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Rwanda - the unbelievable truth
According to the Wikipedia, the Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Home to approximately 10.1 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, most of whom engage in subsistence agriculture. A verdant country of fertile and hilly terrain, the small republic bears the title "Land of a Thousand Hills"(French: Pays des Mille Collines; Kinyarwanda: Igihugu cy'Imisozi Igihumbi). - The country has received considerable international attention due to its 1994 genocide, in which between 800,000 and one million people were killed.…Uganda holds historic trade summit
A historic summit that would bring together 26 countries of the three major blocs in East and South Africa would take place in Uganda. Trade arrangements and infrastructural development aimed at harmonizing commerce in the region is to be discussed. - About 14 heads of state, including Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and the new South African president, Kgalema Motlanthe are scheduled to attend the Tripartite Summit in Kampala. Also, they are expected to provide a panacea to the continent’s under-development.
The 26 countries are from the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
…Egypt claims 2.2% of Uganda land
The Uganda government had allocated to Egypt two million acres of land to grow wheat and corn this year, Egypt`s minister of Agriculture revealed. He asserted that the land was in a number of places. Two million acres is equivalent to 2.2% of Uganda`s total area. - It was not clear whether the land was sold or leased freely, Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper quoting the Egyptian Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper cited Minister Amin Abaza as saying.
President Museveni wants to make decisions favouring investors without consultations. He has for example given away land in several prime areas in the city free to foreign investors only to regularize the transactions later.
The monitor approa…Bush praises Uganda’s Museveni
Ugandan president has received thumbs up from George Bush of the US on strategies he has put in place to deal with HIV/AIDS. He said Museveni is a very strong leader. The two leaders had a meeting last Monday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. - At a joint press conference after the meeting, Bush said; “I just had a very productive meeting with President Museveni. He’s been a very strong leader on a number of fronts. First, he’s been very helpful in solving regional conflicts on the continent of Africa, and I want to thank you for your leadership.”
“Secondly, you gave me great confidence when it came to realising …TI: Corruption still rides high in Africa
Out of the 10 most corrupt countries in the world, six are in Africa according to the latest report of Transparency international (TI). They include Sudan, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Germany, Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden shared the highest score at 9.3. - According to the detailed Index released on Tuesday in Berlin, Singapore stands at 9.2. Somalia was ranked at the bottom at 1.0, (the most corrupt in the world because dozens of aid workers, journalists and boat crew members have been kidnapped for ransom in the past year), slightly trailing Iraq and Myanmar at 1.3 and Haiti at 1.4.
Of the 180 countries surveyed, eight West African countries placed …Famous Uganda king buried
A state funeral was held on Sunday for one of Uganda's traditional kings, who died last week of throat cancer at age 87. A public holiday was observed ahead of his burial. President Museveni, whose government is covering the cost of the funeral, was among those attending near Busoga's main town, Jinja. - Henry Wako Muloki ruled over Busoga, one of Uganda's five kingdoms. People in the Ugandan town of Jinja were in a sombre mood ahead of the late king's state funeral.
Locals described the king as a man who talked to young and old, and the most unifying factor in the region. Busoga region has generally supported Museveni in recent elections, BBC correspondents say.
In the 1980s, the ki…
