May 10th, 2011

newsflick:

Police spray Ugandan opposition party leaders with coloured water during demonstrations in the capital Kampala, May 10, 2011. President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to crush the protests and blamed rising food and fuel costs on drought and global increases in oil prices. (James Akena)

(Source: newsflick)

Reblogged from Nick Turse
April 29th, 2011

newsflick:

Ugandan soldiers shoot at demonstrators, who pelt them with rocks from apartment buildings, during riots in Kampala on April 29. (Marc Hofer)

Ugandan army troops and police faced off against rioting demonstrators in downtown Kampala on Friday, the first time the Uganda’s growing protest movement had reached the country’s capital. Red Cross officials said at least one person was killed and 64 wounded.

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(Source: newsflick)

Reblogged from Nick Turse
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