Uganda to begin oil production in 2022
Uganda’s Energy Minister, Irene Muloni, on Tuesday said oil production in the East African nation has been pushed forward to 2022 after missing the country’s target of 2021. The Energy Minister explained that factors such as lack of infrastructure, mainly a pipeline and a refining facility, has held up the output resulting in the slight […]
EIB invests €495 million in transport, energy, internet across Africa
The European Investment Bank has formally agreed a total of €495 million of new financing for three projects to support sustainable transport, clean energy and internet access projects in North, West and East Africa. The three projects, signed at the summit attended by heads of state and government from across Africa and Europe, earlier this […]
Congo Decides: More than 100 killed in clashes days before vote
More than 100 people have been killed in clashes between rival ethnic groups in Democratic Republic of Congo, days before Sunday’s long-delayed presidential, legislative and provincial elections, in the war-torn mineral-rich nation. According to local media, the fighting between the Batende and Banunu ethnic groups broke out on Sunday over the disputed location of a […]
Uganda’s Quiin Abenakyo crowned Miss World Africa
Miss Uganda Quiin Abenakyo has been crowned as Miss World Africa at the 2018 Miss World finale in China. Quinn is the first Miss Uganda to make it to the top five finalists. Abenakyo won the continental crown by beating Mauritius’s Murielle Ravina. The 68th Miss World title went to Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon […]
Congo’s Ebola epidemic is world’s second-biggest outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, the health ministry said late on Thursday. This outbreak – the second this year – began in North Kivu Province before spreading to Ituri Province in the east of the country. It’s the 10th time since 1976 that Ebola has struck the […]
Ugandan-Somali Summit Talks
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni on Saturday held talks with his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, in Kampala. According to the State House statement, the two leaders discussed areas of cooperation between Somalia and Uganda particularly in the areas of peace, security, defense, education, trade and investment. Uganda is the biggest contributor of troops to […]
U.S. appoints Peter Pham as Special Envoy to Great Lakes region
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced the appointment of Peter Pham as the U.S. special envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region. According to a State Department’s statement, Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council think tank, will coordinate U.S. policy in the region, with an emphasis on strengthening democratic institutions. […]
Uganda: MPs vote to maintain unpopular social media tax
Lawmakers in Uganda have voted to maintain a controversial tax law expected to be implemented later this year. The ruling National Resistance Movement, NRM, dominating the chamber, voted 136 against 101 votes to maintain the tax on mobile money and social media service. Ugandans pay a daily UGX200 tax to access social media platforms. Some […]
EU is trying to ‘hijack our institutions’ – Uganda Government spokesman
The Ugandan government has responded to the European Union Parliament, days after the continental bloc’s parliament has called on the East African nation to drop charges against legislators. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a resolution released last weekend made reference to the violent turn of events during a by-election in August in Uganda. […]
I can do away with parliament – Museveni
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told Members of Parliament that he can abolish the Parliament, if he wants. The declaration comes ahead of an anticipated debate on the findings of a parliamentary probe into the Arua violence, which led to the brutal arrest and torture of MPs and other people. He expressed his dissatisfaction with […]
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