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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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African Union Soldiers From Uganda Convicted For Running Fuel Racket
Nine Ugandan soldiers have been jailed for illegally selling fuel meant for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an army spokesman said Wednesday.
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Ugandan Army Says 38,000 Evacuated From South Sudan Conflict
The Ugandan army said on Wednesday it had evacuated 38,000 civilians caught up in fighting in Juba, the capital of crisis-hit South Sudan.
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Ugandan Army Enters South Sudan To Evacuate Citzens
A heavily-armed Ugandan military convoy crossed into South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate citizens trapped in the capital Juba as fears persist that days of fierce fighting might reignite despite a ceasefire.
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LRA Used Brutality To Train Child Fighters, Prosecutors Say
International prosecutors accused a former Lord's Resistance Army commander on Thursday of using rape and brutality to turn children the LRA had abducted into sex slaves or soldiers for its long campaign against Uganda's government.
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Islamist Rebel Handed Over to Uganda From Tanzania: Army Spokesman
A Ugandan Islamist rebel leader accused of heading a group that has killed hundreds of people has been handed over to Uganda after being extradited from Tanzania, an army spokesman said.
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Abductions by Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army Rebels on The Rise: UN
Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels have launched a string of attacks across central Africa with a "steady increase" in abductions, the United Nations said in a report seen today.
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Rwanda Seeks Life for Army Officer Accused of Attack Plots
Military prosecution lawyers in Rwanda have sought a life sentence for an ex-officer accused of plotting attacks on the state, who was extradited from Uganda despite being a refugee.
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Uganda Street Kids 'Abused by Police': Rights Group
Street children in Uganda suffer from systematic abuse by the country's police and other officials, including beatings and sex attacks, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
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Ugandan Army Claim They Killed 60 Gunmen, Troops Now Deployed Near Oil Area
Uganda's army said on Monday it had killed more than 60 gunmen who attacked police and army posts in the west on Saturday, while extra troops had been deployed to restore security in an area near the country's new oil fields.
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Ugandan Troops Kill 41 in Battle With 'Tribal Gunmen': Army Spokesman
Ugandan troops have killed 41 gunmen in a major battle with tribal gunmen in the western district of Bundibuguyo near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda's army spokesman said Sunday.
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Ugandan Army Kills Ex-Rebels in Central Africa Mix-Up
Ugandan troops have killed at least 15 former rebels from the Central African Republic after mistaking them for fighters of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army, police has said.
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Elephants poached by fugitives for survival in Africa
Members of a militia run by fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony are killing elephants across Central Africa to support Kony's struggling group, according to a report by watchdog organizations that are urging the expansion of programs to encourage defections from the Lord's Resistance Army.
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Kony video rubs raw Uganda scars
Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child soldiers preyed on this town for years and whose brutal legacy has been thrust back into the spotlight by a hugely popular U.S. video.
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How the Joseph Kony video went viral
Since three young filmmakers first traveled to Uganda in 2003, they have been determined to use film and activism to help stop the rebel leader Joseph Kony's brutal tactics and the use of children as soldiers. But it was not until this week that their nonprofit organization, Invisible Children, helped make Mr. Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resista...
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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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African Union Soldiers From Uganda Convicted For Running Fuel Racket
Nine Ugandan soldiers have been jailed for illegally selling fuel meant for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an army spokesman said Wednesday.
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Ugandan Army Says 38,000 Evacuated From South Sudan Conflict
The Ugandan army said on Wednesday it had evacuated 38,000 civilians caught up in fighting in Juba, the capital of crisis-hit South Sudan.
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Ugandan Army Enters South Sudan To Evacuate Citzens
A heavily-armed Ugandan military convoy crossed into South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate citizens trapped in the capital Juba as fears persist that days of fierce fighting might reignite despite a ceasefire.
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LRA Used Brutality To Train Child Fighters, Prosecutors Say
International prosecutors accused a former Lord's Resistance Army commander on Thursday of using rape and brutality to turn children the LRA had abducted into sex slaves or soldiers for its long campaign against Uganda's government.
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Islamist Rebel Handed Over to Uganda From Tanzania: Army Spokesman
A Ugandan Islamist rebel leader accused of heading a group that has killed hundreds of people has been handed over to Uganda after being extradited from Tanzania, an army spokesman said.
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Abductions by Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army Rebels on The Rise: UN
Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels have launched a string of attacks across central Africa with a "steady increase" in abductions, the United Nations said in a report seen today.
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Rwanda Seeks Life for Army Officer Accused of Attack Plots
Military prosecution lawyers in Rwanda have sought a life sentence for an ex-officer accused of plotting attacks on the state, who was extradited from Uganda despite being a refugee.
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Uganda Street Kids 'Abused by Police': Rights Group
Street children in Uganda suffer from systematic abuse by the country's police and other officials, including beatings and sex attacks, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
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Ugandan Army Claim They Killed 60 Gunmen, Troops Now Deployed Near Oil Area
Uganda's army said on Monday it had killed more than 60 gunmen who attacked police and army posts in the west on Saturday, while extra troops had been deployed to restore security in an area near the country's new oil fields.
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Ugandan Troops Kill 41 in Battle With 'Tribal Gunmen': Army Spokesman
Ugandan troops have killed 41 gunmen in a major battle with tribal gunmen in the western district of Bundibuguyo near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda's army spokesman said Sunday.
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Ugandan Army Kills Ex-Rebels in Central Africa Mix-Up
Ugandan troops have killed at least 15 former rebels from the Central African Republic after mistaking them for fighters of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army, police has said.
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Elephants poached by fugitives for survival in Africa
Members of a militia run by fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony are killing elephants across Central Africa to support Kony's struggling group, according to a report by watchdog organizations that are urging the expansion of programs to encourage defections from the Lord's Resistance Army.
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Kony video rubs raw Uganda scars
Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child soldiers preyed on this town for years and whose brutal legacy has been thrust back into the spotlight by a hugely popular U.S. video.
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How the Joseph Kony video went viral
Since three young filmmakers first traveled to Uganda in 2003, they have been determined to use film and activism to help stop the rebel leader Joseph Kony's brutal tactics and the use of children as soldiers. But it was not until this week that their nonprofit organization, Invisible Children, helped make Mr. Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resista...
