Uganda-Rwanda

These are some of the students who completed attending ‘Itorero’ and President Kagame has been invited to address them at different times. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni calls them a “militia” being trained to attack Uganda, according to Kagame President Paul Kagame has again gone on the offensive with new details…

Health Minister Dr Diane Gashumba shows locals the photos she said are of people who had developed complications after being circumcised in Uganda The Healthy Ministry has launched a campaign in areas bordering Uganda to provide circumcision services for which the locals have been crossing the border to get –…

Presidents Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi), Jakaya Kikwete (formerly of Tanzania), Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) and Paul Kagame (Rwanda) – at previous summit A parliamentary forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) has recommended that the leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi urgently meet to resolve…

President Uhuru Kenyatta receives counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Moi International Airport in Mombasa President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has arrived in Kenya, from South Africa, in the latest leg of his travels that are related to his fallout with the Government of Rwanda. Museveni was received by President Kenyatta…

UK High Commissioner Jo Lomas presented her credentials to President Paul Kagame on January 16, 2018 The British High Commissioner to Rwanda Ms. Jo Lomas has said that her country would be happy to offer mediation support to resolve the ongoing Rwanda-Uganda conflict. The High Commissioner said this in an…

President Museveni was received in Johannesburg yesterday Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday afternoon for a two-day visit. Officially, he is there to attend “solidarity conference on Western Sahara”, the region in west Africa that has been trying to gain independence from Morocco. The conference, in…

President Paul Kagame opening the Africa CEO Forum 2019 at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Kigali Convention Centre. President Paul Kagame has upped the pressure on Uganda telling African CEOs that Uganda was the sole party to blame for the current standoff between the two sides. “Politics is what is…

The two leaders meeting at State House Entebbe, Uganda DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was in Uganda on Friday evening where he met President Yoweri Museveni at Entebbe State House. “We discussed trade, regional security and other areas of bilateral interest to Uganda and the DR Congo,” said a post…

A screen shot of the New Vision print copy in which the letter is published A confidential letter written by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni to Rwanda’s Paul Kagame over the ongoing conflict has provoked hilarious reaction from social media in Rwanda. The letter is published in the Tuesday edition of…

Justice Minister and Attorney General Johnston Busingye spoke yesterday at a press conference launching the Justice Sector Week, a period when all institutions associated with justice converge in one place open to public to visit to see what services they offer The 986 Rwandans either languishing in Uganda military intelligence…

President Kagame meets with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the 31st AU Summit in Mauritania, June 30 2018. The others in the meeting were the foreign ministers. The two leaders have met several times, and in all those meetings, Minister Sisulu (R) was there. Rwanda now has another…

A screenshot of the website of ‘Daily Monitor’ displaying its editorial which is published in ‘Sunday Monitor’ print version One of the biggest newspapers in Uganda “Daily Monitor” has published editorial in which it uses the map of Rwanda that was changed in 2002. Before 2002, Rwanda was divided up…

President Magufuli met Kutesa and Kabonero to his right President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has sent a “special message” to Tanzania counterpart John Pombe Magufuli. The message was delivered yesterday evening by Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa. He met President Magufuli in Dar as Salaam. Kutesa was with Uganda’s envoy…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni arrives to for his speech to NRM lawmakers Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has told ruling party lawmakers that stoppage of Ugandan exports to Rwanda will have no impact. Calling the Uganda-Rwanda ongoing standoff “these temporary things”, Museveni said Uganda exports to much bigger markets like Kenya…

Uganda FM Sam Kutesa meets Dr Richard Sezibera of Rwanda in Kigali previously The statement released on Wednesday by Uganda’s Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa and others he has made before are “diversionary and do not address fundamental issues raised by Rwanda”, according to Kigali. In a counter statement from Rwanda’s…

