There are over 50,000 Ugandans believed to have been trafficked to Oman, a country that doesn’t have any labour or bi-lateral agreement with the Government of Uganda. In fact, many cases of torture, exploitation and gruesome murders of Ugandan domestic workers have occurred in this country. According to Yasin Abdallaziz
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Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea, after meeting with Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the area dividing the two Koreas. Great Marshal Kim and Trump posed for handshakes before talking for nearly an
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s Commissioner for Customs Dicksons Kateshumbwa (in featured photo) has today been elected as the Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council after defeating his Russian counterpart Ruslan Davydov during the annual WCO Council session that ended today at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Kateshumbwa
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The US and China have agreed to resume trade talks, easing a long row that has contributed to a global economic slowdown. US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping reached agreement at the G20 summit in Japan. Mr Trump also said he would allow US companies to continue
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A top health official has warned that although Ebola outbreaks can be controlled, the disease will keep returning until political stability is achieved in the region. The outbreak can be stopped this time but "it may come back, because the system is weak," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebryesus, chief executive of
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The majority leader in Kenya's parliament has said that "Kenya is not a dumping ground" while discussing the controversial comments of MP Charles Njagua Kanyi, which some have described as xenophobic. Mr Kanyi has been arrested after saying that Ugandan and Tanzanian business people should leave the country in 24
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By Reuters Crude Oil being transported from Turkana fields to Mombasa Tullow Oil has delayed the final investment decision (FID) for its Kenya project to 2020 and has not yet sealed a tax deal in Uganda that is needed for the progress of its plans there with Total , it
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A lawyer in Sudan has told the BBC that the internet has been restored after a three-week shut-down - but only for him. Sudan's military rulers ordered an internet blackout after they violently dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum who were demanding they leave power. The lawyer, Abdel-Adheem Hassan (in
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni today met Chinese President, Xi Jinping and held bilateral talks with him at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Museveni, who is in China for a four-day visit, described China as Uganda’s reliable partner. “..Besides their role in supporting our African liberation cause, I
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President Yoweri Museveni has lashed at the World Bank for telling Uganda that countries that "build railways use own money." He said that such a statement from an economist that purports to support Africa's transformation through Private-Sector led growth shows that some actors are not serious. Museveni, who is
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