Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Uganda government has signed a bilateral agreement with the State of Qatar to facilitate safe and formal labour externalization to Qatar. The bilateral pact was signed by the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi Akena on behalf of the Uganda government. In her speech, Amongi noted that over 30,000 Ugandans are working […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has awarded a total of Euros 52.429 million approximately sh222bn in compensation to the thousands of victims of former Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA) Rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen. In a reparation decision made on Wednesday, the Judges at the Trial Chamber IX noted that the reparation will be made collectively to […]
Uganda’s Justice Julia Sebutinde has been elected the Vice President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Sebutinde, 69, was elected by her peers to serve for three years having been a member of the Court since February 6, 2012, according to the Tuesday statement from the court’s registry. She will deputise Judge Nawaf Salam […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called on developed countries to make partnerships with African countries for socio-economic transformation instead of providing aid. President Museveni said that there is need to consider partnerships that provide solutions which lead to deeper mechanization in agriculture, irrigation, and hedging against climate change extremes. The president’s message was delivered by the […]
Uganda has today issued a statement affirming it recognises this week’s order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, and also disassociating itself from a dissenting judgment by Judge Julia Sebutinde. Foreign affairs PS Bagiire Vincet Waiswa said the ICJ order for Israel to prevent genocide acts in Gaza is in line […]
Uganda and Cuba celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations which started way back in 1974. The celebrations were held at Uganda Christian University (UCU) main Campus in Mukono Municipality. The celebrations were presided over by the Vice President of Cuba, Salvador Valdes Mesa who was in Uganda together with other Cuban delegates for the Non-Aligned […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called on leaders in the world to support each other’s prosperity and ensure that nobody is left behind. “In the one year in which you have entrusted me to head the organization, I will push those three points; Production of goods and services, dealing with the issue of markets and the […]
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and President William Ruto of Kenya have today arrived in Uganda to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. The President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe and the President of the Congress of New Caledonia, Roch Wamytan are also in Uganda to attend the summit. The […]
Foreign Ministers at the ongoing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have called on the international community to respect the United Nations Resolutions especially those that respect the sovereignty of member-states. The Ministers meeting that started Wednesday follows the Senior Officials Preparatory Meeting that comprised mainly of technical people and ambassadors to the UN, and will be preceded […]
The 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has started in Kampala today with a call on the largely least and developing countries to strengthen unity in the wake of the existing challenges. Uganda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo told the Preparatory Meeting of the Senior Officials for the NAM Summit at Speke […]
