By OMRI NAHMIAS, E K BENJ, LAHAV HARKOV, GREER FAY CASHMAN Israel and Morocco have agreed to establish diplomatic relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday 10th December 2020. Morocco became the fourth Arab country to normalize ties with Israel in four months, following the Abraham Accords with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and…
Category: Diplomacy
M7 meets US & UK Diplomats; discuss peace & human rights ahead of UG 2021 elections.
Jinja, Uganda – By E K Benj Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta T Museveni has a few hours ago (10:00am EAT Monday 7th December 2020) met the United Kingdom Special Envoy delegation headed by special envoy H.E Robert Fairweather OBE and High Commissioner-designate H.E Kate Airey OBE. In the same meeting was the United States Special…
Ambassador Schauer calls for Strengthened Defence Cooperation with Uganda.
Kampala, Uganda – By E K Benj & Heather M Asher The Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador to Uganda H.E Matthias Schauer yesterday (Tuesday 24th Nov 2020) paid a Curtersy call to the ministry of Defence and Veteran affairs/UPDF headquaters Mbuya. In a brief meeting, the Ambassador and his hosts discussed issues of mutual interest…
Ndugu Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda; More Candles to Blow- UG’s Career Diplomat & PM. Also Amazing Pictorial.
By Desire Ninsiima On his special Birth Day today 7th /Nov, HICGI News Agency is unveiling Uganda’s Prime Minister Rt Hon Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. Ruhakana Rugunda (born 7 November 1947) is a Ugandan physician and politician who has been Prime Minister of Uganda since 2014. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President…
Okello Oryem hails Uganda – UK Relations.
Kampala, Uganda – By E K Benj. Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of International Affairs on Wednesday 4th November 2020 hosted a farewell luncheon in honour of the outgoing UK in Uganda High Commissioner H.E. Peter G. West. Hon. Oryem paid an glowing tribute to the High Commissioner for the significant…
What is Natalie’s New Mission in E. Africa?
Kampala, Uganda – By Desire Ninsiima When Ambasaddor Christopher Stephen was posted in Libya, he made a YouTube video anxious of his new mandate in desert country of fallen Col Myanmar Minyer El Bin Gaddafi. In the case of Natalie E. Brown the new US Envoy to Uganda, she made a tweet a few days…
Rosa Malango Hosts Youth Coalition for SDGs.
By Viola Nabbale, Kampala – Uganda The United Nations Resident Coordinator and Designated official for Security Rosa Malango has hosted a group of Youth NGO Leaders under their umbrella Youth Coalition for SGDs. The strategic meeting took place at her residence in Kololo, Kampala on Thursday following UN at 75 Celebrations at Twin Towers Presidential…
Debt Relief; M7 Seeks UN Intervention.
By E. K Benj– Kampala, Uganda Uganda’s long serving President Yoweri Tibahaburwa Kaguta Museveni has appealed to United Nations for International Cooperation in tax issues and debt relief. Museveni delivered his message through his Prime Minister Rt Hon Dr Ndugu Ruhakana Rugunda who was officiating at 75th Commemoration Anniversary of the United Nations at Twin…
Kigali to appoint Civilian Diplomat to replace Rtd Gen Frank Mugambage; Legacy of Out going Rwanda’s Envoy to Uganda.
Kigali, Rwanda – By E . K Benj Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 14th September 2020 hosted a farewell luncheon in honour of the outgoing High Commissioner of Rwanda and the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, H.E Gen. (Rtd) Frank Mugambage. The High Commissioner thanked the Government of Uganda for the excellent facilitation and cooperation…
Banks have turned our country into a supermarket of Chinese goods – Museveni.
By E K Benj Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has joined fellow heads of state on the continent to lash out to China for fake goods on the market. Several African leaders including Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Jewel Taylor of Liberia, John Pompe Magufuli of Tanzania and others have in the past lashed out to…