The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to back Somalia in its bid to join the East African Community. As he officiated the Uganda-Somalia Business and Investment Summit in Kampala, President Museveni tasked the business community in the two countries to use trade as an opportunity to foster unity. This first-of-its-kind investment forum took place on Wednesday, at ...
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National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine along with former FDC party president Dr Kizza Besigye are in Kenya ahead of August 9’s polls. According to Bobi Wine’s socials, the two (both former presidential candidates) are in Kenya as part of the Africa Observation team. “As part of our mission to observe the #KenyaDecides2022 this Tuesday, I was ...
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The newly elected Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is set to visit Uganda next week. The Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia, Sam Tulya-Muhika made the announcement.Somali president will be in the country to attend the first ever Uganda-Somalia Investment and Business Summit. The summit will take place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo from Monday to Thursday next week. While here, he will ...
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During the capture of the Bunagana border town on June 13 by the M23 rebel group, about 10,000 Congo refugees fled to Kisoro District. However, they are not refusing to make their return home citing the unsafe environment back where they came from. The Congo refugees are from Rutshuru, Busanza, Jomba, Gisigari, Tongo, Bunagana, and Masisi areas, all in North ...
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In recent developments, the Democratic Republic of Congo has closed its border with Rwanda. This follows an incident that saw a DRC soldier shot dead while in the country’s territory. The closure of the border is the most recent escalation in the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. DRC has accused Rwanda of siding with the M23 rebels who launched ...
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