Israeli authorities seeking to expel up to 40,000 migrants have cut a deal with Rwanda, reportedly paying USD$5,000 to Paul Kagame’s government for every deported African asylum seeker the country accepts. The plan, introduced last week by Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, was approved…
As President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda hosts Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan for a state visit, human rights advocates have again called on an African head of state to arrest the Sudanese president and turn him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The International Justice Project noted Monday that this…
The World Health Organization said Friday it is working with Uganda to contain an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) that has appeared in the eastern parts of the country near the Kenya border. WHO confirmed that at least one of two reported deaths is tied to MVD, a virus in…
Police in Uganda confirmed the death of an unidentified man they say was injured when a political rally in Rukungiri turned violent Wednesday – but they tell a starkly different story than opposition leaders who say they were there when police opened fire on the crowd. Patrick Amuriat, an opposition…
Voters in Uganda support an existing age limit for presidential candidates by a wide margin, according to poll results released by Afrobarometer over the weekend. The survey teams interviewed 1,200 Ugandans in late December and early January, the Ghana-based organization said. They found that 75 percent of voters favored keeping…
The rising tide of tension in Uganda over presidential eligibility age limits spilled into and shut down the country’s parliament building on Thursday, as the discourse among ministers inside the chambers became as contentious as the heavily-guarded streets outside in Kampala. Opposition political leaders demanded to know why there was…
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There were no reports of serious damage or injuries following the moderate earthquake that hit southwestern Uganda on Sunday morning, but the quake disrupted prayer services at nearby churches and was felt in neighboring Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The 5.3-magnitude quake came just after 10 a.m. with an…
Three factors stand out in what’s making African startups successful, according to just-released annual research results from Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A). And those factors are team, team – and team. “Although many factors go into building a company, analysis of the data makes clear that a strong team of…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres completes his “Solidarity Summit” visit to Uganda on Friday, in an effort to raise the visibility of refugees and increase support for them and their host communities. Hosted by Guterres and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the summit of delegates, donors and heads of state hopes to…
Saturday’s March for Science is based in Washington DC, but people all over the globe will be joining in some 610 satellite marches registered across the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. That includes a march in Malawi, sponsored by the Blantyre Malaria Project. The event in Blantyre is spearheaded…
In Uganda, a food giveaway organized Wednesday by the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye turned quickly into a clash with police, who shut the event down. Besigye said that his FDC relief team was at first well-received by a large crowd gathered at…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said Friday that his government plans additional surveillance in cities and along highways, a security plan he said has been postponed in favor of other infrastructure projects. He added that the safety of Ugandans and security of their property would be “guarded at all costs.”…
A World Bank report on sustainable energy finds that South Africa is among the world’s emerging leaders on renewable energy and access, but much of sub-Saharan Africa lags in developing the policies and regulatory framework to build a sustainable energy future. The RISE (Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy) report is…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, known for writing epic blog posts and think pieces published on his website, said Friday that Western liberals need a dose of “Trump therapy” to help cure their short-sightedness when it comes to views on the foreign affairs of both the United States and Russia,…
United States President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order that prohibits American foreign aid grants to global health programs that include information about abortion as a family-planning option. The decision reinstates the so-called “Mexico City Rule,” which dates to a United Nations conference more than 30 years ago in…