2024 CHAN: CAF postpones tournament to August 2025

14 january 2025 - 18:28:35
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation Africain Football (CAF) on Tuesday announced the postponement of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations [...] Full text...

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International Bar Association President addresses East Africa Law Society Conference

29 november 2024 - 10:53:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The President of the International Bar Association (IBA), Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama, says [...] Full text...

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Uganda's Museveni makes first state visit to Kenya after trade feud

15 may 2024 - 19:31:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived here Wednesday for an official state visit to Kenya, the first [...] Full text...

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South African president Ramaphosa in South Sudan to break election impasse

17 april 2024 - 14:12:14
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met for talks with South Sudanese First Vice President [...] Full text...

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First Islamic bank opens in Uganda

27 march 2024 - 18:38:07
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni on Wednesday officiated the launch of  Salaam Bank, Uganda's first-ever licensed [...] Full text...

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Somalia becomes eighth full member of the East African Community

04 march 2024 - 11:49:48
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Federal Republic of Somalia is now officially a full member of the East African Community (EAC) after [...] Full text...

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President of Libyan Council attends 19th NAM, 3rd G77+China Summits in Kampala

19 january 2024 - 16:21:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Museveni, RSF leader Dagalo discuss ending the devastating war

28 december 2023 - 12:27:53
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Services (RSF), General [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch criticises Uganda for stifling oil pipeline protests

02 november 2023 - 07:55:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda routinely face arbitrary arrests, harassment, and threats for [...] Full text...

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Ugandan newspaper criticises ICC bid to revive Joseph Kony war crimes trial

30 september 2023 - 19:05:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Efforts to revive the trial of Joseph Kony, leader of the northern Uganda rebel group, the [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Military leader visits Uganda

16 september 2023 - 09:18:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Presidency of the Republic on Saturday said Sudan’s Military leader, General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, left [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: African leaders approve sanctions against Sudanese Generals

16 july 2023 - 19:35:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union Summit in Nairobi has approved sanctions against rival Sudanese, as fighting in the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia 'foils' attempted Al Shabaab attack at Somalia border

09 june 2023 - 10:37:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) say they "successfully foiled" an attempted attack by the Al [...] Full text...

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World Bank reacts to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act

01 june 2023 - 11:39:58
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) says it is highly concerned with Uganda’s enactment of the [...] Full text...

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Regional Summit on DR Congo opens in Bujumbura

06 may 2023 - 15:47:05
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A summit of the follow-up mechanism of the framework agreement on peace, security and cooperation for [...] Full text...

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Sudan says current conflict an internal question requiring no foreign mediatory intervention

17 april 2023 - 21:55:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan on Monday described the ongoing fighting between the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces as [...] Full text...

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IGAD Summit picks trio to spearhead search for end to Sudan military crisis

17 april 2023 - 17:20:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A team of three East African Heads of State has been picked to spearhead talks between [...] Full text...

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South Africa rejects US security alert

01 march 2023 - 09:05:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Naledi Pandor has dismissed a warning by the [...] Full text...

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Ugandan President Museveni arrives in South Africa for State visit

28 february 2023 - 12:20:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in South Africa for a State Visit. The visit [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s independence and the curse of duality (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent )

01 january 2023 - 13:52:04
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sixty-seven years have now elapsed since Sudan gained its independence from the condominium colonization on 1 [...] Full text...

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Uganda confirms 135 Ebola cases, 53 deaths

11 november 2022 - 14:25:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Uganda has reported 135 confirmed and 21 probable cases of Ebola in eight different districts, [...] Full text...

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Kenya's new President begins implementing election campaign pledges

13 september 2022 - 17:29:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's newly-elected President William Ruto rode a ceremonial military Landover on Tuesday shortly after taking oath [...] Full text...

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Ugandan Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs visits Mali

12 july 2022 - 13:00:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Ugandan Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Vincent Bamulangzki Ssempijja, on Monday met his Malian [...] Full text...

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DRC leader opens pandora box in Eastern Africa - ISS report

23 june 2022 - 14:09:27
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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Burundian president 'satisfied' with outcome of Nairobi summit on DR Congo security

21 june 2022 - 12:20:53
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - All armed groups in DR Congo have agreed to cease hostilities and come to the negotiating [...] Full text...

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AU backs plan to dispatch regional force to restore stability in the DRC

26 april 2022 - 16:54:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union supports the planned deployment of a regional force to end the hostilities [...] Full text...

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East African leaders to deploy regional force to DRC

22 april 2022 - 09:51:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – East African leaders have ended a Summit on the armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Presidents Kenyatta, Tshisekedi sign treaty of accession of DR Congo into EAC

09 april 2022 - 01:03:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Felix Tshisekedi have signed, at State House, Nairobi, the treaty of accession [...] Full text...

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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi takes helm of regional follow-up mechanism of Addis Ababa Framework Agreement

25 february 2022 - 14:22:28
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, Thursday handed over power to DR Congo President Félix Antoine [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta, US Secretary of State discuss situation in Ethiopia

06 november 2021 - 22:11:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Vice President ends visit to Uganda

05 november 2021 - 20:41:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council Abdallah Al-Lafi arrived here Friday at the head of [...] Full text...

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Museveni and Abdallah al-Lafi discuss promotion of Libyan-Ugandan cooperation

05 november 2021 - 17:43:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday met with Libya's Vice President of the Presidential Council, Abdallah [...] Full text...

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Vice President of Libyan Presidential Council arrives in Kampala

04 november 2021 - 11:03:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, arrived in Kampala on Wednesday for [...] Full text...

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Explosion kills at least three people in Kampala bar

24 october 2021 - 11:06:07
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - At least three people were feared killed and about seven severely injured in an explosion on Saturday night [...] Full text...

