By TesfaNews, Uganda’s Special Envoy Hon. Cecilia Ogwal has met Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Foreign Affairs Minister Osman Saleh in Asmara to discuss Uganda’s bid for Chairmanship of the African Union Commission 2016 – 2020. During the meeting, Hon. Cecilia Ogwal deliver President Museveni’s special message on the candidature of Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe representing […]
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By Matthew Lee | for Associated Press, The U.S. delegation to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration walked out of Thursday’s ceremony in protest against his disparaging comments about an international war crimes tribunal and the presence of Sudan’s leader, whom the court has indicted, the State Department said.
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By CAF, Uganda were crowned winners of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup for a record extending 14th time after beating Rwanda 1-0 in the final on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Caesar Okhuti scored the only goal of the match, heading home in the first half as the Cranes soared to yet another title, confirming […]
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By Thomas C Mountain, A wave of revisionist history ranging from that old warhorse for British Imperialism the BBC all the way to the alternative media has taken to blaming African leaders for some of the worst crimes in modern history. It is infered that all of these massacres were black on black violence, you […]
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By Risdel Kasasira | for Daily Monitor, Ugandan soldiers in Somalia operations have not been paid for several months, which has sparked rage and grumbling among the rank and file of the peacekeeping troops. According to sources in African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM), the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops under Uganda Battle Group […]
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By TesfaNews, An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base has been attacked in a dawn raid on Tuesday that killed at least 50 of its soldiers from Uganda and Burunidi. The attack now ranks as one of the deadliest yet against AMISOM troops. So far, more than 100 soldiers including troops from the […]
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By Sudan Tribune, The South Sudanese government announced today that President Salva Kiir would not travel to the Ethiopian capital to meet his rival Riek Machar for peace talks as it has officially pull out of the talks despite 17 August deadline. Martin Elia Lomoro, minister of cabinet affairs told reporters that government lead negotiators […]
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By Hiiraan Online, At least two African Union soldiers have been arrested in connection with allegations of civilian murders after three incidents in which soldiers randomly killed nearly two ‘dozen’ of civilians after bomb attacks on their convoys in the coastal town of Marka, officials said on Sunday.
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