Renson Mwakandana According to a ministry official, Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba of Uganda’s Land Forces’ tweets in favor of Tigray rebels are his personal opinions and do not represent the army’s position. While cautiously avoiding mentioning Lt Gen Muhoozi by name in an interview with the BBC’s Focus on Africa on Monday, Brig Felix Kulayigye, […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to an announcement made by the president of Angola, João Lourenço, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda agreed to immediately halt hostilities on Wednesday. Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC and Paul Kagame of Rwanda both decided to establish an ad-hoc surveillance mechanism after their meeting on Wednesday in Luanda, he added. […]
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Renson Mwakandana Tuesday saw an agreement between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and the head of the junta in Sudan, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for the peaceful resolution of differences. This occurred when the leaders convened for their first meeting following their recent disagreement over unresolved concerns between the two nations. Only four […]
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Renson Mwakandana Tanzania has begun testing its first Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) electric train between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro. Tanzania’s SGR reached a top speed of 160Km/h, while Kenya’s SGR utilizes diesel and can only reach 120Km/h. Once operational, the new SGR train is projected to be able to move at a speed of […]
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Renson Mwakandana The Uganda Cabinet has recognized Kiswahili as an official language and instructed that it be made a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools. To oversee the adoption of Kiswahili as the second national (official) language, the government established the Uganda National Kiswahili Council in 2019. As a courtesy to the East African […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Friday last week, Kenya 🇰🇪 turned over four Chinese nationals 🇨🇳 sought for murder in Addis Ababa to the National Interpol team of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP). The four were Huang Zhipeng, Liv Jie, Wang Ming, and Chao Fu Xiuzaong. According to The ADDIS STANDARD, the group is accused of killing […]
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Renson Mwakandana Following many studies, Uganda has declared that it had found 31 million metric tons of gold that is ready to be mined in the nation. The studies are intended to draw gold miners and investors to the cryptocurrency industry, according to Solomon Muyita, a spokesman for the Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral […]
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Renson Mwakandana The US government applauded Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for arranging a meeting between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week, saying it may help reduce tensions between the two neighbors. The East African Community Conclave’s Nairobi Initiative on the DRC was discussed as the best strategy to stop violent conflict […]
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Renson Mwakandana Three well-known human rights organizations have asked the African Court for Human and Peoples Rights to expedite its decision in the two-year-old case that seeks to overturn Tanzania’s contentious rule that in 2017 prohibited teenage mothers, child brides, and pregnant teenagers from returning to school. On June 17, Human Rights Watch, Women’s Link […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA • AEC takes the Message of a Just Energy Transition and Support for Oil & Gas to Afro Nation Festival in Portugal 🇵🇹. July 1, 2022/ – “Young Africans represent the future of Africa, and it is important that we have enabling environments for the youth to start and […]
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