Uganda: Makerere Closed As Strike Bites

13 November 2006

Kampala — Over 30,000 students yesterday began returning home after Makerere University closed indefinitely.

Uganda's oldest university closed shop after striking lecturers declined to return to the classroom as the strike over an unfulfilled salary pledge entered its second week.

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