<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - uganda</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/uganda</link><description>Newsvine - uganda</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:19:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:41:36 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Expert: Warlord Kony under pressure to free women</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony is jettisoning women and children in a possible desperate bid to keep his weakened group lean and mobile, an expert said Friday, after three women freed by the Lord's Resistance Army arrived home in Uganda after spending years in the bush.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17582876-expert-warlord-kony-under-pressure-to-free-women</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17582876-expert-warlord-kony-under-pressure-to-free-women</guid><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>african-union</category><category>af</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>lra</category><category>resistance-army</category><category>joseph-kony</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:05:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uganda deports British producer of gay-themed play</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Ugandan government official says the country has deported a British producer who staged a gay-themed play because he "defied the directives" of Ugandan authorities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938311-uganda-deports-british-producer-of-gay-themed-play</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938311-uganda-deports-british-producer-of-gay-themed-play</guid><category>uganda</category><category>gays</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:56:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Canada reviews aid for evangelical group in Uganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government is reviewing humanitarian funding for an evangelical group that works in Uganda and has described homosexuality as perverted and sinful.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934221-canada-reviews-aid-for-evangelical-group-in-uganda</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934221-canada-reviews-aid-for-evangelical-group-in-uganda</guid><category>canada</category><category>uganda</category><category>gays</category><category>world-news</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:44:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LRA rebel group losing men through defections</title>
<description><![CDATA[An online organization that tracks the crimes of the Lord's Resistance Army says the rebel group is losing fighters through defections encouraged by United States military advisers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16837322-lra-rebel-group-losing-men-through-defections</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16837322-lra-rebel-group-losing-men-through-defections</guid><category>uganda</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>lra</category><category>resistance-army</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:58:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>African troops kill rebel who guarded warlord Kony</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic have killed the chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan army official said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620526-african-troops-kill-rebel-who-guarded-warlord-kony</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620526-african-troops-kill-rebel-who-guarded-warlord-kony</guid><category>uganda</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>lra</category><category>resistance-army</category><category>lra-rebels</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:45:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c14a7f67-77a3-4a7a-b8ea-55ec89b97c22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c14a7f67-77a3-4a7a-b8ea-55ec89b97c22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in southern Sudan. Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic have killed a rebel commander known only as Binani who was the chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan army official said Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ugandan, US forces hunting LRA welcome CAR truce</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ugandan soldiers and U.S forces who are pursuing the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in the jungles of the Central African Republic say a recent rebellion has not affected their operations, but officials said they welcome a peace deal signed with rebels anyway.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmanuel Gyezaho]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emmanuel Gyezaho]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16523786-ugandan-us-forces-hunting-lra-welcome-car-truce</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16523786-ugandan-us-forces-hunting-lra-welcome-car-truce</guid><category>fight</category><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>lra</category><category>resistance-army</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:51:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge weighing dismissal of Uganda gay rights suit</title>
<description><![CDATA[For Pepe Onziema, a transgender gay rights activist from Uganda, Monday's federal court hearing in Springfield was a chance to face the man he later called the devil.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16397773-judge-weighing-dismissal-of-uganda-gay-rights-suit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16397773-judge-weighing-dismissal-of-uganda-gay-rights-suit</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>gay</category><category>rights</category><category>uganda</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>east-african</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ugandan court dismisses case against pro-gay play</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Ugandan court has dismissed a case against a British national arrested for staging a pro-gay play.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16324289-ugandan-court-dismisses-case-against-pro-gay-play</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16324289-ugandan-court-dismisses-case-against-pro-gay-play</guid><category>play</category><category>gay</category><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 14:38:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Talks between Congo and rebels to begin in Uganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for the Ugandan government says peace talks between the Congolese government and M23 rebels will begin in the Ugandan capital Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15725306-talks-between-congo-and-rebels-to-begin-in-uganda</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15725306-talks-between-congo-and-rebels-to-begin-in-uganda</guid><category>talks</category><category>uganda</category><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 00:21:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>More donors freeze aid to Uganda over corruption</title>
