As villagers of Guru Guru in northern Uganda fled an attack by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), one man found himself surrounded and trapped inside his home. Unable to escape the armed rebels, Faustino Onek was abducted and forced into the bush, where he was tortured, stabbed and finally had his left arm amputated. Onek, a community elder and grandfather to 27 children, had met at least one of his attackers before: it was his nephew.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has announced the full make-up of his new cabinet following parliamentary elections last month. The list contains few new faces and includes 10 ministers who failed to win seats in the election but who can hold office by presidential appointment, the BBC reported.

The northeastern MPs in Uganda's newly constituted seventh parliament have pledged support for a peace and reconciliation project among warring northern ethnic groups on the one hand, and between these groups and the government on the other hand, the international NGO World Vision reported on Wednesday.

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Civilian deaths resulting from fighting between Ugandan government forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the north of the country have increased in recent months, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

The Ugandan government is planning to establish an HIV/AIDS centre in each district referral hospital where patients will be able to get access to antiretroviral drugs used to treat the disease, according to the official 'New Vision' newspaper.

Women & Politics in Uganda, which won a 2001 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award, explains why the women's movement in Uganda has made its presence felt so forcefully and quickly in this country since 1986. Unlike women's movements in other African countries, the Ugandan women's movement has distinguished itself by establishing greater autonomy from the state, suggesting that societal autonomy is critical to its efficacy, although other key factors are also discussed.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday reiterated that he was tired of the war in the DRC and was pulling out his troops from that country, a report posted on 'The Guardian' website said.

The Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) on Tuesday claimed to have rescued more than 6,000 children to date from enforced fighting and slavery with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The army's 4th Division spokesman, Captain Khelil Magara, was quoted by the independent 'Monitor' newspaper as saying that the children had been rescued while fighting against the UPDF, and that a child protection unit had been formed in the 4th division to help those rescued.

The fertility and population growth rates in Uganda are among the highest in the world, according to a new survey by Uganda's Population Secretariat (POPSEC). The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for 2000 indicated that a Ugandan woman would give birth to an average of 6.5 children, the state-owned 'New Vision' newspaper quoted Acting Director of POPSEC, Paddy Nahabwe, as saying. "By comparison, a Kenyan woman will have an average of 4.5 children in her lifetime. This means that our population is growing rapidly and continuing to exert pressure on the environment," he added.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, are meeting on Friday morning at Katuna border post - a stretch of no-man's land which lies between their two countries. The meeting is the first of its kind in close to a year and the presidents will be trying to find ways to repair their damaged relationship.

Uganda is now ranked third most corrupt country in the world, according to a survey conducted by Transparency International (TI). ,According to TI Corruption Perception Index for 2001 released on Wednesday, Bangladesh is the most corrupt nation followed by Nigeria amongst 91 nations surveyed.

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At least seven people have been shot dead in election violence across Uganda, news agencies reported on Wednesday. Violence erupted in a village near the eastern town of Mbale after a bodyguard of candidate Simon Mulongo allegedly shot and killed five opposition supporters, the semi-official 'New Vision' daily said. The newspaper reported that an angry mob then disarmed Mulongo's bodyguard before killing him. "At least six people are dead, and eight are injured and are in Mbale hospital," Reuters quoted police spokesman Eric Naigambi as saying.

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Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) is hosting the Kampala Know How Conference 2002 from 23 - 27 July 2002 in Kampala, Uganda. Isis-WICCE is now hiring a Conference Manager for the period June 2001 - October 2002 to lead the process of organising the conference. Skills and qualifications: experience working in Africa, managing groups and budgets, interest in women and human rights. Contact details: Isis-WICCE Attn. The Director Tel: +256-41-543-953.

The human rights organisation Amnesty International has called on governments sending monitors to the Ugandan parliamentary elections, scheduled for 26 June, to ensure that human rights concerns are fully addressed.

The government of Uganda has announced that the closed Rwenzori Mountains National Park bordering the strife ridden Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will reopen on July 2. The opening will pave the way for mountaineers to have access to Africa's third highest peak - the scenic 5,100 meter (16,575 foot) Mt. Margherita.

Africa's first major treatment and training centre for HIV/AIDS is scheduled to open in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, early next year, according to a press statement on Monday from the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa.

The ministry of Internal Affairs finally released the voluminous report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into corruption in the police force yesterday, more than one year after it received it from the Commission. Key among the many recommendations of the Commission, which was chaired by Lady Justice Julie Sebutinde, is that the Scotland Yard be brought in to investigate the three interdicted former senior officers in the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).