[Ugnet] Africa Action Urges UN Support for Multinational Intervention in Darfur

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Africa Action Urges UN Support for Multinational Intervention in Darfur   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site Africa Action (Washington, DC) PRESS RELEASEApril 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 Washington, DC Welcomes Agreement on ICC Referral, B

[Ugnet] Police Arrest Ugandan Intelligence Officer

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Police Arrest Ugandan Intelligence Officer   Email This Page Print This Page The New Times (Kigali) April 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 Patrick BigaboKigali The Rwandan Police is holding an officer of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) No. R0452 Captain David

[Ugnet] West Africa: Economic Aid is Needed to Combat Terrorism in Sahel, Not Just Military Training - Icg

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
West Africa: Economic Aid is Needed to Combat Terrorism in Sahel, Not Just Military Training - Icg   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN Integrated Regional Information Networks April 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 Dakar The heavy-handed U

[Ugnet] Attacks And Theft Seriously Threaten UN Ability to Feed Millions in Sudan's Darfur

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Attacks And Theft Seriously Threaten UN Ability to Feed Millions in Sudan's Darfur   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN News Service (New York) April 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 Shootings, attacks on drivers and thefts of contracted tru

[Ugnet] Payne Announces the 2005 Congressional Black Caucus Mid-Year Brain Trust on Africa Highlighting Genocide in Darfur

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Payne Announces the 2005 Congressional Black Caucus Mid-Year Brain Trust on Africa Highlighting Genocide in Darfur   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site United States Congress (Washington, DC) PRESS RELEASEApril 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 O

[Ugnet] Catastrophe Looms From Cholera Epidemic in Eastern DR of Congo - UN

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Catastrophe Looms From Cholera Epidemic in Eastern DR of Congo - UN   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN News Service (New York) April 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 A cholera epidemic in a displaced persons' camp in eastern Democratic Rep

[Ugnet] Committee On UN Treaty Requesting Account of Human Rights Compliance From Sudan

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Committee On UN Treaty Requesting Account of Human Rights Compliance From Sudan   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN News Service (New York) April 1, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 An independent committee monitoring a United Nations civil ri

[Ugnet] International Groups Working Against Museveni - Buturo

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
International Groups Working Against Museveni - Buturo   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) April 2, 2005 Posted to the web April 1, 2005 Charles M. MwanguhyaKampala The government has gone on the offensive against what officials

[Ugnet] "Ghetto" -- The New "N" Word

2005-04-01 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
by Harold W. Clemens (www.blackcommentator.com) "Ghetto," when used colloquially as an adjective, is the most racist, derogatory word in the common lexicon, given its so subtle insinuations and layers. Employed to mean "uncouth," "unruly," or "parvenu," “ghetto” is the most popular, new code wor

[Ugnet] Credit, Conspicuous Consumption and Crisis in Black America

2005-04-01 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
By David Crockett (www.blackcommentator.com) It seems that were it not for bad news there would be almost no news in Black America these days. Black folk, in case you hadn’t heard, are in the midst of yet another crisis. This time it’s a debt crisis, particularly in short-term revolving debt (pr

[Ugnet] WHAT THE UPC sunami?! Kaladima whats up?

2005-04-01 Thread s22294822
How is Mr Okuto "rumor mongering" in this? At the top of the article, the name of the author of the article and the Newspaper in which it was published are clearly stated. Shouldn't you Mr. Matek be addressing the issues raised in the article other than attacking the person who forwarded it to U

[Ugnet] Africa look to science to solve its problems

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Njoki
Hi all, Here below are two articles both extracted from the New Vision newspaper. The first is a story of hope, one that would have made the reader want to invest in vanilla growing. The second is one of despair. Whereas it is true that the world prices of va

Re: [Ugnet] WHAT THE UPC sunami?! Kaladima whats up?

2005-04-01 Thread Matek Opoko
Okuto Del Coli:   There you go again engaged in rumor mongering  .. is this the latest RADIO KATWE you heard from Maluwa or is it Mandule Joint where ever you are currently stationed.   MKOkuto del Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm, as the saying goes, every one wants to go to H

[Ugnet] Africa look to science to solve its problems

2005-04-01 Thread d b
http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Regional/Regional1.html By the way what is civil engineering about in Uganda - flower can grow in stones! Africa should look to science to solve its problems – Icipe boss By JOHN MBARIA Special Correspondent It was one of those newspaper report

[Ugnet] Ever Heard of the 13th Commandment?:"Thou Shalt Not Condomise"

2005-04-01 Thread Owor Kipenji
HEALTH-AFRICA: Thou Shalt Not Condomise Moyiga Nduru http://ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=28101 JOHANNESBURG, Mar 31 (IPS) - Muslims and Catholics do not see eye-to-eye on many issues. But when it comes to practices which they fear will allow the encroachment of unacceptable secular valu

RE: [Ugnet] Mulago Dialysis Machine

2005-04-01 Thread d b
Mr. Nixon Andama I propose that the government put on sale all SUV vehicles bought to all government officials and the money raised minus purchase of cheaper vehicles should go to buy those machines - as Kagame did in Rwanda. The government has the money to buy those machines if the government

[Ugnet] WHAT THE UPC sunami?! Kaladima whats up?

2005-04-01 Thread Okuto del Coli
Hmm, as the saying goes, every one wants to go to Heaven but, no one wants to die!!! Leaders come; Leaders go. They all come to rid corruption, nepotism and many more. They all come to restore order, bring freedom, bring DEMOCRACY and many many more. But non wants the pest to come i