Uganda Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/uganda/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:31:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Uganda Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/uganda/ 32 32 67616479 Cartoon | Museveni’s son will not leave Twitter https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:29:13 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72185 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, his diplomatic uncouth son should stay off Twitter but the outspoken son remains defiant.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-musevenis-son-will-not-leave-twitter/feed/ 0 72185 Cartoon | Bobi! Wine and dine with me https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-bobi-wine-and-dine-with-me/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-bobi-wine-and-dine-with-me/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:19:34 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72027 Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is backing the resolution by the European Union Parliament to delay the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project over human rights violations.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-bobi-wine-and-dine-with-me/feed/ 0 72027 Renewable energy by force: Does the West have any moral high ground to interfere in Uganda and Tanzania’s oil and gas development projects? https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-moral-high-ground-uganda-and-tanzania-oil-gas-eacop/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-moral-high-ground-uganda-and-tanzania-oil-gas-eacop/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:43:54 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71914 The European Union parliament has passed a resolution that calls on Uganda and Tanzania to halt their oil and gas projects, stating that the immense risk to the surrounding communities and further contribution to worsening climate change is not worth it. While their sentiments are true and well documented, the state of their own failures in tackling climate change or curbing fossil fuel emissions brings their interference into question.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-moral-high-ground-uganda-and-tanzania-oil-gas-eacop/feed/ 0 71914 Nyege Nyege music festival in Uganda is back on – but morality police are watching https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/nyege-nyege-music-festival-in-uganda-is-back-on-but-morality-police-are-watching/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/nyege-nyege-music-festival-in-uganda-is-back-on-but-morality-police-are-watching/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:46:12 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71865 The four-day, non-stop dance party has been banned and unbanned twice in four years.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/nyege-nyege-music-festival-in-uganda-is-back-on-but-morality-police-are-watching/feed/ 0 71865 Uganda begins reparation payments for the Second Congo war https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/uganda-begins-reparation-payments-for-the-second-congo-war/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/uganda-begins-reparation-payments-for-the-second-congo-war/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:53:40 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71854 Early this year, the International Court of Justice ordered Uganda to pay damages for property loss and harm to persons that included rape, conscription of child soldiers, and displacement during the 1998-2003 conflict. In its first instalment, Uganda has paid $65 million of the $325 million total.

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