Uganda

It's been quite a busy year for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in terms of diplomatic engagement. In February he made an official state visit to China, where 20 agreements...

Raisi's African visit, the first by an Iranian leader since 2013, follows a visit in June to three Latin American countries.

An eastern African bloc yesterday called for a regional summit to consider deploying troops to Sudan to protect civilians, three months after violence erupted between the army and a...

Turkish charities brought joy and happiness to millions of Muslims across the African continent on Wednesday, providing meat to be used in celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of...

Terrorists on Friday night attacked a secondary school in western Uganda's district of Kasese, killing 25 students and injuring eight others seriously, according to police, Anadolu reports. In a...

Turkiye's Ambassador to Uganda, Mehmet Fatih Ak, has said trade and investment opportunities are abundant in Uganda for Turkish investors in various sectors, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a...

Millions of Muslims across Africa, on Friday, began celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, a religious festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prayers were...

Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni, said on Monday that Turkiye has become one of the most powerful partners for Uganda, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a message to Turkiye's President,...

The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags; others carried Russian...

Uganda and Israel, on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on defence, amid growing criticism in the country over Israel's hacking software, Anadolu News Agency reports. The signing...

Human rights groups asked the Israeli Defence Ministry to stop permitting a company to sell its phone hacking tool to Uganda, claiming it is used for rights abuses, Haaretz...

Police in Uganda said 237 South Sudanese citizens fled, Monday, to Uganda due to an ethnic conflict in their villages, Anadolu News Agency reports. Uganda police spokesman, Fred Enanga,...

The number of people forced to flee their homes worldwide has increased yearly over the past decade and stands at its highest since records began, the UN Refugee Agency...

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of Iranian, Syrian, and Ugandan individuals and entities, citing severe human rights abuses committed by them. Announced by the US...

Turkey, on Tuesday, condemned the deadly suicide attacks that hit Uganda's capital of Kampala, Anadolu Agency reports. "We are saddened to receive the news that suicide attacks, which were...

Despite possessing meagre resources, the landlocked East African country of Uganda hosts 1.5 million refugees from across Africa, including South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Eritrea, and Sudan. So far,...

The Egyptian health minister has inaugurated a medical centre in the town of Jinja in Uganda as it moves to solidify relations with the African country. Hala Zayed said...

The United Arab Emirates said today residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) could return as of 12 September from...

Uganda Airlines will soon make its maiden flight to Dubai in UAE, the flag carrier announced on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. Addressing a press conference in Uganda's capital Kampala,...

Egypt is one of ten countries where Apple Inc will not be offering its new private relay service, a feature which will prevent service providers and advertisers from being...

Uganda announced on Wednesday the signing of an agreement with Egypt to exchange military information. This came in light of the escalating tension between Egypt and Ethiopia over the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is counting upon the diplomatic route against the International Criminal Court's decision to investigate war crimes alleged to have been committed by his country....

Egypt will begin construction of a number of water projects in South Sudan and Uganda, the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati announced yesterday. "Egypt has...

For the first time, an Israeli plane has flown through the Sudanese airspace, Ynet News reported yesterday. The plane had first taken off last Monday from Israel's Tel Aviv...

The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. The rift is threatening the political stability of the country and the power-sharing agreement. In...

Leader of the Sudanese National Umma Party, Sadiq Al-Mahdi, renewed his party's rejection of any kind of normalisation with Israel, stressing that the ideas that Tel Aviv can help...

The head of Sudan's National Umma Party, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, yesterday hailed the meeting of the Sudanese sovereignty council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Uganda is "studying" the possibility of opening an embassy in Jerusalem, President Yoweri Museveni said on Monday, during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Such a move...

Huawei has denied reports that the company's staff is helping the Algerian government spy on its political opponents. "Algerian media published an article on Wednesday, taken from the Wall...

The authorities in Uganda have arrested a Lebanese citizen with assistance from Israel's spy agency Mossad, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Hussein Mahmoud Yassin is suspected of being an...

The two-week exercise will be financed by US while Ethiopia provides venues and platforms for the drills. The contributing countries to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) –...

Egypt's Mohamed Salah produced another moment to savour when he curled in a free kick, his second goal of the tournament, to set the hosts on the way to...