BBC
20 September 2008
Rising food prices have hit Ethiopia hard
Nearly 17 million people in the Horn of Africa are in urgent need of food and other aid - almost twice as many as earlier this year, the UN has said.
Some $700m (£382m) in emergency aid is needed to prevent the region descending into full-scale [...]
Category Archives: Uganda
Hunger levels soar in East Africa
September 21, 2008 – 7:55 am
Senior UN official appeals for urgent funds as crisis deepens in Horn of Africa
September 20, 2008 – 7:12 am
UN News Centre
19 September 2008
The United Nations humanitarian relief chief made a passionate plea today for more funding to avoid a famine in the Horn of Africa on the scale witnessed in the 1980s.
The Horn of Africa is facing a humanitarian crisis, with as many as 17 million people, including 3 million children, in urgent [...]
Two Ugandan Peacekeepers Killed in Somalia
September 17, 2008 – 7:51 am
VOA
September 15, 2008
Alisha Ryu
Another Ugandan peacekeeper has been killed by Islamist insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the second soldier to die there in as many days. A militant Somali Islamist group called the Shabab has taken responsibility for the latest attacks on Ugandan peacekeeping troops, who make up the bulk of the African [...]
African Union to Mediate Somalia Peace Talks
August 19, 2008 – 8:05 am
VOA
Peter Clottey
15 August 2008
The African Union (AU) will be chairing a meeting between Somalia’s transitional government and opposition political parties Friday in Djibouti. The negotiators will try to achieve a full implementation of this year’s Djibouti agreement to help find a lasting solution to the widespread instability reported in the country. The [...]
Nile Basin Initiative: Countries Diverge over Water Security
August 6, 2008 – 3:20 pm
Fortune, Ethiopia
August 3, 2008
The point of departure between the countries was related to the issues to do with water security. These issues began with the two agreements signed during the colonial era that gave Egypt and Sudan extensive rights over the river’s use. Upstream countries, including the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, [...]
Bomb kills Ugandan peacekeeper in Somalia
August 4, 2008 – 3:35 pm
AP
August 1, 2008
MOGADISHU, Somalia: A roadside bomb killed a Ugandan peacekeeper in the Somali capital on Friday, witnesses and an official said, breaking a brief period of relative quiet following a peace agreement between some of the fighting factions.
The explosion occurred near the Ugandan base at Mogadishu’s international airport, said Ugandan commander Col. Godfrey Golooba.
Keyse [...]
UN Report to Security Council from Monitoring Group on Somalia
July 11, 2008 – 8:40 am
(no link available)
Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia, Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1766 (2007)
April 28, 2008
S/2008/274
Uganda short of money to boost Somalia force
June 13, 2008 – 8:19 pm
Reuters
Fri 7 Mar 2008
Francis Kwera
KAMPALA, March 7 (Reuters) - Uganda cannot fulfil its offer to completely take over the peacekeeping mission in Somalia because nobody has come up with the money, the defence minister said on Friday.
Uganda was the first of two countries to deploy soldiers as part of an African Union mission to Somalia, [...]
FEWS NET Weather Hazards Impact Assessment June 5-11, 2008 for Africa
June 6, 2008 – 4:36 pm
USAID FEWS NET Weather Hazards Impact Assessment June 5-11, 2008
June 4, 2008
PDF file with map showing ares of weather hazard in the Horn of Africa:
Map
Ugandan Army Disturbed by Allegations of Peacekeepers Trafficking Arms in Somalia
June 3, 2008 – 9:25 am
VOA
Alisha Ryu
23 May 2008
The Ugandan army says it is shocked by a U.N. report that alleges that some of its troops deployed as peacekeepers in Somalia may be engaged in arms trafficking activities there. The military promises to cooperate fully in any investigation launched by the Security Council’s Somalia sanctions committee. VOA correspondent Alisha [...]
