Egypt ends of the crisis of the Ugandan authorities imposing 35 percent custom tariffs on Egyptian exports of iron sheets in violation to the COMESA agreement, according to he Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea.
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The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a former commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages.
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According to a 2020 Global Terrorism Index report, Africa has become “the centre of gravity” for the Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda, losing no less than $171 billion to terrorism in the last 10 years. Terrorist groups have moved there and to some (...)
Uganda accused the US ambassador on Tuesday of seeking to subvert last week's presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since the vote.
Troops prevented pop (...)
Ugandans were voting Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. Internet (...)
Uganda banned social media and messaging apps on Tuesday, two days ahead of a presidential election pitting Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, against opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a popular singer.
Users complained on (...)
A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country.
Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the (...)
As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it.
The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to (...)
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested in the country's central region on Wednesday, he said on Twitter.
No further details of their arrest were immediately (...)
Zambia national team coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic has been charged with sexual assault on Friday following an incident involving a waitress in the South African coastal city of Port Elizabeth.
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) (...)
It is high time to revisit the writings of Egyptian geologist Roshdi Said (1920-2013), who was born 100 years ago.
Said wrote extensively on water, energy, desert reclamation, and other issues, as well as on the development of Egypt's educational (...)
Water security is one of the cornerstones of a country's national security. Water is a vital element for the lives of human beings and all other living things, and it is critical for economic development. As a result, developing and securing the (...)
President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, who appealed to the incoming U.S. president to reverse the decision.
"The U.S. decision to pull (...)
Uganda has granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania, despite pressure from lobby groups.
The planned pipeline, from fields co-owned by France's Total and (...)
For decades, successive governments in Ethiopia have dragged Egypt through the mud, saying they wanted “exclusive” rights over the River Nile and not heeding the well-being of other riparian nations, mainly upstream ones.
This narrative, regrettably (...)
Ethiopia said its troops were marching on the capital of the Tigray region on Tuesday after a deadline for rebel forces to surrender passed in a two-week conflict shaking the Horn of Africa and alarming the world.
"The final critical act of law (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned on Tuesday that a three-day deadline for rebel regional forces to surrender has expired, paving the way for a final push on Mekelle, the capital of the northern region of Tigray.
Tigrayan forces fired (...)
Ethiopia's government said on Monday that there was no mediation over the Tigray conflict starting in Uganda after media speculation that talks could be beginning.
"The claim of mediation in Uganda is not true," the government's task force for the (...)
One of the lessons learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic is how health issues and the political stability of different countries are interrelated. Not only has the pandemic wreaked havoc on the world's economy, but the very fact that some of (...)
Al Galala University hosted a delegation from the International Observation Mission for the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary elections.
Representing seven organizations from Europe, Africa and the Middle East that are present in Lebanon, Greece, France, (...)
“Africa doesn't need strongmen; it needs strong institutions. Nobody should be president for life. Your country is better off if you have new blood and new ideas.”
A strong warning issued by former US president Barack Obama 11 years ago during his (...)
Egypt's state-run Arab Contractors (AC) said on Tuesday work on three major infrastructure projects in Uganda had been above 80 percent complete, with a total cost of $185 million.
These projects comprise three roads, AC's board member Ibrahim (...)
Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the country's economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday.
Sources said this (...)
Sudan and the United States have discussed how Khartoum could advance Arab-Israeli peace, authorities said on Wednesday, adding the talks also covered the removal of the former hardline foe of Israel from a US list of terrorism sponsors.
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Sudanese officials will discuss the removal of their country from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terror with U.S. officials during a visit to the United Arab Emirates this week, the ruling council said on Sunday.
Sudan's transitional government, (...)
