Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk, engaged in discussions with his counterparts from Senegal and Somalia on the sidelines of the African Union's Extraordinary Summit on Agricultural Development, held in Kampala, (...)
Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk, has met with his counterparts from Senegal and Somalia to discuss enhanced agricultural cooperation. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the African Union's Extraordinary (...)
$213.4 billion annually is required from private sources to bridge Africa's climate financing gap by 2030, stated Anthony Nyong, the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Director of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department.
At the "Sustainable (...)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, held talks on Monday to address the ongoing dispute regarding Uganda's petroleum product imports through Kenya.
While a statement from the Ugandan State House confirmed that (...)
's science editor Mohammed El-Said has been awarded the 1st runner-up prize in the Nile Media Awards (print media category) for his article on renewable energy as a solution for the Nile Basin conflict. The award ceremony was held in Kampala, Uganda (...)
Uganda will host the second East African Kiswahili Language Day on July 6-7, 2023. The event will be held in Kampala under the theme "Kiswahili and Multilingualism: Achieving more together."
Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East (...)
Calm has been restored to Mpondwe town in Uganda's southwestern district of Kasese, following an attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that killed 41 people, mostly students, according to a government official on Sunday.
Joe Walusimbi, (...)
At COP27, heads of states should address gender equality in a bid to mainstream the issues of women and girls caused by the climate crisis.
Women constitute the largest share of the world populations, close to 1.9 billion across all continents. (...)
Egypt participated in a high-level regional ministerial meeting on climate change and migration hosted by the Ugandan government in Entebbe in cooperation with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
The event was attended by Ugandan (...)
Kampala – The Africa Youth Mobilisation 4 COP (AYM4COP) campaign has been officially launched to advocate for active youth participation in climate negotiations.
The Youth Climate Movement (YOUNGO), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (...)
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat participated in a UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in a session titled 'Accelerating Progress Towards the SDGs Through Effective Development Cooperation in a (...)
The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) agreed to issue a license to Banque Misr to operate within the country.
Governor of the CBS Abdel Rahman Mohamed Abdullah said that Banque Misr will contribute significantly to (...)
Egypt's Ambassador to Brussels Badr Abdel Aty met with a group of European Commission officials and members of the European Parliament on Sunday.
The meetings dealt with ways to enhance cooperation and coordination with Egypt, both at the level of (...)
Deadly twin bomb blasts in Uganda's capital Kampala earlier this week have drawn worldwide condemnation, with different capitals pledging to stand with Uganda in the fight against the resurgence of terror attacks that have regional connotations. (...)
تبنى تنظيم «داعش» الإرهابي، هجوما بعبوة ناسفة استهدف حانة في «كمبالا» عاصمة أوغندا، أمس الأول السبت، وأسفر عن مقتل شخص واحد على الأقل، وفقا لما ذكرته شبكة «روسيا اليوم» الإخبارية الروسية.
وقال التنظيم الإرهابي، في بيان نشره على قناته عبر تطبيق (...)
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodore II, arrived Monday at the Bole International Airport in Uganda for an eight-day pastoral visit.
He was received at the airport by Metropolitan Daniel of the Diocese of Aksum (...)
At a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, tempers flared among those waiting for scarce AstraZeneca jabs, with some accusing others of trying to jump the queue.
Nurses intervened, telling them the accused had been waiting since (...)
As he struggled to breathe earlier this month, Dr. Nathan Tumubone was tormented by thoughts of hospitalization as a COVID-19 patient. Thinking of the costs involved, he knew he wanted to stay home.
He and his wife ``steamed'' up to five times a (...)
Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren't safe.
Now, four months after the first batch of vaccines arrived in Zimbabwe, the 44-year-old street hawker of electronic items is desperate for (...)
The Nile for Peace Initiative called on Sunday for the need to reach a legally-binding agreement that preserves the water rights of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in the Nile over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's (GERD) filing and operation (...)
The Nile for Peace Initiative called for reaching a legally-binding deal for the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.
This came during a Sunday press conference, in which the initiative members recommended that the three countries (...)
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack.
In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks.
In South Africa, which has the continent's most robust economy and its biggest (...)
African civil society representatives participating in the recent Nile for Peace Conference, which took place on 5-11 April in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, have called for a postponement to the massive Ethiopian dam second filling.
Egypt was (...)
The Egyptian Commercial Service in Uganda has organised a visit for a delegation from the Egyptian Food Industries Export Council to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, to follow up on the arrangements for holding the first Egyptian exhibition for food (...)
Egypt and Uganda have signed on Wednesday a military intelligence sharing agreement to combat terrorism at the headquarters of the Ugandan military intelligence in Mbuya.
According to a statement by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), the (...)
