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Uganda

Congolese boys demonstrate their best poses March 25, 2003 in the Kala refugee camp near Kawamba, Zambia. War broke out in the Congo in August 1998 when Uganda and Rwanda sent troops to back Congolese rebels seeking to oust then-President Laurent Kabila, accusing him of supporting insurgents threatening regional security. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Getty Images)

Hutu refugees fear forced return to Rwanda

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Leodegard Kagaba lifted his shirt to reveal an ugly scar on his belly left by a bullet that nearly killed him. Tutsi neighbors in Rwanda, he said, attacked him after accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide.
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African forces suspend hunt for warlord Kony

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony because the new government there is not cooperating with the mission, Uganda's top military official said Wednesday...
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Official: Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation...
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In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The U.S.-based Enough Project advocacy group said in a report released Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 that the hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops and urges American forces to "play a more operational role" on the ground. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Group: US troops should actively hunt for Kony

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops, an advocacy group said Friday, urging American forces to "play a more operational role" in the vast Central Africa jungle...
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Play about gay man staged in Uganda

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A play that revolves around the turbulent life of a gay man in Uganda is being staged in the East African nation, where three years ago a parliamentarian wrote a bill seeking the death penalty for homosexuals...
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Silver medalist Abel Kirui of Kenya, gold medalist Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda and bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich of Kenya pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Marathon during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ugandans celebrate first medal in 40 years

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's only medal winner at the London Olympics cried tears of joy as he was welcomed home by hundreds of people delighted by the African country's first gold since the 1972 games in Munich...
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Officials from the World Health Organization wear protective clothing on July 28, 2012 as they prepare to enter Kagadi Hospital in Kibale District, about 200 kilometres from Kampala, where an outbreak of Ebola virus started. (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/GettyImages)

World Health Organization: Ebola under control in Uganda

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Doctors were slow to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda because symptoms weren't always typical, but a World Health Organization official said Friday that authorities are halting the spread of the deadly disease...
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Uganda loses tourists with Ebola cases, deaths

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda has dimmed hopes of a successful year for the country's growing tourism industry, government officials and tour operators said on Wednesday...
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More US military aid to Africa as terrorism grows

Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Growing concerns about persistent terrorist threats from splintered al-Qaida groups across Africa have triggered an increase in U.S. military funding and more focus on a handful of African nations...
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Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda Monday, June 25, 2012

6 more Ugandans admitted with possible Ebola

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Six more patients suspected to have Ebola have been admitted to the hospital days after investigators confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious disease...
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