President Yoweri Museveni has issued an executive order instructing the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop denying Ugandan passports to rightful citizens. Museveni in the order signed on January 23 said that he had consistently received complaints regarding how people applying for passports are sometimes treated by the concerned authorities. “This mainly relates to how the […]
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has urged the international community to address the problems causing unrest in the eastern DRC, lest they spill over into his country. President Kagame has also questioned the credibility of the election, twice, of DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi. He was speaking during a luncheon event that brought together diplomatic corps in Rwanda […]
Nnalulungi wa Rwanda, Divine Muheto eyakwatibwa olw’okuvuga emmotoka ng’atamidde n’okuvuga nga talina layisinsi kkooti emukalize oluvannyuma lw’okukkiriza emisango gino. Muheto awummuziddwa ku bwa Nnalulungi okumala emyezi esatu n’aweesebwa n’engassi ya nsimbi za Rwanda 190,000 nga mu za Uganda gy’emitwalo 51 n’ensimbi ezigwamu (514,786). Nnalulungi ono amaze ennaku 18 mu kaduukulu ka poliisi naye nga kigambibwa […]
A majority of the world’s population has experienced a decline in press freedom in recent years, according to a UN report. In east Africa, the results are mixed and debatable. In Uganda, both international rankings and local journalists say media freedom has declined. In neighbouring Rwanda, both international press freedom rankings and journalists on the […]
Two police constables at Katuna border police station in Kabale district are in trouble for allegedly robbing a Rwandan businessman at gunpoint. The suspects are police constables Gracious Tusiime (25) and Zechariah Ekiyankundire (26). They are accused of robbing Thomas Habanabakize (38), a Rwandan national and resident of Rwambu village, Gicumbi district, Northern province in Rwanda on […]
The two-week-long East African Community (EAC) Inter-Parliamentary Games came to a successful end in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday, 18 December 2023. The closing ceremony that took place at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village was climaxed by the award of medals in recognition of the best East African parliaments and outstanding individual performances in the annual […]
Fighting between March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers is raging in Masisi territory has started hours after the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) started to withdraw from North Kivu province. On Sunday, the first batch of Kenyan troops in North Kivu exited. About 300 troops boarded […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga with deep sorrow has announced the death of Ambassador Venetia Sebudandi, the mother of Prince Crispin Kiweewa Jjunju, the son to the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. The Katikkiro has passed his condolences to Prince Jjunju for losing his lovely mother whom he cherished so much. […]
The President of Rwanda, General Paul Kagame has ordered for immediate deportation of 18 Chinese nationals. “The 18 investors were found guilty of mistreating Rwandan workers and grubbing land on which they operated their business,” President Kagame said. Chinese investors exploited Rwandan people and also took advantage of them by making them work abnormal hours […]