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General accused of rights abuses made Ugandan head of police

Maj Gen Abel Kandiho is blacklisted by US for presiding over ‘horrific’ targeting of opposition activists

The Guardian - UK

UN court orders Uganda to pay Congo $325M for violence

The International Court of Justice has ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to its neighbor Congo for violence in a long-running conflict between the African neighbors that began in the late 1990s

The Independent UK

World Court set to rule on Congolese claim of over $11 billion from Uganda

The International Court of Justice will decide on Wednesday if Uganda should pay over $11 billion in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province.

Reuters

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With proposed legislation, Uganda tries to mandate vaccines

Ugandan authorities are seeking to legally mandate vaccines in draft legislation aimed at boosting the East African country's drive to inoculate more people against COVID-19

The Independent UK

US, EU raise alarm over alleged torture by Ugandan forces

The European Union and the United States are raising alarm over torture allegedly perpetrated by Uganda’s security forces, with a prominent writer and government critic saying he is a recent victim

The Independent UK

EU demands end to torture in Uganda after images of author stir anger

The European Union on Monday demanded punishment for perpetrators of torture in Uganda after images of a recently detained author circulated in domestic media showing marks on his body, eliciting public outrage.

Reuters

Uganda's night life roars back after nearly two years of COVID restrictions

Throngs of revellers filled The Levels bar in Uganda's capital Kampala, dancing to live music and ordering bottle service to their tables, on Monday night.

Reuters

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Covid news: Anger as Tory MP says lockdown breach ‘like parking fine’; Germany could relax restrictions in March – as it happened

Pfizer-BioNTech seeks US approval for under-5s Covid inoculation; Lithuania to scrap Covid pass on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

ICC U-19 World Cup | It’s India vs Australia in blockbuster match

While India is now back to full strength, Australia will be on a high after its convincing win over Pakistan

The Hindu

France's Total and China's CNOOC to extract Uganda's Lake Albert oil reserves

French and Chinese oil companies signed a ten-billion-dollar deal on Tuesday to develop oil resources under Lake Albert in Uganda and build a pipeline to bring the oil though Tanzania. The plan is being criticised by environmental groups, who warn the pipeline will be devastating for wildlife and people along…

Radio France Internationale

Investors commit $10 billion to pump Uganda's oil deposits

Uganda and a group of investors have announced their decision to finally proceed with oil production following years of setbacks that threatened the East African country’s efforts to become an oil exporter

The Independent UK

Mali expels French ambassador

In tonight's edition: Relations between France and Mali take a dramatic turn for the worse as Bamako gives the French ambassador to the country just 72 hours to leave. Also, after a three-year freeze, Rwanda finally opens its border with Uganda. And we end in South Africa, where Kommetdieding or…

France 24

Rwanda reopens Uganda border to trucks; others still barred

Rwandan authorities on Monday opened the Uganda border to truckers after nearly three years of a tense standoff, but other travelers were held back by immigration officials

The Independent UK

Rwanda Re-opens Border with Uganda but Says Grievances Remain

Rwanda on Monday re-opened a border crossing with Uganda closed three years ago when the government accused Kampala of harassing its nationals and supporting dissidents bent on removing the government in Kigali. In turn the government of President Yoweri Museveni accused Rwanda of conducting illegal espionage in Uganda, which suffered…

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Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda but says grievances remain

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U-19 WC | Sri Lanka advance to 5th place play off, Uganda beat Scotland to finish 13th

Scotland ended their World Cup 51 runs short (D/L method) of Uganda finishing 14th in the tournament

Salon

Drug-resistant malaria appears in Africa

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without surveillance, it is hard to track the threat

Radio France Internationale

Ugandan novelist Rukirabashaija released on bail, recovering from 'torture' after insulting tweet

Award-winning Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is recovering from injuries his lawyer says he sustained over nearly a month in detention. Earlier this week he was bailed by the courts for insulting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s family, but his story did not end with Tuesday's bail hearing.

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Rwanda to reopen border with Uganda after three-year standoff

Rwanda says it will reopen its land border with Uganda on Monday, signalling an easing of frosty relations fuelled by spying accusations and support for dissidents.

The Independent UK

Rwanda to reopen Uganda border after three-year standoff

Rwanda’s government says the border will officially reopen Monday

France 24

Rwanda to reopen land border with Uganda after three years as relations thaw

Rwanda said Friday it will reopen its land border with Uganda at the end of the month after a three-year closure, signalling a thaw in frosty relations between the neighbours.

Reuters

Rwanda to re-open border with Uganda as relations thaw

Rwanda will re-open on Monday a border crossing with Uganda that was shuttered nearly three years ago, even as tensions rise between the central African neighbours, fuelled by accusations of espionage and support for each other's dissidents.

The Guardian - UK

British scientist finds new species of rare leafhopper in Uganda

The last recorded sighting of a leafhopper from the same genus as Phlogis kibalensis was in 1969

The Independent UK

Saudi tourist trampled to death by elephant on safari in Uganda

The deceased had stopped for a break when an elephant charged at him

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m free at last’: Uganda’s rudest poet on prison, protest and finding a new voice in Germany

Stella Nyanzi talks about challenging Uganda’s President Museveni from her new home and why she had to leave the land she loves

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