<description><![CDATA[An audacious scam in which up to $13 million in donor money was embezzled in the office of Uganda's prime minister has brought several European donors to freeze aid to Uganda, the kind of action long demanded by transparency campaigners who charge that the money encourages a corrupt system.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15695769-more-donors-freeze-aid-to-uganda-over-corruption</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15695769-more-donors-freeze-aid-to-uganda-over-corruption</guid><category>uganda</category><category>corruption</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>more-western</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 11:36:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Office in Uganda shows how easily rebels can move</title>
<description><![CDATA[Where do you go if you want to talk to a negotiator from Congo's newest rebel group? You can try their office headquarters in Uganda's capital city.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15573091-office-in-uganda-shows-how-easily-rebels-can-move</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15573091-office-in-uganda-shows-how-easily-rebels-can-move</guid><category>uganda</category><category>congo</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:37:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uganda's anti-gay bill won't contain death penalty</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said Friday that a new version of the proposed legislation doesn't contain the death penalty.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15563751-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-wont-contain-death-penalty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15563751-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-wont-contain-death-penalty</guid><category>uganda</category><category>gays</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>uganda-gays</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:16:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 Ugandan bombing suspects claim FBI abused them</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four terror suspects charged with killing 76 people watching the 2010 World Cup soccer final on TV in Uganda claimed they were physically abused during interrogations by FBI agents, an international rights group reported Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Odula]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Odula]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15481305-4-ugandan-bombing-suspects-claim-fbi-abused-them</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15481305-4-ugandan-bombing-suspects-claim-fbi-abused-them</guid><category>world-cup</category><category>terrorism</category><category>uganda</category><category>kenya</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>united-states-fbi</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:09:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ugandan officials: Congo rebels need more time</title>
<description><![CDATA[Representatives of a Congolese rebel group that now controls the key eastern Congolese city of Goma are holding out for assurances from regional leaders that their demands will be considered after they quit the provincial capital, Ugandan officials said Tuesday, hours after a deadline set by a regional bloc for M23 rebels to leave Goma passed with the rebels still in charge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15472292-ugandan-officials-congo-rebels-need-more-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15472292-ugandan-officials-congo-rebels-need-more-time</guid><category>talks</category><category>uganda</category><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>central-african</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:39:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congo and M23 rebels negotiate in Uganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[Congolese officials are in talks Sunday with representatives of M23, the rebel group that last week took control of the eastern Congo city of Goma, according to Ugandan officials.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15426576-congo-and-m23-rebels-negotiate-in-uganda</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15426576-congo-and-m23-rebels-negotiate-in-uganda</guid><category>talks</category><category>uganda</category><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>joseph-kabila</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:47:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801ee40f-c5af-4c6b-b067-a6d7f85e418e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801ee40f-c5af-4c6b-b067-a6d7f85e418e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nurses at a hospital in Goma Congo  Saturday Nov. 24, 2012 treat  a victim wounded in fighting between Government troop and  M23 rebels .   Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=267f393c-fb27-46f1-b258-3673c5f248c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=267f393c-fb27-46f1-b258-3673c5f248c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An internally displaced Congolese  man listen to the radio at the Mugunga camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.  Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8c14e2a-cbf7-4aa8-8c55-50ed1c6fe1fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8c14e2a-cbf7-4aa8-8c55-50ed1c6fe1fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Internally displaced Congolese  prepare food at the Mugunga camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.  Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ec7e60b-1e22-4ea2-a99f-3ed9b613e3c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ec7e60b-1e22-4ea2-a99f-3ed9b613e3c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An internally displaced Congolese child  heats water at the Mugunga camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.  Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e1912f0-7918-4d81-a294-2cab4ec7ba41.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e1912f0-7918-4d81-a294-2cab4ec7ba41.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Blood stains the floor of  the hospital in  Goma Congo Saturday Nov. 24, 2012 .   Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN report accuses Uganda leader's brother on Congo</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new U.N. report that accuses the Rwandan military of commanding and supporting rebel forces in eastern Congo also charges that the brother of Uganda's long-serving president actively backs the movement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362899-un-report-accuses-uganda-leaders-brother-on-congo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362899-un-report-accuses-uganda-leaders-brother-on-congo</guid><category>un</category><category>uganda</category><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Population of Africa's mountain gorillas rises</title>
