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UGANDA News:
20051111
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 Liberia
- Uganda
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- "Blazing
a trail for Africa's women: African women are celebrating,
as Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf looks set to become the continent's
first elected woman president." ... "The 67-year-old grandmother said she
hoped her win would "raise the participation of women not just in Liberia
but also in Africa"." ... "So is Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf's apparent victory
the start of a trend?" ... "Ugandan academic Sylvia Tamale says African
patriarchal societies like to see women firmly in their place. She quotes
a Ugandan man at a woman candidate's parliamentary campaign rally in 1996
asking: "Have you ever heard a hen crow?"" ... "Yet, despite these traditional
values, African women can crow success on a number of fronts." -By
Lucy Fleming-BBC
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20050822
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- "In
Uganda, when does brash talk radio become sedition?
Radio talk show host Andrew Mwenda angered Uganda's government after controversial
remarks." ... "As political editor and columnist for the independent Daily
Monitor, and as talk show host for the paper's radio station, KFM, Mr.
Mwenda has earned a reputation as a sharp critic of Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni." ... "But Mwenda crossed a line August 10, when he blamed the
Ugandan government for the death of Sudanese Vice President John Garang,
who died last month in a helicopter crash." ... "Uganda's broadcasting
council took KFM off the air the next day, later saying his program was
likely to lead to violence. Then the government jailed him for three days.
Mwenda was freed on bail last week, but he now faces charges of sedition,
which could entail a five-year jail term." -By Blake
Lambert -CSMonitor
20050810
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Uganda
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- "Museveni
warns press over Garang: Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni has threatened to close down newspapers which continue to publish
conspiracy theories about John Garang's death." ... "Mr Museveni said such
speculation was a threat to national security and would not be tolerated."
... "He accused several papers of preying on the misery of others like
"vultures"." ... "Garang, the Sudanese vice-president, died on 30 July
when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed on its way back to Sudan
from Uganda." -By Sebastian Usher-BBC
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20050801
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- "Official's
death threatens Sudan peace." ... "The death of Sudanese
Vice President John Garang threatens a new peace deal between north and
south Sudan and could hurt efforts to end conflict in the devastated Darfur
region." ... "Garang, 60, who died in a helicopter crash Saturday en route
to Sudan from Uganda, had been sworn in July 9 under an agreement negotiated
with U.S. help. The accord aimed to redress demands by southern Sudanese
for greater self-government and a share of revenue from oil wells in the
south." ... "A graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa, Garang earned a doctorate
in economics from Iowa State University. He was a member of the Dinka tribe
in southern Sudan." -By Barbara Slavin with contributions
by Noel King
-USATODAY
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