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Uganda: "Lots of people don't really understand what Ebola is"
What is it like to be on the frontline of fighting the Ugandan Ebola outbreak? A Médecins Sans Frontières emergency coordinator explains.
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Aug 4th 2012, 2:02 PM
Hillary Clinton hopes for improved drones to find Kony
The US Secretary General was also focused on preserving a fragile peace between Sudan and South Sudan on her two day agenda of talks in East Africa.
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Aug 3rd 2012, 6:36 PM
Government to fund hospital's HIV outreach programme in Kenya
On his tour of Africa, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore announces €50,000 in funding for a hospital which also offers paediatric heart surgery.
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Jul 31st 2012, 5:58 PM
14 dead in first major outbreak of Ebola since 2009
Nine of the fourteen deaths occurred in a single household in Uganda.
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Jul 30th 2012, 3:30 PM
Government commits €50k to rehabilitate former child soldiers
The Minister of State Joe Costello announced the funding on a visit to Sierra Leone yesterday.
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Jun 3rd 2012, 8:00 AM
LRA commander captured by Ugandan soldiers
Ugandan officials say Caesar Acellam was one of Joseph Kony’s top strategists in the LRA.
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May 13th 2012, 4:26 PM
Uganda suggests Joseph Kony getting Sudan support
Ugandan officials have repeated past claims that rebel leader Joseph Kony has been receiving support from the Sudanese government.
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Apr 30th 2012, 9:56 PM
Department says it received two emails in relation to 'Kony 2012' campaign
The campaign to bring the alleged Ugandan warlord to justice was not the subject of any mass lobbying in Ireland.
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Apr 24th 2012, 7:00 AM
EU backs plans to end Joseph Kony's "campaign of terror"
Catherine Ashton declares the EU’s support for a Joint Operations Centre to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army.
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Apr 20th 2012, 9:44 PM
Makers of Kony video ‘spied for Ugandan government’ – WikiLeaks
A US embassy cable published by WikiLeaks suggests a former child soldier was arrested after an Invisible Children tip-off.
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Apr 10th 2012, 7:41 PM
Sequel to Kony 2012 viral video expected today
The ‘Stop Kony’ video has been viewed over 86 million times on YouTube since its release last month.
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Apr 3rd 2012, 11:24 AM
Tánaiste is 'greatly concerned' that Joseph Kony remains at large
The African Union has said it will step up the hunt for the Ugandan rebel leader and his men.
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Mar 23rd 2012, 7:14 PM
'Exhaustion and dehydration' behind Kony 2012 campaigner's hospitalisation
Jason Russell’s wife says that he “did some irrational things brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration”.
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Mar 17th 2012, 4:01 PM
Filmmaker defends Kony 2012 campaign as video reaches over 56m hits
Critics have suggested an ulterior motive for Jason Russell’s campaign to bring alleged war criminal Joseph Kony to justice through a viral video campaign.
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Mar 9th 2012, 9:25 PM
Online campaign aims to make accused war criminal Joseph Kony 'famous'
A viral video has sparked a campaign to bring the Ugandan leader to the International Criminal Court but concerns have been raised about the charity behind the attempt.
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Mar 7th 2012, 9:39 PM
Controversial anti-gay bill reintroduced to Ugandan parliament
The bill’s progress slowed after international outcry over the bill which carries severe penalties for homosexual acts.
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Feb 7th 2012, 5:27 PM
Cameron threatens to cut aid to 'anti-gay' countries
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he want to see countries which receive aid “adhering to proper human rights”.
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Oct 30th 2011, 4:43 PM
24 confirmed dead in Uganda landslide
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Aug 29th 2011, 11:35 AM
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
Our daily wrap-up of news and developments – today including a pretty unusual health experiment in Sweden…
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May 11th 2011, 7:59 PM
Uganda delays anti-gay bill amid international outcry
A bill that would propose the death penalty for some gays is shelved – but could be set for discussion again on Friday.
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May 11th 2011, 5:56 PM
"I said COME HERE"...Chimps use 66 distinct gestures to communicate
Researchers in Scotland studied hours of footage of wild Ugandan chimpanzees and identified a wide repertoire of gestures. Previous studies indicated 30 gestures.
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May 6th 2011, 10:23 AM
The Daily Fix: Friday
Our collection of the day’s news, developments and random tidbits.
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Apr 29th 2011, 7:55 PM
Riots sweep across Uganda killing two as police fire tear gas at opposition leader
Protesters have called for an Egyptian-style uprising against the president who has been in power for a quarter of a century.
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Apr 29th 2011, 4:07 PM
More than 50 peacekeepers killed in Somalia fighting
African Union peacekeepers have been fighting insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda in the war torn African country.
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Mar 4th 2011, 3:55 PM
Irishman elected as district council leader in Uganda
An Armagh native has become the first foreigner to ever be elected to political office in Uganda.
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Mar 4th 2011, 10:58 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know by 9am.
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Mar 4th 2011, 8:31 AM
Ugandan gay rights activist killed after name published in tabloid hitlist
David Kato had successfully sued the local newspaper which published his name, address and photograph beside a headline which read: ‘Hang Them’.
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Jan 27th 2011, 10:11 AM
Unexploded bomb discovered in Uganda
Four arrested in investigation into Sunday’s bombing.
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Jul 13th 2010, 2:22 PM
Irishwoman killed in Uganda blast is named
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Jul 13th 2010, 1:14 PM
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