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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Former Somali president Sheikh Hassan Mohamud has been voted back into power by legislators in the country’s Parliament. He defeated the incumbent, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Mohamud served as the president of the war-torn country in the Horn of Africa between 2012-2017. In the tightly contested election that had over 36 candidates, Mohamud garnered 165 votes which were sufficient for ...
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In unfortunate events, two drunk soldiers gunned down a total of 15 civilians in different attacks in DR Congo according to authorities on Monday. Apparently, one of the soldiers murdered eight passengers and injured seven others aboard a boat on lake Tanganyika. South-Kivu province’s Fizi territory administrator Aime Kawaya Mutipula said all the victims were civilians including men, women and ...
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