Tag: Uganda
The World Bank and France finance Uganda with 540 million euros News in brief
The World Bank and the French development cooperation agency AFD are giving Uganda, located in Central Africa, EUR 540 million to develop the infrastructure and waste management of the capital…
Mega-oil project in Uganda: an NGO denounces attacks on populations and the environment
On Monday, September 2, the NGO Climate Rights International published a report denouncing serious human rights violations and environmental damage associated with the mega-oil project underway in Uganda and Tanzania.…
Uganda: Towards the opening at the ICC of the in absentia trial of Joseph Kony, leader of the LRA movement?
Hearings are scheduled to begin on October 15 to organize an indictment procedure in the absence of Joseph Kony while he is still wanted by the International Criminal Court. But…
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…