Uganda’s foreign affairs Minister Sam Kutesa says in a statement released Wednesday afternoon that Rwanda is not allowing Ugandan exports. Rwanda is also not letting through trucks carrying goods from here to cross to Uganda, according to Kutesa’s statement. At its borders, Rwanda is only allowing through trucks carrying good…

President Museveni is hosting President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia, Tanzanian Vice President, Samia Hassan Suluhu and Kenyan Deputy President, Dr William Samoei Ruto. There was no Rwandan delegation at the ‘Africa Now’ Summit that opened today in Kampala, Uganda. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending, as well as…

Meeting President Museveni here, Cyril Ramaphosa was last in Uganda in August last year for wedding of his son to daughter of Uganda’s former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, which is part of the axis that led to current fallout between Rwanda and Uganda, has…

President Uhuru Kenyatta meets President Museveni at State House Entebbe, Uganda Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Uganda on Monday afternoon after spending the morning in Rwanda – in what seems to be efforts to defuse Kigali-Kampala tensions. Kenyatta flew into Rwanda early morning on an unannounced trip. He spent…

Inside the chamber of the Ugandan parliament where interest from lawmakers on the Rwanda issue seems to be fading The anticipated Government statement to Parliament this Thursday afternoon on the standoff with Rwanda did not attract the enthusiasm it had generated in the previous session on Tuesday. General Moses Ali,…

The East African Manufacturers’ Association (EAMA) has also joined calls for the leadership of Rwanda and Uganda to work out a way to resolve their differences. The grouping of more than 100 industrialists from within the EAC bloc want the two countries to do what they preach about regional integration.…

Uganda Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Members of Uganda’s Parliament on Tuesday afternoon dismissed the explanation given by General Moses Ali, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament as to what is happening between Kampala and Kigali. Lawmakers Muhammad Nsereko and Anna Ebaju Adeke had…

Ugandan trucks destined for Rwanda are parked at the Gatuna border since Thursday last week, and more still coming even as Rwanda has temporarily closed it for planned constructions to go on Exporters in Uganda are losing at least $600,000 (Rwf530m) for every day that they are unable to bring…

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Ugandan officials will no longer respond to Rwandan officials with regards to the deteriorating relations with Rwanda, as par the directive from President Yoweri Museveni. Government Spokesperson Ofwono Opondo told a media briefing at the Uganda Media Center today afternoon that they will not make…

Uganda Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa In a statement designed to respond directly to a morning press conference by Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Government Spokesperson Dr Richard Sezibera, Uganda has immediately shot back. Kampala’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa tackled all the “three outstanding issues” which Dr Sezibera raised.…

Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister and Government Spokesman Dr Richard Sezibera speaking today Today, March 5, Rwanda detailed what it said were “three outstanding issues” it has against Uganda – in the latest battle for hearts and minds of ordinary citizens in both countries and the broader public. Foreign Affairs…

Dr Philemon Mateke, Uganda’s state minister for regional cooperation Dr. Philemon Mateke, the 76 year-old Ugandan state minister for regional cooperation has for the first time spoken about Rwanda issues. Dr Mateke’s name has repeatedly appeared in local Rwandan media accusing him of being the Uganda government ‘point man’ for…

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has written to Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) asking that the trailers which had been cleared before the February 28 border closure be allowed to cross into Rwanda. RRA wrote to URA on the morning of February 28 indicating that heavy trucks coming in from Uganda…

In this Jan 25, 2015 courtesy photo, Winnie Byanyima shares light moment with President Kagame, then African Development Bank Group President Dr Donald Kaberuka, and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. It was during the AfDB annual summit in Kigali The Executive Director of British charity Oxfam Winnie Byanyima is the latest…

Foreign Affairs Minister and Government Spokesman Dr Richard Sezibera at a Unity Club event in Rwanda Some Rwandan officials and ordinary citizens are dismissing a threat by Uganda Government Spokesperson Ofwono Opondo on Saturday that they will ‘expose’ officials who continue to comment on the latest spat between Kigali and…