Tag: Uganda
Already 30 dead, dozens missing in Uganda landfill landslide | News in brief
Weeks of heavy rains caused a massive landslide in Uganda’s capital, burying local homes. In Uganda, around 40 people were still missing on Wednesday following a landslide at a landfill…
In Uganda, at least eight people were killed in a landslide | News in brief
In Uganda, located in East Central Africa, at least eight people have died after being trapped under a landslide. The accident happened early Saturday morning at a landfill in the…
M23 rebellion seizes Ishasha town on Ugandan border
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels supported by Rwanda took control of the border town of Ishasha with Uganda this Sunday, August 4. The capture…
Justice Ministry restarts compensation for victims of ‘Six-Day War’
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the capital of the province of Tshopo, in the north-east of the country, the process of compensating victims of the “six-day war”…
36 members of an opposition party charged with “terrorism”
In Uganda, 36 members of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have been charged with ” terrorism “, on Monday, July 29. These opposition activists had just been expelled…
EU adds nine names to sanctions list
The EU on Friday 26 July added nine individuals and the rebel coalition Alliance du fleuve Congo (AFC) to its sanctions list against armed groups fuelling the conflict in the…
Three opposition MPs arrested ahead of anti-corruption protests
Three Ugandan opposition MPs have been remanded in custody, police announced on the evening of Monday 22 July. The arrests came on the eve of anti-corruption protests banned by the…
Kinshasa summons Ugandan ambassador after UN experts report points to links with M23
Uganda’s chargé d’affaires in the DRC, Matata Twaha, was summoned on Friday by Congolese Deputy Foreign Minister Gracia Yamba Kazadi. The meeting follows a United Nations report accusing his country…
Is the presence of Burundian soldiers worsening tensions with Kigali and Kampala?
In addition to Rwanda, Uganda is also being singled out by UN experts for its involvement in the conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and its support for the…
Kigali and Kinshasa react to revelations on Rwanda and Uganda
As every six months, the UN experts mandated by the United Nations Security Council have submitted their report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This report,…