Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic State group in eastern Congo have killed “a lot” of the militants, possibly including a notorious bomb maker. The statement issued by the president’s office didn’t provide details on the Sept. 16 airstrikes targeting the Allied Democratic Forces, or…
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Uganda starts initiatives to revive declining edible oil production
Uganda has initiated the rehabilitation of key access routes to oilseed projects in 81 locations in an effort to bolster its diminishing edible oil exports. The country is exploring strategies to revitalise its dwindling export earnings from edible fats and oils, which fell from Ush1.05 trillion ($281.1 million) in the same period last year to…
Sudan’s Burhan holds talks with M7 as battles rage in Khartoum
Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan was pictured meeting with Uganda’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni at State House in the Ugandan town of Entebbe on what was described as a one-day working visit. Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan held talks on Saturday with Uganda’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni on his latest diplomatic foray abroad. The Sudanese general was…
Unesco removes Ugandan kings’ tombs from endangered heritage list
On Tuesday, Unesco removed the Kasubi site, home to the tombs of the rulers of Buganda, the traditional kingdom of southern Uganda, from the list of World Heritage in Danger after it was damaged by fire in 2010. Located in the hills above the capital Kampala, this complex of circular buildings made of wood, reeds…
Terror Attack on Uganda Flops
Police in Uganda said on Sunday they had detained a 28-year-old man entering a church in the capital Kampala with an explosive device he planned to use for an attack there. Authorities were hunting three other men also believed to have been sent on similar bombing missions elsewhere in Uganda, police said. The motives were…
US Embassy Kampala Welcomes new Envoy William W. Popp replacing Ambassador Natalie Brown
William W. Popp Ambassador to Uganda The US Mission on Friday welcomed new William W. Popp, to replace Ambasaddor E Brown who has served a short time compared to her predecessors. Ambassador William is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of Minister Counselor, was confirmed by the Senate as Ambassador to Uganda…
Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel plans Uganda’s biggest IPO
Airtel Uganda Ltd. plans to raise as much as 800 billion shillings ($216 million) in an initial public offering, making it the nation’s biggest share sale. The company priced its IPO at 100 shillings apiece valuing the nation’s second-biggest telecommunications carrier at 4 trillion shillings. The unit of billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel Africa Plc is…
Kabuleta’s NEED warns ban on used clothes could trigger insecurity in Uganda
The ban on the importation of used clothing by President Museveni is a direct attack on 16 million vulnerable Ugandans, according to the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED). The political party headed by Joseph Kabuleta stated that this move will cause high levels of unemployment leading to insecurity. NEED is appealing to every Ugandan who…
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