Uganda lifts ban on labour export after eight months suspension
Agence France-Presse Uganda on Tuesday lifted the ban on the exportation of migrant workers after an eight-month suspension, in efforts to stop the spread of...
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Uganda names January 14 for presidential vote
Agence France-Presse Presidential elections in Uganda, which will notably pitch incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, against popular youth singer Bobi Wine, will be...
65 illegal immigrants arrested in Zambia
About 65 “illegal immigrants” have been arrested in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, after a cleanup exercise, an immigration spokesperson said on Wednesday. The illegal immigrants...
21 dead in new DR Congo massacre by ADF militia
At least 21 people have been killed in a massacre suspected to have been committed by militants from the Islamist ADF group in conflict-wracked northeast...
‘Islamist ADF rebels’ free 900 inmates in DRC jail break
More than 900 prisoners have escaped from a jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Beni city after suspected Islamist rebels attacked the facility, officials...
219 prisoners escape Ugandan jail, some with guns and ammunition – military
Prisoners in a Ugandan jail overpowered their guards and 219 of them escaped with at least 15 guns, but two were killed after security forces...
Tanzania, Uganda ink deal on $3.5 billion oil pipeline project
Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement Sunday to commence construction on a 1,445-kilometre (900 mile) oil pipeline through East Africa that conservation groups say threatens...
Uganda mandates online bloggers register with government ahead of election
Authorities in Uganda say bloggers and others publishing or broadcasting online must register with authorities, drawing criticism from some who see it as an attack...
Police: Lightning kills 10 children in remote Uganda town
Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo border, Ugandan police said Friday. The children, whose...
Congo army says Islamist militia kills 20 in east
Agence France-Presse Islamist militants killed at least 20 people during attacks on three villages in eastern Congo, the army and a local administrator said. The...