Thousands welcome Queen Elizabeth to Uganda
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Published on 11/21/2007
By Tim Cocks
KAMPALA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of cheering Ugandans lined the streets of the capital, Kampala, on Wednesday night to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to the east African country since 1954.
She arrived accompanied by Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for a two-day state visit ahead of the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Men cheered, women ululated and children waved flags with the summit's logo -- a Ugandan crested crane with a globe -- as her motorcade swept through central Kampala after a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni near the airport.
"It's a real pleasure," said John Ojeda, a traffic policemen. "She's brought us a lot of joy. Her coming here brings the message that there is peace in Uganda now."
Uganda won independence from Britain in 1962, but two decades of dictatorship and a civil war followed until Museveni seized power and restored stability to most of the country in 1986.
The Queen, who heads the Commonwealth grouping of mostly former British colonies, will visit an AIDS clinic and a primary school in Kampala on Thursday before opening CHOGM on Friday.
The summit is likely to be dominated by Pakistan, which risks being suspended unless President Pervez Musharraf lifts a state of emergency and steps down as army chief there.
Ugandan media have whipped up excitement about the Queen's visit for days, indulging in nostalgia for Uganda's peaceful pre-independence era. Few Ugandans seemed to have anything bad to say about their former Empress.
"I couldn't wait to see her," said Elizabeth Njuba, 23. "I never got the chance before -- I was too young when she was here last. I'm so happy."
KAMPALA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of cheering Ugandans lined the streets of the capital, Kampala, on Wednesday night to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to the east African country since 1954. She arrived accompanied by Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for a two-day state visit ahead of the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Men cheered, women ululated and children waved flags with the summit's logo -- a Ugandan crested crane with a globe -- as her motorcade swept through central Kampala after a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni near the airport.
"It's a real pleasure," said John Ojeda, a traffic policemen. "She's brought us a lot of joy. Her coming here brings the message that there is peace in Uganda now."
Uganda won independence from Britain in 1962, but two decades of dictatorship and a civil war followed until Museveni seized power and restored stability to most of the country in 1986.
The Queen, who heads the Commonwealth grouping of mostly former British colonies, will visit an AIDS clinic and a primary school in Kampala on Thursday before opening CHOGM on Friday.
The summit is likely to be dominated by Pakistan, which risks being suspended unless President Pervez Musharraf lifts a state of emergency and steps down as army chief there.
Ugandan media have whipped up excitement about the Queen's visit for days, indulging in nostalgia for Uganda's peaceful pre-independence era. Few Ugandans seemed to have anything bad to say about their former Empress.
"I couldn't wait to see her," said Elizabeth Njuba, 23. "I never got the chance before -- I was too young when she was here last. I'm so happy."
Thousands welcome Queen Elizabeth to Uganda
By Tim Cocks
KAMPALA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of cheering Ugandans lined the streets of the capital, Kampala, on Wednesday night to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to the east African country since 1954.
She arrived accompanied by Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for a two-day state visit ahead of the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Men cheered, women ululated and children waved flags with the summit's logo -- a Ugandan crested crane with a globe -- as her motorcade swept through central Kampala after a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni near the airport.
"It's a real pleasure," said John Ojeda, a traffic policemen. "She's brought us a lot of joy. Her coming here brings the message that there is peace in Uganda now."
Uganda won independence from Britain in 1962, but two decades of dictatorship and a civil war followed until Museveni seized power and restored stability to most of the country in 1986.
The Queen, who heads the Commonwealth grouping of mostly former British colonies, will visit an AIDS clinic and a primary school in Kampala on Thursday before opening CHOGM on Friday.
The summit is likely to be dominated by Pakistan, which risks being suspended unless President Pervez Musharraf lifts a state of emergency and steps down as army chief there.
Ugandan media have whipped up excitement about the Queen's visit for days, indulging in nostalgia for Uganda's peaceful pre-independence era. Few Ugandans seemed to have anything bad to say about their former Empress.
"I couldn't wait to see her," said Elizabeth Njuba, 23. "I never got the chance before -- I was too young when she was here last. I'm so happy."
KAMPALA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of cheering Ugandans lined the streets of the capital, Kampala, on Wednesday night to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to the east African country since 1954. She arrived accompanied by Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for a two-day state visit ahead of the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Men cheered, women ululated and children waved flags with the summit's logo -- a Ugandan crested crane with a globe -- as her motorcade swept through central Kampala after a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni near the airport.
"It's a real pleasure," said John Ojeda, a traffic policemen. "She's brought us a lot of joy. Her coming here brings the message that there is peace in Uganda now."
Uganda won independence from Britain in 1962, but two decades of dictatorship and a civil war followed until Museveni seized power and restored stability to most of the country in 1986.
The Queen, who heads the Commonwealth grouping of mostly former British colonies, will visit an AIDS clinic and a primary school in Kampala on Thursday before opening CHOGM on Friday.
The summit is likely to be dominated by Pakistan, which risks being suspended unless President Pervez Musharraf lifts a state of emergency and steps down as army chief there.
Ugandan media have whipped up excitement about the Queen's visit for days, indulging in nostalgia for Uganda's peaceful pre-independence era. Few Ugandans seemed to have anything bad to say about their former Empress.
"I couldn't wait to see her," said Elizabeth Njuba, 23. "I never got the chance before -- I was too young when she was here last. I'm so happy."