Surgeons in short supply in Uganda

Jan. 20, 2012
Uganda desperately needs surgeons. In a country of 32 million people, there are only about a hundred specialist surgeons. As a result, accident victims with critical injuries must sometimes wait weeks or months for operations.

Global Activism: Combatting HIV-AIDS and poverty in Lyantonde, Uganda

Oct. 20, 2011
Every Thursday on Global Activism, we hear from a local individual who works to make the world a better place.Ahabwe Michael is executive director of the ICOD Action Network, based in the Lyantonde district of southwestern Uganda.

The U.S. ups its ante in Uganda against the Lord’s Resistance Army

Oct. 20, 2011
As President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton express satisfaction today at the execution of Muammar Gaddafi, another foreign policy intervention is quietly underway.

Worldview 10.20.11

Oct. 20, 2011
Last week, President Obama authorized the deployment of about 100 special forces troops to Uganda and neighboring countries to help target senior leaders in the Lord’s Resistance Army, including Joseph Kony himself.

Ugandan Asians recall 1970s exodus

Oct. 14, 2011
In August 1972, the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians in Uganda had 90 days to leave the country. Amin claimed to have had a dream in which God ordered the expulsion.The British Empire brought Indians to sub-Saharan Africa to do clerical work.

Worldview for 10.14.11

Oct. 14, 2011
Last month in Lagos, statesmen, political scientists, lawyers and civil society groups gathered at a conference to examine the current state of Nigerian politics and to honor Northwestern University professor Richard Joseph for his landmark book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The F

Gay Ugandans face ongoing discrimination despite international pressure

Feb. 1, 2011
Last week Uganda’s most prominent gay rights activist, David Kato, was found murdered in his home.

Global Activism: Connecting rural Ugandans to the rest of the world

Jan. 20, 2011
Grant Buhr is the country director for ProjectFOCUS, an all-volunteer organization that uses art to help facilitate development projects in southwest Uganda. Six months ago they started an internet café to benefit the rural town of Layantonde.

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