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The presidents of the East African Community (EAC) are scheduled to meet today for the 19th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State. It is scheduled to be conducted virtually today, Tuesday, 29th March 2022 from 11:00am EAS time. First of all the summit will consider the report of the Council of Ministers on the negotiations of admitting DR ...

Russia has decided to take under consideration the payment of bitcoins for its oil and gas exports. This is according to a high-ranking lawmaker in the Kremlin. Accordingly, ‘friendly’ countries to Russia could be allowed to pay in the crypto-currency or in their local currencies. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this week that he wanted “unfriendly” countries to ...

Madeleine Albright started out as a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. In the end, she rose to become the first female US secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women. In an unfortunate turn of events, she died on Wednesday of cancer at the age of 84 according to ...

The number of buses, passengers and traders at Katuna border in Kabale has drastically fallen due to high costs of Covid-19 testing. The 7th March 2022 saw the reopening of the border for passengers to resume travels between Uganda and Rwanda. After three years of closure, a passenger bus belonging to Volcano Bus company in Rwanda crossed to Uganda.A recent ...

The Human Rights Watch, HRW, has said up until now, freedom of speech in Rwanda is still an issue. HRW says dozens of people have been harassed, threatened or prosecuted for holding critical opinions about Rwanda’s government. In a report by the US-based group, an urgent release of activists, journalists and opposition leaders arrested in Rwanda was demanded. In 1994, ...