Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks to quell tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say. Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom said the two nations have chosen to swim rather than sink together, AFP news agency reports. Adhanom met his Egyptian counterpart, Kamel Amr, after Egypt [...]
Ugandan Commemoration Unites East African Christians
June 5, 2013 | Posted by
Christians from East Africa and other parts of the world, have flocked to the central Ugandan town of Namugongo to observe Martyrs’ Day, the largest religious event in the region. Tens of thousands of Christians have marched for days from Namugongo to the capital Kampala to honor 32 young men, members of the court of [...]
Uganda Students Create Malaria App for Microsoft Competition
April 17, 2013 | Posted by
Team Code 8 from Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, consisting of three students, Joshua Busingye, Brian Gitta, and Simon Lubambo, was pronounced the winning team of the 2013 Microsoft Uganda Imagine Cup finals. The team exhibited Matibabu which is an app, that diagnoses malaria without pricking any body part. “We were speechless. To have won this year’s Uganda country finals – and to [...]
Congo Adds 500 Soldiers to Effort to Catch Joseph Kony
February 26, 2013 | Posted by
More than two decades into Joseph Kony’s reign of terror in central Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo has added itself to the list of nations who have lent troops to the effort to apprehend Kony and halt his path of violence and destruction in the region. Congo has sent 500 soldiers to Uganda in [...]
Plans to Topple Sudan Govt Gain Momentum
February 2, 2013 | Posted by
Kampala — Yousef al-Koda, leader of the Islamic Wasat (Central) Party, signed the New Dawn charter in Kampala, joining rebel groups and other political parties who had previously endorsed the document. Malik Agar, head of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) and al-Koda released a joint statement on Thursday confirming the information from Kampala, Uganda’s capital, [...]
China Pouring Fake Drugs Into Africa, Endangering Millions
December 28, 2012 | Posted by
Though China is increasingly becoming the most visible and active foreign presence on the African continent, there is a downside, as revealed by a recent expose in the UK’s The Guardian: As many as a third of the malaria drugs in countries like Uganda and Tanzania are fake or substandard—putting the health of millions at [...]
Focus on Congo Refugees as M23 Rebels Negotiate with Govt.
December 16, 2012 | Posted by
As the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Congolese government try to sit down and work out their differences, attention must be paid to the state of the refugees in the DRC who live their lives in a perpetual state of disarray. After the latest round of conflict, during which the [...]
M23 Rebels To Engage in Peace Talks with Congo Officials
December 4, 2012 | Posted by
Residents in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo are hoping that the upcoming peace talks between the Congolese government and the M23 rebels will mean their country can return to a sense of normalcy after the rebels have brought them to the brink of yet another war. Two weeks ago when the [...]
U.S. Officials Pressure Uganda Not to Pass Anti-Gay Bill
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
U.S. officials are continuing to pressure Uganda not to pass an “anti-homosexuality” bill that Ugandan leaders have said they want to pass as a Christmas present to the Ugandan people. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed that Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson reiterated the Obama administration’s “vocal” concerns about the [...]
U.S. Sends Diplomat to the Congo to Help Stem the Despair
November 26, 2012 | Posted by
As the Congo once again falls into despair and dysfunction following a threatened takeover by the M23 rebel force, the U.S. has dispatched its top diplomat for Africa, Johnnie Carson, to try to help resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the important city of Goma, which M23 rebels seized last week, [...]