<description><![CDATA[The population of Uganda's mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted last year, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and giving hope to conservationists trying to save the critically endangered species.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15211816-population-of-africas-mountain-gorillas-rises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15211816-population-of-africas-mountain-gorillas-rises</guid><category>uganda</category><category>africa</category><category>science</category><category>gorillas</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:04:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b48dc79-4853-4c5d-a094-fa1a43e8179c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b48dc79-4853-4c5d-a094-fa1a43e8179c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken Tuesday, April 19, 2011 and released by the conservation group Gorilla Doctors on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, shows a mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The population of Uganda's mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted in 2011, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and giving hope to conservationists trying to save the critically endangered species. (AP Photo/Gorilla Doctors)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e884333-d52c-4c99-992b-e3e49569d3ff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1e884333-d52c-4c99-992b-e3e49569d3ff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken Monday, April 18, 2011 and released by the conservation group Gorilla Doctors on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, shows a mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The population of Uganda's mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted in 2011, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and giving hope to conservationists trying to save the critically endangered species. (AP Photo/Gorilla Doctors)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa992ad4-7a63-44cf-918a-e1e875e1151e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa992ad4-7a63-44cf-918a-e1e875e1151e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken Monday, April 18, 2011 and released by the conservation group Gorilla Doctors on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, shows a mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The population of Uganda's mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted in 2011, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and giving hope to conservationists trying to save the critically endangered species. (AP Photo/Gorilla Doctors)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scores isolated after new Ebola outbreak in Uganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scores of Ugandans were isolated on Thursday to prevent the spread of a new outbreak of Ebola which has already killed three people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15168456-scores-isolated-after-new-ebola-outbreak-in-uganda</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15168456-scores-isolated-after-new-ebola-outbreak-in-uganda</guid><category>health</category><category>uganda</category><category>world-health-organization</category><category>ebola</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:01:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51423cc4-ea9e-450b-bcf1-281945f64717.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51423cc4-ea9e-450b-bcf1-281945f64717.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An isolation unit to care for impeding victims , Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Nyimbwa Sub County Health Centre IV 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Uganda capital Kampala. Scores of Ugandans were isolated on Thursday to prevent the spread of a new outbreak of Ebola which has already killed three people. Uganda has experienced increasingly regular outbreaks of deadly hemorrhagic fevers that have left health officials grappling for answers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=321201b2-174d-4a84-baa6-40afa99307ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=321201b2-174d-4a84-baa6-40afa99307ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An isolation unit to care for impeding victims, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Nyimbwa Sub County Health Centre IV, 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Uganda capital of Kampala. Scores of Ugandans were isolated on Thursday to prevent the spread of a new outbreak of Ebola which has already killed three people. Uganda has experienced increasingly regular outbreaks of deadly hemorrhagic fevers that have left health officials grappling for answers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Official: Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation, the speaker of the country's parliament said Monday, insisting it is what most Ugandans want.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15107119-official-uganda-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-this-year</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15107119-official-uganda-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-this-year</guid><category>uganda</category><category>gays</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:32:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Group: US troops should actively hunt for Kony</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15043582-group-us-troops-should-actively-hunt-for-kony</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15043582-group-us-troops-should-actively-hunt-for-kony</guid><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>kony</category><category>joseph-kony</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 09:46:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=442ad3a4-6a49-4e75-9451-e054316461ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=442ad3a4-6a49-4e75-9451-e054316461ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, U.S. Army special forces Captain Gregory, 29, from Texas, center, who would only give his first name in accordance with special forces security guidelines, speaks with troops from the Central African Republic and Uganda, 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 &quot;play a more operational role&quot; on the ground. