Forum for Democratic Change party is distressed with the escalating tension between Uganda and Rwanda. More worrying is the growing number of Ugandans being killed upon crossing into Rwanda and one IT expert who is reported missing, said party spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda on Monday. He said the closure of the border at Katuna has…
The government is screening and giving necessary support to 1,100 children and 371 women recently sent home from neighboring DR Congo after being separated from anti-Rwanda militia race Mugabe, a communications specialist at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC), said they are all assembled at Nyarushishi Transit Center in Rusizi District where everything possible…
Rwanda’s international cooperation efforts seek partnership with the rest of the world for shared gains not pursuing favours as a darling of the world, President Paul Kagame has said. Kagame was speaking in Qatar at the 2019 Doha Forum, a leading thought platform which discusses varied topics including trends and technology, trade and investment, human…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, mainly for the 2018 deal he reached with Eritrea to end a long-running border conflict. In accepting the prize in Oslo on Tuesday, Abiy insisted the prize also belonged to his “partner and comrade in peace, President Isaias Afwerki, whose goodwill trust…
Uganda has been left sole organiser of the East African Community games after Parliaments in Rwanda and South Sudan boycotted the games, choosing not to send delegates and to further rub salt into the wound, the two nations didn’t explain why they boycotted the games. The 10th edition of the annual East African Community Inter-Parliamentary…
At least 29 people have died in landslides caused by severe weather in West Pokot county, Kenya. The landslides, affecting the villages of Nyarkulian and Parua, were reportedly caused by heavy rains. Officials say the villages have been cut off by flooded roads and at least one bridge was reportedly swept away. President Uhuru Kenyatta…
President Museveni has launched the process of consulting on the viability of an East African Political Federation, which is being undertaken by a committee of experts led by Chief Justice Emeritus Benjamin Odoki. “Whereas prosperity can be achieved through economic integration, strategic security is difficult to achieve when we stay as separate countries,” said Museveni…
The authorities in Tanzania have suspended female rapper Rosa Ree from performing for six months, saying her recently released music video “went against the country’s’ morals”. The body that regulates the arts industry in Tanzania, Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (Basata), added that the song “Vitamin U” which the rapper performed with her Kenyan musician…
Parliament: A team of Legislators from Uganda have questioned the viability of the East African Community many of whom said Uganda is getting the short end of the stick in the integration process. From the unending wrangling with neighbor Rwanda, to now the subtle rivalry between Uganda and Kenya, MPs say partner states must either…
