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East Africa Times Launches September 1st
Our new website East Africa Times will launch on September 1st. We fill focus on covering the diaspora, business, and immigration, as well as offer life and style, religion, health, gender, women, and metro coverage-- plus much more. Please contact us if interested in getting involved. »
Money Home Soars In 2010
Money sent home this year may have soared as high as $930 million, up from $800 million in 2010, according to Uganda's Central Bank. The recovery from the global financial crisis has helped the diaspora keep their jobs and send a significant amount of their salaries home on a regular basis. »
Ugandans Struggle To Forge Collective Identity
Two Ugandans living abroad, a Ugandan back home and an American professor talk about ethnic and national identity in Uganda. »
Giving The Best Service To Diaspora’s Elderly Relatives Back Home
The Aged Family Uganda provides the best service to the diaspora's elderly relatives back home, from hospital and home care to companionship and physiotherapy. We are also a nonprofit that helps take care of some of the neediest elderly people back home in Uganda. Paid advertorial supplement. »
How Far Have Women Come Since Independence?
Earlier this month, the international Ugandan community reflected on the status of women since the country's independence in 1962. Check out our first video, by Ugandans Abroad broadcast reporter Adeola Oladele. »
Uganda Urges India To Loosen Visa Restrictions
There are nearly 800 Ugandan students currently studying in India and the Ugandan government says it should be easier for them to receive student visas and work permits. »
How Can You Safely Buy a House in Uganda from Abroad?
Many in the diaspora have been cheated trying to use their salaries to build houses back home. About fifty gathered at Uganda House last week to learn about buying houses from abroad through NHCC. »
Another Landslide in Bududa: 5 Brothers and Sisters Buried Alive
Landslides in Uganda continued this Saturday after heavy rain. Five children in Bududa were buried alive, and 4,000 people still live in temporary camps in Bulucheke. »
Ugandans Living Abroad React to 7-11 Twin Attacks
Many in the diaspora were personally affected by the bombings in Kampala on 7-11, which terrorist group al-Shabaab has taken credit for. 76 people were killed, stunning Ugandans from London to Chicago. Read more here. »
Ugandans Abroad Launches Uganda’s List
Ever wish there was a Craig's List for Uganda? Check out www.ugandaslist.com, where you can post different free and inexpensive classified ads. Jobs, dating, real estate. Any money from the site will be re-invested in Ugandans Abroad. »
