Uganda

This former little one soldier who turned commander of the Lord's Resistance Military (LRA) was sentenced to 25 years in jail. He was indicted on 70 counts of battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity dedicated by Joseph Kony's group in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005. He was discovered responsible of 61 of the counts. The decide spoke of a choice "notably troublesome to make".…

Uganda might search suspension of its public debt compensation to keep away from chapter, the finance ministry stated Monday, April 27. problem. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudFinance Minister Matia Kasaija confirms this: he won't hesitate to renegotiate the deadlines for compensation of state credit. The objective…

War reparations have been at the heart of debates in the International Court of Justice since Tuesday. In 2005, this UN court found Uganda guilty of interfering in the affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and ordered compensation for the damage caused during the Ugandan army's occupation of Ituri, in particular. billion dollars in Kampala.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda will meet again and for ten days before the International Court of Justice. In 2005, the UN Court of Justice had already declared Uganda guilty of interference in the Eastern DRC, occupied by the Ugandan army between 1998 and 2003. Kinshasa and Kampala should have agreed on the amount…

Dominic Ongwen comes out of his silence. The former head of the LRA is still on trial in The Hague before the ICC, which in early February found him guilty of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005. As criminal hearings have taken room since Wednesday, this former trust man of Joseph Kony told his story and shares his problems and regrets.…

The United Nations Population Fund publishes "State of the World Population 2021" on Wednesday 14 April. With the title this year My body belongs to me, and the report is devoted for the first time to the power and freedom that women have at their disposal over their bodies, without coercion or violence, in different parts of the world, and especially in Africa.…

Huang Xia, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes of Africa, is a guest of Christophe Boisbouvier. The Chinese diplomat returns to the hot spots of the moment when a new government has just taken office in the Democratic Republic of Congo: insecurity in the eastern part of the country and MONUSCO's involvement in the same region, disrupted by the presence of armed groups, or even…

The beginning of the month of Ramadan is this Tuesday, April 13 in Uganda. Social distances and restrictions related to Covid-19 must be respected in mosques. Believers are preparing for the celebration without a large gathering especially at the Kibuli Mosque. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudInside the prayer room,…

On Sunday, Uganda, Tanzania and the French oil companies Total and Chinese CNOOC signed several agreements that pave the way for the construction of the pipeline that will transport Ugandan crude oil to a Tanzanian port. A controversial mega-project. With a length of 1443 km, it will be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world. He will travel black gold mined from Lake Albert in Uganda at the Tanzanian port of Tanga before being exported, in particular to total group places or to China. The construction of…

Uganda and Egypt signed a military intelligence agreement "to fight terrorism" this week. This agreement between the two countries crossed by the Nile comes in the middle of a dispute over river water due to the Renaissance dam built by Ethiopia. "What affects Uganda will affect Egypt", is how the number two Egyptian military intelligence officer, Sameh Saber El-Degwi, qualified in a statement from the Ugandan army that the agreement signed on Wednesday. The two countries really share the waters of the Nile. A military…