Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, João Lourenço of Angola and Felix Tshisekedi of DRC are Gatuna for the fourth Quadripartite Heads of State Summit where they are now holding tete-a-tete meeting. The meeting is part of the resolutions of the quadripartite …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Chief mediator, Angola President Joao LourenCo, has arrived in Kigali ahead of the Quadripartite Summit between Rwanda, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda which will take place today at the Katuna – Gatuna border. The leaders are expected to meet as part of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has released 13 more Rwandan nationals detained on crimes related to threatening national security. This brings to 22, the number of Rwandan nationals released by Uganda and immediately deported to their country. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa,, says the release of the Rwandan …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If road repairs at the border are any sign, the scheduled meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda President Paul Kagame looks set to go ahead as planned February 21. Uganda Radio Network observed preparations at the border, with Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) working on …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda and Uganda have agreed to resume collaboration among their security organs which had been stopped when the relations between the countries soured at the start of last year. This was part of the resolutions in the communique from the Ad hoc committee meeting between …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Four endangered mountain gorillas, including three adult females, have been killed by an apparent lightning strike in a Ugandan national park, a conservation group has said. A post-mortem examination has been performed on the four, including a male infant, who died on February 3 in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda and Uganda have agreed to refrain from engaging factors that may create the perception influencing a regime change in each other’s country and also exchange prisoners. This was resolved in the Luanda Head of States meeting set up to resolve the tense relations …
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Luanda, Angola | AFP | Neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda agreed a deal on Sunday to swap prisoners to help ease tensions following mutual accusations of spying and political meddling. In the deal signed on Sunday by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni in the Angolan capital Luanda, the …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda will only ‘open the border’ after Uganda stops alleged detention of their citizens and support of dissident groups. Kagame said the recent high profile release by Uganda of nine Rwandans held over various charges in Kampala, was not …
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