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Uganda: Rights Activists Condemn Recent Kasese Killings
Monitor, 2 December 2016
Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned Kasese killings and the manner in which Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere was arrested, referring to it as dehumanising and demeaning… Read more »
Uganda Struggles to Deal With Palace Attack Aftermath
The government and security forces have been trying to justify their actions and unite people after royal guards were killed in the army standoff and left at least 100 people dead.
Sad send off. Police officers load coffins containing the bodies of their colleagues onto a truck to be transported to different destinations.
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Uganda: Families Check Corpses to Pick Out Their Dead
Monitor, 1 December 2016
Over the past five days, Ms Betty Mbambu had been pregnant with grief and anxiety. She wished away the pesky thought that her 17-year-old son, Cramina Muhindo, could have been… Read more »
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Uganda: Security Tightened At Naguru Police Headquarters
Monitor, 2 December 2016
The case files of the Rwenzururu kingdom suspects implicated in last weekend's violence that claimed over 100 lives, were reportedly transferred to Kampala for safety. Read more »
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Uganda: Business in Kasese Limps Following Omusinga Attack
Monitor, 2 December 2016
Days after the deadly raid on the Rwenzururu Palace, which left more than 60 people dead according to police records, business in Kasese is struggling to get back to where it was… Read more »
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Uganda: Police Recall Commander After Kasese Attacks
Monitor, 1 December 2016
After only seven months on the job, and hours after a military invasion on Sunday left more than 40 dead at the Rwenzururu king's palace in Kasese District, the police leadership… Read more »
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Uganda: Royal Guards Moved to Secret Detention
Monitor, 1 December 2016
The police are relocating some 200 suspects arrested in the aftermath of the Kasese clashes to secret locations around the country, this newspaper can reveal. Read more »
InFocus
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The tribal king who has been accused of trying to create an independent state has been charged with murder after at least 100 people died after soldiers attacked his palace. Read more »
