How Uganda is turning a public circumcision ritual into a tourist attraction.

A volunteer force of US Marines has begun training Ugandan soldiers who are preparing to join the African Union mission in Somalia.<br /><br />The group regional forces will try to shut down armed groups in the East African nation.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from an army training camp in Uganda.

Shopkeepers in the Ugandan capital Kampala are striking on protest over the cost of high-interest loans which they say are driving many of them out of business.<br /><br />Business owners say the bank loans have left them "working for nothing" and forced them to close their shops. They say losing more money is the only option left to show their frustration.<br /><br />The central bank, however, says nationwide interest rate rises last summer, when the entire region was suffering high inflation due to a global surge in oil prices, has made lowering rates impossible.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from Kampala.<br />Business owners in the nation's largest city say the high interest rates on bank loans have left them "working for nothing" so closing their shops and losing more money is the only option left to show their frustration.<br /><br />The central bank, however, says nation-wide interest rate hikes last summer - when the entire region was suffering high inflation due to a global spike in oil prices - has made lowering rates impossible.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from Kampala.

Seven of the 28 Ugandan soldiers who were aboard three helicopters that went missing in Mount Kenya forest have been rescued.<br />Military Spokesman Bogita Ongeri said the soldiers in one of the located helicopters were receiving treatment at a military base in Nanyuki.<br />"Seven of them have been rescued and are being treated," he said.<br />He would not comment on the extent of injuries they sustained or if they were the only ones in their helicopter.<br />Ongeri added that the search and rescue mission for two other military helicopters was underway in the expansive forest where they went down late on Sunday while en-route to Somalia to join AMISOM forces in the war against Al Shabaab.

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An African dance group composed of orphaned children from Uganda are warming hearts and souls in Istanbul, Turkey with their spectacular dance numbers and endearing kindness. <br><br>The talented sextet of Uganda-based children's group Masaka Kids Africana, named after the Masaka town in the south of the country, arrived in Istanbul on Dec. 14 for a one-week trip through the support of a number of generous sponsors in the city.<br>Osman Muzaffer Afyon, a 35-year-old Turkish civil servant and travel guru who has visited 142 countries so far -- exerted great effort to find sponsors for the visit.<br>Masaka Kids Africana is composed of children who have lost one or both parents due to "the devastation of war, famine, and disease". Their goal is to empower children by mobilizing communities and support them in education and talents. Haber</a><br /><br />https://www.haberler.com/ugand....an-orphans-dance-int

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Ugandan police arrest two top opposition leaders and presidential candidates hoping to challenge veteran President Yoweri Museveni in elections next year.

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