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TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Kenya-UK trade deal provides for other EAC member states to join in by 2025

By AGGREY MUTAMBO, The EastAfricanMore by this Author Kenya is hoping that East African Community member states join the new trade agreement it signed on Wednesday with the UK. Although Read More

Congo president ends coalition amid political deadlocks

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE, The Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s president has announced an end to the coalition between his party and that of former president Joseph Kabila. President Read More

AFRICA: DRC (Zaire)’s President Laurent-Désiré Kabila was assassinated by his body guard

By MARTHA LEAH NANGALAMA I am only sharing this information about Laurent-Désiré Kabila because of late, Uganda’s First Son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is threatening Uganda opposition with death. Muhoozi is secure Read More

Uganda Submits Funding Plan to Build Roads in Eastern Congo

By BLOOMBERG Uganda plans to spend 200 billion shillings ($53.6 million) on three roads in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, following a pact to improve business between the two Read More

Congo: Militants free 1,300 inmates in Beni jailbreak

By DW and NEWS AGENCIES Armed men have broken into a jail in eastern Congo and released almost all the prisoners. The local mayor said an Islamist militant group was Read More

AFRICA: Museveni to build roads in South Sudan, DRC, Ethiopia to complete his Tutsi Empire building

Written by URN for THE OBSERVER Museveni justifies Uganda funding roads in DRC, EthiopiaOctober 10, 2020 President Yoweri Museveni has said that the move to construct roads in countries out Read More

AFRICA: More than 50,000 Flee New Armed Attacks in Eastern DR Congo – MORE MONEY FOR UGANDA

By VOA News More than 50,000 Flee New Armed Attacks in Eastern DR Congo GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency is racing to help tens of thousands of Congolese forced Read More

AFRICA: International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Uganda to pay DRC $10bln

By THE GUARDIAN Court orders Uganda to pay Congo damagesTue 20 Dec 2005 The international court of justice yesterday ordered Uganda to pay reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo Read More

AFRICA: MUSEVENI SHOULD SHOW UGANDANS THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN TANZANIA, DRC

Image may be subject to copyright Image may be subject to copyright Image may be subject to copyright CHANGE OF GUARDS – During his nap address on COVID-19 last evening,Read More

AFRICA: MUSEVENI SHOULD SHOW UGANDANS THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN TANZANIA, DRC

Image may be subject to copyright Image may be subject to copyright Image may be subject to copyright CHANGE OF GUARDS – During his nap address on COVID-19 last evening,Read More