in Uganda

In December 2003, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda referred the situation concerning the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. With the cooperation of Ugandan authorities and i...

by Diana Naoum

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WATCH: Religious missionaries are spreading homophobia in Uganda

In his latest documentary, God Loves Uganda, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda’s terrifying turn towards biblical law and the prop...

by Natasha Lipman

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WATCH: Female Entrepreneurs In Uganda

In a country like Uganda, where 40% of all businesses are owned by women but 93% of the credit for all businesses goes to men, an organisation like the Ugandan Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) is an unusual initi...

by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg

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Kony 2014?

Nope, he’s not dead. Almost two years after the release of Jason Russell and Invisible Children’s “KONY 2012” video that made the Ugandan warlord a household name, Joseph Kony has reportedly reentered negotiations with ...

by Braden Harris

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Are Children In East Africa Learning (Anything) In School?

I attended a discussion where stakeholders in education around the East Africa region and beyond were gathered to discuss a common fear: Were children in East Africa learning in school? Over 20 leaders drawn from learning ins...

by Eunice Kilonzo

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Uganda and the Culture of Corruption

What Happened to Kony 2012?

Banning Uganda From The 2014 Commonwealth Games In Glasgow

No go Zone: Could Retirement Armnesty Law inspire Presidential Retirement in Africa?

WATCH: Peace vs justice in Uganda

WATCH: Religious missionaries are spreading homophobia in Uganda

WATCH: Female Entrepreneurs In Uganda

Kony 2014?

Are Children In East Africa Learning (Anything) In School?

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