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Uganda detains former M23 rebels sneaking to Congo

Uganda has detained more than 100 former M23 rebels trying to return to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, breaking a deal to demobilize after...

Uganda will not welcome Congo’s former M23 rebels

Members of the M23 rebel group sit at the Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Uganda. Photo Credit: Isaac Kasamani / AFP    Former Congolese rebels who have lived...

Kenya, Rwanda block chicken imports from Uganda after bird flu outbreak

Kenya and Rwanda have banned importation of live birds and poultry products from Uganda after a confirmed outbreak of Bird Flu on Sunday evening. Kenya's...

South Sudan accused by the UN of grave violations

In the last six months more than 417,000 people have fled into Uganda. Photo Credit: AFP   A UN report into violence in South Sudan, has...

Congo govt says M23 rebel fighters cross over border from Uganda

Armed fighters led by the military commander of former Congolese rebel group M23 have crossed the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo from...

Uganda president names first female Major General

Brigadier Proscovia Nalweyiso is the first female Major-General in the Uganda People's Defence Forces. Photo Credit: Monitor   Brigadier Proscovia Nalweyiso has made history after she became...

Ugandan leader makes son his adviser, critics see succession plan

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son as his senior adviser, officials said on Tuesday, a move analysts said was part of a...

Ugandan lawmakers petition ICC to probe ‘genocide’ by army and police

A group of Ugandan lawmakers have sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask for an investigation into possible atrocities by...

Uganda gets $151 mln loan from African Development Bank for toll road

Uganda will expand a major road linking its capital Kampala with Rwanda after signing a deal on Thursday for a $151 million loan from...

Uganda: 30 drown after boat carrying football team capsizes on Lake Albert

Police said the yellow boat was overcrowded when it capsized. Photo Credit: AFP At least 30 people have drowned after a boat carrying a football...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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