Wow! Some cool jabs at Uganda Parliament

An FDC(Forum for democratic change-Oppostion party) protester fighting with a policeman at the Uganda parliament on August 18th 2009.

Most Popolous Countries-2009 and 2050

2009
Country Population (millions)
China 1,331
India 1,171
United States 307
Indonesia 243
Brazil 191
Pakistan 181
Bangladesh 162
Nigeria 153
Russia 142
Japan 128



2050
Country Population (millions)
India 1,748
China 1,437
United States 439
Indonesia 343
Pakistan 335
Nigeria 285
Bangladesh 222
Brazil 215
Congo, Dem. Rep. 189
Philippines 150

Uganda-Who knows?

First rhino birth in Uganda for 28 years.

A baby white rhino, now named Obama, was born in Uganda in June at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Obama's mother was donated by Disney Animal Kingdon, and his father was donated by Kenya.
White rhinos were reintroduced into Uganda some 25 years after being poached to extinction. Four southern white rhinos were scrolled in here in 2005, from Kenya. A year later two more arrived from Disney, and the 6 (now 7) roam a 70 square kilometre reserve that is heavily protected.

LRA Team in Peace Talks Resigns

Elusive signatures of President Yoweri Museveni and rebel Joseph Kony on a final peace deal for Northern Uganda has forced Lord's Resistance Army's peace team to resign.
LRA's chief negotiator David Nyerokach-Matsanga and Mr Justine Labeja, who have been part of the team that negotiated various agreements aimed at ending the Ugandan civil war, yesterday resigned citing lack of commitment on the part of President Museveni and LRA leader Kony.

They said they lacked the capacity to 'chase' Kony for his signature in the Central Africa Republic, and that the Uganda government had failed to grant a temporary ceasefire to enable Kony to come out and sign the Final Peace Agreement.

"Museveni says Kony must sign the FPA, but he has refused to grant him a temporary ceasefire. How does he expect Kony to sign the agreement?" he said.
Didn't show up

In April, President Museveni went to Juba to sign the deal, but Kony failed to show up, making the chief negotiator Salva Kiir to postpone the signing.
But yesterday, the LRA negotiators told a news conference in Nairobi that they were happy that their efforts had restored peace in Northern Uganda, adding that Kony's signature was therefore "moribund."
Said Dr Nyerokach-Matsanga: "General Kony and President Museveni are a small entity in this process because Uganda is bigger than individuals when it comes to peace."
-Allafrica.com

World Population Growth Is Now Almost Entirely Concentrated in the World’s Poorer Countries.

In 2009, world population stood at 6.8 billion, up about 83 million from 2008. The world total is likely to reach 7 billion in the latter half of 2011, with the bulk of growth in the world’s poorest nations. The less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean are projected to increase by just under 50 percent in the 41 years between now and 2050, and the poorest of these are projected to double in population size over that period. But this scenario assumes that fertility in less developed countries will decline smoothly to the low levels observed in today’s more developed countries: about 1.8 children per woman. For fertility to fall to those low levels, many factors are key, including significant increases in the use of family planning in many less developed countries.

Ugandan Woman having a coke less than an hour after delivery

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