AfricaMuseveni Meets Malik Agar Over Sudan Situation
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday hosted Malik Agar, Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, for talks on the security and...
#east africa
19 articles tagged with #east africa
Africa
newsMuseveni Lauds Janet for Transforming Karamoja
As the orange hues of sunset fell over Napak, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni stood before thousands of supporters, his tone warm and reflective. It was the...
RegionalMuseveni Emphasizes Collective Effort as EAC Leaders Approve Joint Deployment in Troubled DRC
President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized the need to work together in order to end the violence and insecurity that has rocked parts of the Democratic Republic...
AfricaEthiopia Crisis: Museveni Calls for East African Leaders' Summit
President Yoweri Museveni has called an East African bloc leaders' meeting on November 16 to discuss the conflict in Ethiopia, Okello Oryem, Uganda's...
CommoditiesMPs Call for Retaliation Against Kenya Over Banned Ugandan Products
Legislators have called for reciprocation against Kenya following the ban of Uganda’s maize last week. The Members of Parliament say the Kenyan government...
.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
NationalRussian, Chinese and Regional Leaders Congratulate Museveni on Re-election
The president of Russia, Mr Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese government have congratulated President Museveni upon re-election in last Thursday’s presidential...
RegionalMuseveni on East Africa: We Must Integrate to Create More Opportunities for Our People
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said East Africa has no alternative but to integrate and create a market for the region's goods and services and jobs for...
RegionalPresident Museveni Declares Three Days of Mourning for Tanzania's Mkapa
President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, who died at the age of 81 in a Dar es Salaam hospital, and has...
AfricaEast Africa Holds ground as Africa’s Fastest Growing Region Despite COVID-19 Disruption
Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2 percent, a rate that outstrips other...
NationalMuseveni Pays Tribute to Nkurunziza at Burundi Embassy
President Yoweri Museveni has visited the Burundian Embassy in Uganda to pay his last respects to former President Pierre Nkurunziza who succumbed to...
KenyaKenya Beats Djibouti to Secure UN Security Council Seat
Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in the second round of voting. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second...
.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
HealthBiggest Jump: Uganda Registers Over 100 COVID-19 Cases in Seven Days as Total Passes 200
The Ministry of Health has announced that 43 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 203. All the new cases were from...
Editor's PickAmerica's Washington Post Praises President Museveni for Proper Handling of Coronavirus
By Washington Post The current pandemic won’t be the last the world faces. And while it is functionally too late for the United States to do...
NationalTwo More Kenyan Truck Drivers Test Positive for COVID-19 in Uganda
The Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in Uganda out of the 2,071 samples tested on Thursday. In the tweet, the ministry...
AfricaTanzania's Magufuli Rules Out Lockdown Despite Dramatic Rise in COVID-19 Cases
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has ruled out the possibility of locking down the country's commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, even as the novel coronavirus...
HealthUgandan Diagnosed With Coronavirus in Rwanda
Rwanda has reported that a Ugandan who traveled from the UK on Sunday has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). The Rwandan Ministry of...
RegionalEast Africa Intelligence Chiefs Meet in Kampala to Tackle Common Security Concerns
Uganda is hosting all the five heads of military intelligence and their directors from the five partner states of the EAC at Protea Hotel in Entebbe. The...
SportsUganda Emerges Overall Winner at East Africa Military Games
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces team that has been participating in the East Africa Community (EAC) Military games and cultural events yesterday 23 August...
NationalEast African Armed Forces Agree on Conduct of Joint Operations
Military heads of delegations from the six East African Community (EAC) Partner States (Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and the United...