PARIS - The European Union is being urged to become more militarily involved in Africa's Sahel region amid a possible drawdown of U.S. troops and a fast-growing Islamist insurgency.
Fallout from escalating unrest in the …
Kampala The Ministry of Health flagged off field teams to conduct the second Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) survey to determine the magnitude of the HIV burden and the impact of current strategies taking …
KAMPALA, Ugandan government officials held an emergency meeting after locusts were spotted in three areas neighbouring Kenya in the north-east.
Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda summoned the meeting at 7 pm local time Sunday to …
The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10), the largest global gathering on the future of cities, opened on Saturday with thousands taking part in lively discussion, through different assemblies representing youth, women, grassroot …
Terror groups in Africa are getting more ambitious, increasingly mustering the resources and expertise to make their presence felt across the region with an eye toward wreaking havoc even further afield.
Intelligence assessments from the …
JUBA - U.N. officials say human rights conditions in South Sudan are deteriorating as a February 22 deadline for creating a transitional unity government draws near.
Three U.N. human rights commissioners who wrapped up their …
On 6 February 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo added the following individual to the List of Individuals and Entities subject to the …
Sudan's military said Wednesday it backed a surprise meeting between the country's leader and Israel's prime minister in Uganda this week, saying the opening would help boost national security.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of …
Reference is made to the communication from the University Bursar dated 22nd January 2020 regarding the payment of food and living out allowances for the second semester of academic year 2019/2020.
This is to inform …
The Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) on Friday 31st January, 2020 held a policy dialogue on water and food security under the auspices of the project on, Capacity-building on the Water-Energy-Food …
ROME - A Spanish charity boat with 363 rescued migrants aboard is appealing to be allowed to dock at a port so it can let passengers disembark after several days in the Mediterranean Sea.
Gerard …
The Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (RIF) on Friday 31st January 2020 held the second consultative workshop for representatives from Private Sector Institutions, Non-Governmental Organisations and Development Partners aimed at understanding priority research and …
WASHINGTON - African nations are preparing for what experts believe is the inevitable emergence of cases of coronavirus on the continent. With growing economic ties and increased travel between the African continent and China, health …