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 […]
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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 […]
Uganda deploys soldiers to eastern DRC
Ugandan troops involved in the operation launched on Tuesday in consultation with Kinshasa against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels continued their deployment in eastern […]
Kinshasa and Kampala announce air strikes from Uganda against the ADF rebels
Air and artillery strikes in the DRC from Uganda on Tuesday targeted rebel positions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), accused by Kinshasa of numerous […]
Double attack in Uganda: Five suspects shot dead by the police
Ugandan police announced Thursday that they have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people as part of the investigation into a recent double suicide […]
Three dead, 33 injured in two “suicide bombings” in Kampala
At least three people were killed and 33 injured Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala in a double “suicide attack” carried out by a “local […]