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8abdd295-bb10-4155-baa4-916211b4738b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8abdd295-bb10-4155-baa4-916211b4738b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - 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 &quot;play a more operational role&quot; on the ground. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5c83d79-d07b-489c-845a-9f379c87ed4b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5c83d79-d07b-489c-845a-9f379c87ed4b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, the town of Obo, 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), is seen from the air in the Central African Republic. 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 &quot;play a more operational role&quot; on the ground. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uganda threatens to pull troops from Somalia</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for the Ugandan military says Uganda will withdraw peacekeeping troops from Somalia if the United Nations Security Council accepts the findings of experts who allege Uganda supports rebels in eastern Congo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884413-uganda-threatens-to-pull-troops-from-somalia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884413-uganda-threatens-to-pull-troops-from-somalia</guid><category>somalia</category><category>uganda</category><category>united-nations-security-council</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:39:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uganda: 50 years of independence, amid turbulence</title>
<description><![CDATA[African leaders joined thousands of Ugandans Tuesday on an airstrip in the capital of Kampala where 50 years ago Uganda announced independence from British rule.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14313371-uganda-50-years-of-independence-amid-turbulence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14313371-uganda-50-years-of-independence-amid-turbulence</guid><category>uganda</category><category>years</category><category>world-news</category><category>50-years</category><category>af</category><category>several-african</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee9ec93c-bbb7-43dd-92b2-1e44112f36b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee9ec93c-bbb7-43dd-92b2-1e44112f36b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Uganda People's Defence Force parade at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The East African country has come a long way from the days when brutal dictators were in charge, but it has not had a single peaceful transfer of power since 1962, and the potential for instability remains as opposition activists intensify their campaigns and authorities clamp down. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a5c4a2c-be37-409f-a20c-49747e834788.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a5c4a2c-be37-409f-a20c-49747e834788.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ugandan jets fly past a military parade of the Uganda People's Defence Force to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The East African country has come a long way from the days when brutal dictators were in charge, but it has not had a single peaceful transfer of power since 1962, and the potential for instability remains as opposition activists intensify their campaigns and authorities clamp down. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8610aaea-0158-438f-840b-dfade114d05c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8610aaea-0158-438f-840b-dfade114d05c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, right, who took power by force in 1986 and has ruled since, receives South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The East African country has come a long way from the days when brutal dictators were in charge, but it has not had a single peaceful transfer of power since 1962, and the potential for instability remains as opposition activists intensify their campaigns and authorities clamp down. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ugandan Muslims to protest over anti-Islam film</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some Muslim clerics in Uganda are calling for protests against a film made in the U.S. that mocks the Prophet Muhammad.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14007551-ugandan-muslims-to-protest-over-anti-islam-film</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14007551-ugandan-muslims-to-protest-over-anti-islam-film</guid><category>film</category><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>prophet</category><category>prophet-muhammad</category><category>af</category><category>some-muslim</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:51:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>African Union forces start hunt for Joseph Kony</title>
<description><![CDATA[A military official says Ugandan troops tracking infamous rebel leader Joseph Kony have handed over command of the operation to African Union troops from Uganda, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13940676-african-union-forces-start-hunt-for-joseph-kony</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13940676-african-union-forces-start-hunt-for-joseph-kony</guid><category>uganda</category><category>world-news</category><category>african-union</category><category>af</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>kony</category><category>joseph-kony</category><category>south-sudan</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:16:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teenager wins a seat in Uganda's parliament</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teenaged young woman fresh out of high school has won a seat in Uganda's parliament, adding to the ruling party's majority but embarrassing some who say her success lowers expectations of lawmakers in the East African country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13936521-teenager-wins-a-seat-in-ugandas-parliament</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13936521-teenager-wins-a-seat-in-ugandas-parliament</guid><category>uganda</category><category>lawmaker</category><category>east-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>teenage</category><category>af</category><category>teenage-lawmaker</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:50:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ab7adcb-e8a5-4dee-a82e-6077577e46bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="323" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ab7adcb-e8a5-4dee-a82e-6077577e46bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, Proscovia Oromait, 19, campaigns during a rally at the Usuku Sub County headquarters in Katakwi district, north of the capital Kampala, in Uganda. Oromait, fresh out of high school, has won a seat in Uganda's parliament, adding to the ruling party's majority but embarrassing some who say her success lowers expectations of lawmakers in the East African country. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>