The Ugandan authorities and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, have said they are finalising plans to resettle some 24,000 Sudanese refugees who were displaced from their camp in northern Uganda in early August, following an attack by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Unrelenting attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have created a "horrendous" humanitarian situation and stretched local resources in northern Uganda beyond their limits, according to a UN report.

The presidents of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace accord aimed at ending three years of hostility. The signing took place last Friday in Angola, whose president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has taken on the role of peace broker in the Congo conflict.

President Yoweri Museveni made a speech during the Women's World 2002 conference held from July 21 to 26 and argued that pushing for women's empowerment would not make a difference unless Africa invests in economic development through increased market access to developed countries, such as the United States and countries in Europe.

President Yoweri Museveni has said the Government is to urgently construct a fully-fledged special primary and secondary school in Kampala to accommodate about 3,000 former Kony rebel captives, sources say.

More than 20,000 Sudanese refugees who fled a rebel attack in northern Uganda could be relocated to a permanent new camp in western Uganda as soon as next week as the UN refugee agency steps up efforts to move them to safety.

In June 2002, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) hosted an online conference on Information Access for Rural Women. Information, communication and entertainment are as critical for rural living as they are for urban living, and indeed there is increasing demand for information and communication equipment and services in rural areas. However, major challenges exist in terms of available means of information access and dissemination as well as how to operate the audio-visual systems used in rural areas.

Perform the duties of CEO of a small, relatively new NGO. Managing a coexistence center that has been established in Uganda and develop a network of similar centers in Africa and elsewhere. Responsible for all fiscal and administrative management of the organization.

Transparency International senior advisor Augustine Ruzindana has urged government to institute sustainable ways of punishing corrupt officials. "We have all the laws to check on corruption but they are not followed. Officers are sacked today and they get new appointments the next day," Ruzindana said.

Following four years of war, the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda reached an accord in the Angolan capital, Luanda, last Thursday, whereby Uganda will withdraw its remaining troops from the DRC, and the two countries will normalise relations.

Christopher is a 13-year-old boy who lives a few miles from the village of Kassana, one hour from Kampala, the capital of Uganda. After losing his mother to AIDS this past December, Christopher is one of the estimated 1.7 million children orphaned by the epidemic in this country.

The Food Programme (WFP) has distributed relief food to a group of Ugandan refugees who returned from Sudan recently.
The returnees, mostly women, children and the elderly numbering over 100 have camped at Potika Internally Displaced Persons camp in Agoro, Lamwo county in Kitgum district.

President Yoweri Museveni has written to Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony setting out terms for peace talks.

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the immediate and total withdrawal of the remaining UPDF soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sources say.

Aid agencies are moving 24,000 Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda away from the volatile border area after rebels issued a one-week ultimatum for them to leave.

The International Federation of Journalists, the world's largest journalists' organisation, has called on Ugandan rebels to lift the death threat issued against a Belgian journalist who is reporting on the plight of child soldiers.

Fifteen thousand refugees who have settled at Rackoko in Pader, will be relocated to Kiryandongo in Masindi district within a week. The group is part of about 25,000 refugees who had been living in Achol-pii refugee camp until Monday when Kony rebels burnt down the camp, killing at least 50.

Only 5.3 million women in Uganda who are either married or cohabiting use family planning methods.

Sacked Electoral Commissioners Flora Nkurukenda, Teddy Wamusi and Robert Kitariko have cried foul and blasted Ethics State Minister Miria Matembe for saying they should have been sacked with disgrace.

At least 17 people have been killed and 10,000 people have fled after rebels attacked a camp of Sudanese refugees in the north of Uganda.