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KAMPALA, Uganda (Dow Jones)—The Banyoro tribe, who occupy Uganda's oil- rich region around Lake Albert, have threatened to boycott the country's 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections, accusing the government of not resolving land ownership issues in the region, local leaders said over the weekend.
-Â Jaye Lynn Trapp's fifth-grade Talented and Gifted class at Central Grade School has developed a connection with Uganda through periodic letters received by Margaret Mimnaugh, who is serving in the Peace Corps in a small village called Bulera.
BEVERLY and mdash; From writing letters to orphans in South Africa to selling bracelets to support indigenous women in Uganda, middle-schoolers in Landmark's Girls Around the Globe class are making a world of difference.
( Case Western Reserve University ) John L. Johnson, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and pulmonologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been awarded a 10 year, $19.7 million contract from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.
Oak Middle School students and teachers abandoned their desks, chairs and materials in an effort to raise money and awareness for schools in Uganda and also learned all they have to be grateful for.
Ugandan police face supporters of opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on February 25, 2006 after dispersing them with live rounds and teargas outside his Forum for Democratic Change headquarters in western Kampala.
A marine biologist has started a company making toys and gifts from reclaimed flip-flop plastic, for sale in eco-fashion boutiques in the United States.
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Injections of oxytocin into the umbilical vein don't decrease the need for manual removal in women with a retained placenta after giving birth, according to a new study.
Houston gay mayoral candidate Annise Parker has been the subject of recent antigay mailers — and ethics commission documents show her opponent's campaign staff helped pay for them.
Gay porn company Corbin Fisher was reportedly in serious talks with famed Alaskan Levi Johnston for a couple of days of work.
Sesame Workshop announced that the company will be expanding a Nigerian version of Sesame Street with the goal of discussing HIV/AIDS, female empowerment, and the importance of education.
John L. Johnson, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and pulmonologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been awarded a 10 year, $19.7M contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC).
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Abdullah makes his living as a tour guide on Lamu Island, a palm-tree paradise in the Indian Ocean, just off the coast from the heaving port city of Mombassa. Short and bearing a wild, rheumy eye, he's as mellow as a beach bum. But mention soccer, and Abdullah becomes as excited as a kid on a sugar high.
KAMPALA, 1 December 2009 (IRIN) - In a bid to reduce the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child, Uganda will now give all pregnant women highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Numerous election-related crimes by senior Ugandan government officials have gone unpunished and the country must urgently reform its election laws ahead of 2011 polls, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
Students packed a lot of exercise into their 25-minute lunch period Friday at St. Apollinaris Catholic School in Napa, and the school’s so-called “Mileage Club” is the reason why.
