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Six cases of the mutilation and murder of children as “good luck” sacrifices were reported during the recent Ugandan elections, a children’s charity said. “Child sacrifice cases are common during election time as some people believe blood sacrifices will bring wealth and power,” said Shelin Kasozi of Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM), a charity that cares for survivors of attempted child ...

Yoweri Museveni triumphed in Uganda’s presidential elections on Thursday, prompting a range of reactions from the international community. Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, won 60.8 percent of the vote, ahead of main rival Kizza Besigye on 35.4 percent in a highly contentious election. The day was marred by a social media blackout and seven-hour delays in ballots ...

The Ugandan government decided to block access to social media on both computers and mobile phones ahead of election day, all popular social media platforms such as facebook, twitter and whatsapp were shut down on Wednesday at mid-night. Check also: Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni takes part in presidential debate Amnesty International deputy regional director, Sarah Jackson said the shut down ...

Uganda is simply known as “The Pearl of Africa”, it is located within the East African region, it is the starting point of one of the most amazing and longest rivers in the world known as river Nile. This makes it to be one of the beautiful countries. Check also: Ugandans Among The Happiest People Worldwide , According To Survey ...

The study shows that Uganda is the best and leading English speaking country on the African continent followed by Zambia, according to World Linguistic Agency ( W.L.A ). Well its not a very big surprise for Ugandans because it’s a British colony and definitely English became one of the top most official languages in country. Check also: Ugandan Body Builder, ...