The Hit Farm

By Jocelyn Edwards PADER DISTRICT, Uganda, March 6 (Reuters) – Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter Nancy Lamwaka outside and ties her ankle to a mango tree. It's not something he likes to do. Ugandan parliament on Tuesday controversially cleared Bank of Uganda (BoU) governor professor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile of any responsibility in the inflated [...]

Obama has authorized about 100 special forces troops to deploy to Uganda and neighboring countries to help target a rebel militia leader. The US troops won't engage in battle, the president says. By Brian Bennett and Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Some Ugandan families view the condition as a curse leading them to abandon their [...]