ICJ orders Uganda to Pay $325Mln to DR Congo, Kampala rejects ruling
Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 […]
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ICJ orders Uganda to pay $325 million to DRC
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s highest court, has ruled in the dispute between Uganda and the DRC. The DRC had claimed $11 […]
Uganda: U.S. blacklisted general appointed to head police force
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a major general blacklisted by the U.S. tax authorities to head the national police. General Abel Kandiho had been […]
Pipe bomb explosion kills three civilians in DRC
Three civilians were killed by suspected ADF rebels in the Beni region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where six others were wounded by […]
Kigali to reopen land border with Uganda closed since 2019
Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the main border crossing with Uganda, closed since February 2019, will reopen on Jan. 31, formalizing a thaw in […]
Uganda: Parliamentarians deny funds to the army for the DRC mission
On Tuesday, the parliamentary budget committee blocked a request for military funding. The money was for the Ugandan army’s military operation in eastern Congo called […]
Uganda lifts Covid-19 controls at its border to ease fuel shortage
The Ugandan government announced on Tuesday the suspension of mandatory Covid-19 testing at its border with Kenya, after the measure caused huge truck traffic jams […]
DRC/Uganda: new ADF “strongholds” destroyed, 35 arrests
The Congolese and Ugandan armies, engaged since November 30 in a joint operation against the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) in eastern DRC, announced the destruction […]
Uganda: Bobi Wine claims to be “under house arrest”
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said Tuesday that police had surrounded his home and “put him under house arrest” as he prepared to campaign for […]
Conflict in Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces his return to the capital
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that he had left the frontline and returned to Addis Ababa, after government forces claimed to have retaken several strategic […]