Equatorial Guinea’s Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested following allegations that he recorded more than 400 explicit videos featuring the wives of prominent public figures in the country.The scandal emerged during a separate investigation into fraud allegations against Engonga, aged 54 when authorities uncovered a trove of […]
KAMPALA – Once the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is completed, the 1,443-kilometer-long line electrically heated pipeline will transport crude oil from Kabaale in Hoima district, western Uganda, to the seaport of Tanga in Tanzania. The EACOP shall be fed by 2 feeder pipelines. A 95 km feeder pipeline from the Central Processing […]
ENTEBBE – General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, met with his Congolese counterpart, General Christian Tshiwewe Songesha, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Their discussions focused on enhancing bilateral relations in defence and […]
By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) members to work towards ensuring that the dream of East African market integration and federation is fully achieved.He said if the historical mission of market integration is not handled well, East Africa is likely to end up like […]
By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has called on Members of Parliament from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to advocate for a one and united East Africa as Uganda’s Parliament gears up to host sittings of the regional Assembly.EALA will hold its plenary sittings in Uganda’s parliament from 20th October […]
By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed his willingness to mediate the ongoing conflict in Sudan, should both parties be open to his involvement.“I am ready to mediate the conflict if they are agreeable.” President Museveni stated this today during a meeting with the United Nations Envoy for Sudan at State House […]
CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, on Wednesday.The meeting was attended by Egypt’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defence and Military Production, General Abdel Megeed Saqr. General Kainerugaba conveyed greetings and appreciation from Ugandan President […]
LUANDA — Angola’s Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have signed an agreement with new terms for the co-development of offshore Block 14. The agreement was signed during the opening ceremony of the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2024 conference in Luanda […]
By Our reporterPARLIAMENT: Fast-tracking the joint border demarcation with South Sudan will address the ongoing security challenges in the Karamoja region, MPs on the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs have recommended.The recommendation is part of several others contained in the committee’s report on the security situation in the districts of Moroto, Kaabong, and Abim, […]
