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Eight aboard U.N. helicopter that crashed in east Congo, mission says
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said that eight people were aboard a...
Read moreUgandan military kills 14 of Congo M23 rebels, one soldier dead in border fighting
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's military killed 14 of the Democratic Republic of Congo M23 rebel fighters on Tuesday and one...
Read moreUN loses contact with helicopter in east Congo amid rebel and army fighting
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nation's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo lost contact with a helicopter on...
Read moreM23 rebels attack military positions in eastern Congo
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Heavy fighting erupted overnight and continued on Monday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Ugandan court issues arrest warrant for author who fled to Germany
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for an international award-winning author...
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‘My flesh was burning’: Uganda accused of torture again
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last...
Read moreAuthor charged in crackdown on writers critical of Uganda government
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan prosecutors on Wednesday charged an author with communications offences and remanded him in...
Read moreRebel attacks in eastern Congo kill more than 60
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants have killed more than 60 people over five days of...
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Uganda military denies president’s son, seen as potential successor, has resigned
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's military said on Monday that President Yoweri Museveni's son, a lieutenant general who stood down for...
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Ugandan leader’s son leaves military, in move seen as preparing for presidency
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The lieutenant general son of Uganda's president said on Tuesday he had retired from the military, in...
Read moreSuspected Islamist militants kill 20 civilians in eastern Congo
By Erikas Mwisi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 20 civilians in northeastern...
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Ugandans would face fines, jail for refusing COVID jab under new law
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who...
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Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A vault built on an Arctic mountainside to preserve the world's crop seeds from...
Read moreUganda says ICJ ruling awarding DR Congo reparations is unfair
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda said on Thursday it considered as "unfair and wrong" an International Court of Justice...
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World Court orders Uganda to pay $325 million DR Congo reparations
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Uganda...
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Ugandan author critical of President Museveni has fled country – lawyer
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan author who spent nearly a month in jail after criticising President Yoweri...
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EU demands end to torture in Uganda after images of author stir anger
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday demanded punishment for perpetrators of torture in Uganda after...
Read moreIslamist militia frees about 20 prisoners in eastern Congo
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Members of an Islamist militia freed about 20 prisoners...
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Uganda’s night life roars back after nearly two years of COVID restrictions
By Francis Mukasa KAMPALA (Reuters) - Throngs of revellers filled The Levels bar in Uganda's capital Kampala, dancing to live...
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Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda but says grievances remain
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda on Monday re-opened a border crossing with Uganda closed three years ago when the government accused...
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