He accompanied Ayivu East MP Geofrey Feta to the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, thundering into an instant national sensation and gaining boundless social media traction
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On 4 February, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Dominic Ongwen of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, sexual slavery and abusing child soldiers. He was a former warlord under the Joseph Kony-led Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
The objective of this article is to put this tragic episode in a historical context so that we learn from it.
Historical context
The story goes back to Africa’s colonisation at the Berlin Conference in 1884-85. The European imperial powers sat around a table in Berlin with a map of Africa, and chopped up Africa into bits and pieces regardless of people’s ethnic and cultural identities. We all know this.
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Draped by a Ugandan flag, Jaffari Makanda basks in the adulation during opening ceremonies of the 2014 world lacrosse championship.
For Uganda, For Africa
Wed Feb 17 2021 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel
This story originally appeared in the September 2014 edition of Lacrosse Magazine. It is being republished as part of US Lacrosse’s celebration of Black History Month. It tells the story of the Uganda men s lacrosse team the first African nation to play in the world lacrosse championship.
The Ugandans are late for lunch. It’s 11:45 a.m. as they saunter downstairs to the cafeteria at the University of Denver’s Centennial Hall for an 11 a.m. meal.
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Tuesday December 29 2020
Trucks bound for Uganda wait for clearance at Malaba on April 29. Uganda and Kenya continue to spar over trade after the latter imposed non-tariff barriers to curtail exports from neighbouring countries. PHOTO /FILE
Summary
In October, President Museveni named his ruling NRM party former director of finance and administration, Mr Hassan Galiwango, as the High Commissioner, replacing Ms Phoebe Otaala, who resigned on July 6 to contest in the party primaries as Tororo District Woman MP.
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For two months now, Uganda’s High Commission in Kenya has been in turmoil over who is in charge.
Kenya, according to ministry of Trade, is Uganda’s top trading partner in Africa, and third in the rest of the world, hence of utmost importance, also by virtue of being our main gateway to the sea.