Tag: Uganda
Ugandan Vanessa Nakate in front of French deputies to denounce a TotalÉnergies project
The young environmental activist accompanied by three other environmental activists was received at the French National Assembly this Wednesday, March 16. Coming to plead against the TotalÉnergies oil megaproject in…
Ugandan General Muhoozi Kainerugaba back in Kigali for three days
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s eldest son, whom some already see as his father’s likely successor, arrived in Rwanda on Monday. As during his previous visit in January, he met Paul…
the son Museveni, a departure from the army which challenges
In Uganda, will the son of President Museveni succeed his father? Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced on Tuesday March 8 his departure from the army, of which he was one of the…
Tofiri Kibuuka, from skier for Uganda to runner for Norway
Tofiri Kibuuka is the first African to compete in the Paralympic Winter Games. It was in 1976 and 1980 for Uganda. Then, this visually impaired athlete left cross-country skiing to…
New massacre in eastern DRC, despite three months of operations against the ADF
On November 30, 2021, Ugandan soldiers entered the DRC to hunt down the ADF with the help of the Congolese army. This armed group, of Ugandan origin, is the deadliest…
Refugee in Germany, Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija recounts his journey
Arrested in December for tweets mocking President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is now a refugee in Germany. Country he joined after a long journey that he tells…
Uganda calls ICJ ruling ‘unfair and wrong’ in DRC dispute
With our correspondent in Kigali, Laure Broulard In this case, Kinshasa had also seized the ICJ against another actor in this war, Rwanda. A request that never came to fruition.…
parliamentarians refuse credits to the army for the mission in the DRC
On Tuesday, the Parliamentary Budget Committee blocked a request for military funding. This money was intended for the Ugandan army’s military operation in eastern Congo called Shujaa. The soldiers officially…
After two years without lessons, young Ugandans find their way back to school
In Uganda, some 15 million students returned to school on Monday, January 10, after one of the longest school closures ever seen due to the pandemic. For almost two years,…