Category: Uganda

  • Somalia & Uganda hold first ever business summit together

    Somalia & Uganda hold first ever business summit together

    The business communities of Somali and Uganda have held first ever business summit as they explored potential trade opportunities. In a two day event which started today in Kampala, corporates and the business group from the region showcased their products and services with intention to attract investors, partners and markets. Somalia’s newly elected president Hassan…

  • To What Degree Is The US Really Meddling In Uganda?

    To What Degree Is The US Really Meddling In Uganda?

    The Ugandan government’s accusations of American meddling in the country’s latest elections warrant closer scrutiny to identify the degree to which this is really happening and whether or not it can realistically succeed. America’s Latest Meddling In Africa The Ugandan government accused the American Ambassador of meddling in the country’s latest elections after she unsuccessfully attempted to visit failed…

  • Uganda Lake Albert boat accident leaves many dead

    Uganda Lake Albert boat accident leaves many dead

    A boat accident on Lake Albert on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has left at least 26 people dead. A “strong wind” caused the vessel to go under water, a local official told AFP news agency. Dozens of people were on board and at least 21 people were rescued, Ashraf…

  • Ugandan government quells public unrest with violence

    Ugandan government quells public unrest with violence

    In all too familiar scene, a number of Ugandan civilians were shot dead by men with guns (some in uniform) in the process of the National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) government quelling public unrest in various locations around the country in mid-November. The disturbances, which mainly took the form of wananchi blocking highways with burning barricades,…

  • Uganda to extend power supply to South Sudan

    Uganda to extend power supply to South Sudan

    December 9, 2020 (KAMPALA) – Government is working on an interconnection to export electricity to South Sudan, a Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) official disclosed. UETCL’s Managing Director, Valentine Katabira told reporters in Kampala Wednesday that the interconnection is part of the agenda to create a regional electricity sharing platform through which the East…

  • Ugandan manufacturers threaten to sue Kenya over trade barriers

    Ugandan manufacturers threaten to sue Kenya over trade barriers

    Kenya has not responded to threats from the Uganda Manufacturers Association to take the country to the East African Court of Justice to get redress on “unfair trade practices”, which the association claims its own government is abetting. In a statement released on Thursday, UMA, the umbrella association that brings together Ugandan industrialists and manufacturers,…

  • Uganda: Protests in Kampala after Bobi Wine arrested again

    Uganda: Protests in Kampala after Bobi Wine arrested again

    Protests have erupted in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, after police arrested presidential candidate Bobi Wine in the east of the country. The musician-turned-opposition leader, said on Twitter on Wednesday police violently broke into his vehicle in the town of Luuka and took him into custody. “The price of freedom is high but we shall certainly overcome,” the…

  • Ethiopia: FM Demeke Met With Museveni

    Ethiopia: FM Demeke Met With Museveni

    Addis Ababa, November 16, 2020  – President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced in facebook that he had discussions with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Demeke Mekonnen and his delegation at Gulu State Lodge. President Yoweri Museveni stated that their discussion focused on the peace and security…

  • Somalia president visited Asmara,  Denied Planned Meeting with Uhuru

    Somalia president visited Asmara,  Denied Planned Meeting with Uhuru

    Nairobi (HAN) October 27, 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security updates. Somalia has denied reports of a planned meeting in Nairobi  between President Uhuru and his Somalia counterpart Farmajo. The Somalia president visited Asmara this month and there were reports in the Kenya and Eritrean free press that Farmajo would meet Uhuru and the Ugandan…

  • Uganda: Bobi Wine has been detained by police

    Uganda: Bobi Wine has been detained by police

    KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine, also a pop star and lawmaker, said on Wednesday security forces had raided his office and taken away documents, amid what the opposition says is a campaign of harassment by the government. In a tweet Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said the security personnel had also…

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