Vice President of Uganda Edward Ssekandi on Tuesday met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and held deliberations on strengthening ties. Modi told Ssekandi, who was leading a 16-member high-level delegation from his country, that Gujarat was keen to build relations with the African nation in the fields of agriculture, micro-irrigation, fertilisers and petroleum. ...
04:37 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Kampala: Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda, killing scores of people but possibly hundreds, officials said on Monday. Disaster Preparedness Minister Stephen Mallinga said it was still too early to say how many had been killed in this afternoon's landslides, but officials from Bududa said the final death toll would likely be in the hundreds. "We are sending...
10:49 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Los Angeles: The makers of the viral "Kony 2012" video that drew world attention to a violent rebel campaign by fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony released a new film on Thursday, pushing back against criticism that their work oversimplified a long-running conflict. The video, shot in the same energetic and idealistic style as the viral hit, encourages viewers to see themselves as global citizens in a close-knit world that needs...
08:00 AM, Apr 06, 2012
San Diego: A co-founder of the group behind a viral video about a brutal African warlord was detained by police and hospitalised after witnesses saw him running through streets in his underwear, screaming and banging his fists on the pavement. Jason Russell of Invisible Children was hospitalized for exhaustion less than two weeks after the release of the 30-minute video he narrated about warlord Joseph Kony, said Ben Keesey, the...
09:35 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New York: The director of a video sensation that calls for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive rebel leader of a Ugandan militia group, agreed on Friday with skeptics who have called the film oversimplified, saying it was deliberately made that way. The 30-minute YouTube film called 'Kony 2012', which by Friday had been viewed on YouTube more than 58 million times, aims to wake up the world to...
01:15 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a skeptical backlash against a little-known team of filmmakers based in San Diego. The 30-minute YouTube video was the centrepiece of a campaign that spread on Twitter beginning on Tuesday...
05:45 PM, Mar 09, 2012
San Francisco: A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a skeptical backlash against a little-known team of filmmakers based in San Diego. The 30-minute YouTube video was the centrepiece of a campaign that spread on Twitter beginning on Tuesday...
09:59 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Kampala: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live in the East African nation of Uganda, the president's spokesman told The Associated Press on Wednesday, in what appears to be the first country to offer him refuge. An intense diplomatic effort is under way to find a country where Gaddafi can go, as an international military effort against Gaddafi's forces continues. The spokesman for Uganda's president, Tamale Mirundi, told the...
06:09 PM, Mar 30, 2011
Jaipur: Stuck in Jaipur because of a crime committed 15 years ago, a Ugandan student has got the green light to go home. The Ugandan student, Mark Mujungu, had to spend 15 years in India because he bribed a Rajasthan University official for getting his marks increased. But now state Anti-Corruption Bureau has given him a clean chit and Mujungu is waiting to return home for Christmas. A special court...
11:44 AM, Dec 18, 2010
New Delhi: Ugandan Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi on Thursday sought an apology from India over a freak accident at the Commonwealth Games Village that left three Ugandan officials injured. "We are disappointed at the turn of events. We want an apology from the Indian officials. The fact that they are ill-treating us and playing down the whole incident is shocking," Bakkabulindi told an English news channel. "The injured were not...
05:06 PM, Oct 07, 2010
According to the sources, the bombings targeted football fans in the Ugandan capital Kampala late on Sunday. ...
03:36 PM, Jul 12, 2010
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts discusses Royal Challengers' win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala. ...
09:09 AM, Jan 14, 2008
Auckland: The last bilateral series before the World Cup between New Zealand and Pakistan will come to a close as both teams will lock horns in Auckland in the sixth and the final ODI on Saturday. Pakistan already have an unassailable lead of 3-1, riding on a century by Ahmed Shehzaad to clinch the fifth ODI by 41 runs on Thursday. It will be a good chance for both teams...
12:07 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Devang's body will be flown to Ahmedabad later on Sunday. The 25-yr-old was stoned to death by the mob in Kampala. ...
03:17 PM, Apr 15, 2007
Family slams the government for not providing enough security to their son who was killed in anti-India riots in Uganda. ...
08:39 AM, Apr 15, 2007
Sources say that the situation in Ugandan capital, Kampala is near normal after days of protests against Indians. ...
04:16 PM, Apr 14, 2007
Ugandan police fired tear gas and live ammunition to stop rioters attacking Indian businesses and a Hindu temple. ...
08:05 AM, Apr 14, 2007