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Uganda, Tanzania finalise crude oil pipeline deal

20 may 2021 - 14:02:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu Hassan, on Thursday witnessed [...] Full text...

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Museveni takes Ugandan presidential oath for six term

12 may 2021 - 15:35:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for his sixth term, setting the [...] Full text...

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Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council member to attend Museveni's presidential inauguration in Uganda

11 may 2021 - 15:22:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan has sent a member of its collective presidency, Malik Agar Eyre, to attend the inauguration of [...] Full text...

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US slaps visa restrictions on Uganda authorities for undermining democratic process

17 april 2021 - 09:14:07
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Friday imposed visa restrictions on members of the Ugandan government believed to [...] Full text...

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Rights experts sound alarm over Uganda ‘brutal’ election crackdown 

14 april 2021 - 06:22:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts on Tuesday condemned the killing of more than 50 people by “brutal policing methods”, linked [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Ugandan authorities to end enforced disappearances of opponents

11 march 2021 - 05:44:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday asked the Ugandan authorities to take immediate steps to end the [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine withdraws election petition against President Museveni

22 february 2021 - 11:33:57
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has asked his lawyers to [...] Full text...

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Bobi Wine challenges Museveni's victory in court

01 february 2021 - 15:08:05
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's main opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court, seeking [...] Full text...

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Court orders police, army to vacate Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s home

25 january 2021 - 10:39:00
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The High Court in Kampala on Monday ordered security operatives to "immediately vacate" the home of [...] Full text...

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Ugandan military urged to end arbitrary detaintion of opposition leader, family

21 january 2021 - 10:31:13
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s [...] Full text...

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US calls on Ugandan gov't to investigate violence, election irregularities

18 january 2021 - 10:07:50
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The U.S. says it is "deeply troubled" by the many credible reports of security force [...] Full text...

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Sudanese leader congratulates Ugandan counterpart for election victory

18 january 2021 - 07:59:46
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lt-General, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Sunday sent a congratulatory [...] Full text...

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Burundi president congratulates Ugandan counterpart on election victory

17 january 2021 - 18:07:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has congratulated his Ugandan counterpart and "friend’’ Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for winning [...] Full text...

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Ugandan president Museveni reelected for sixth term in office

16 january 2021 - 14:38:38
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been re-elected for another term that will extend his stay [...] Full text...

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Uganda opposition leader rejects results, vote tallying continues

15 january 2021 - 23:41:48
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, Friday rejected the presidential election results [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for ‘inclusive, transparent and peaceful’ elections in Uganda

14 january 2021 - 04:48:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - As polls open in Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, the UN chief Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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US cancels observation of Uganda's election

13 january 2021 - 09:58:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The U.S. on Wednesday announced that it will not be an observer of Uganda's election scheduled [...] Full text...

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Uganda army raids home of presidential challenger

12 january 2021 - 11:33:28
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan army has raided the home of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, arresting everyone on site [...] Full text...

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Ugandan soldier opens fire, killing four, just days before Presidential polls

11 january 2021 - 22:49:57
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan soldier opened fire, killing two fellow soldiers, a Policeman and a civilian before he [...] Full text...

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UN flags ‘deteriorating’ rights situation in run-up to Uganda's elections next week

09 january 2021 - 04:19:19
Geneva, Swtizerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is urging authorities in Uganda to ensure elections next week are free and peaceful, [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International asks Uganda to stop killings, rights violations ahead of elections

14 december 2020 - 07:21:10
Kapala, Uganda (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday asked the Ugandan authorities to take measures to immediately end the wave [...] Full text...

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Ugandan Police crackdown against opposition leaders draws Amnesty International condemnation

11 december 2020 - 19:41:21
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must take measures to immediately end the wave of human rights violations and abuses [...] Full text...

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Tanzania’s re-elected president takes oath of office; pledges hard work for nation’s prosperity

05 november 2020 - 13:22:26
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – President John Pombe Magufuli on Thursday took the oath of office to lead Tanzania [...] Full text...

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Tanzania’s Magufuli to be sworn in Thursday

04 november 2020 - 20:11:45
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly re-elected Tanzania’s president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, will be sworn in on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Uganda's Yoweri Museveni nominated for sixth-term presidential bid

03 november 2020 - 00:38:04
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) -  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, amid a heavy presidential convoy here, Monday presented his nomination papers to [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola presidents condemn activism of negative forces in Great Lakes sub-region

07 october 2020 - 23:58:44
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola, Wednesday condemned the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media highlight second postponment of security Quadripartite Summit in Great Lakes region

19 september 2020 - 12:14:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA ) -  Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the second postponement of the quadripartite summit that was [...] Full text...

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IGAD Heads of State Summit reviews peace progress in South Sudan

14 july 2020 - 21:37:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – East African leaders held a virtual Summit on Tuesday under the umbrella of the Intergovernmental Authority [...] Full text...

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UN condemns killing of Indonesian peacekeeper in DR Congo

23 june 2020 - 20:42:07
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations Tuesday strongly condemned an attack by suspected rebel militia on peacekeepers serving with [...] Full text...

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First batch of 79 Rwandans released from Uganda prisons return home Monday

08 june 2020 - 15:26:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The first group of 79 Rwandans who were detained in various Ugandan prisons are due to [...] Full text...

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Body of Ugandan trader killed over illegal border crossing to Rwanda to be repatriated

05 june 2020 - 18:28:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The body of Ugandan national killed earlier this week during a shooting incident in Burera district [...] Full text...

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Uganda set to release 130 more Rwandans

05 june 2020 - 13:30:35
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ugandan officials have accepted to release 130 more Rwandan nationals following videoconference meeting between the high [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Truckers decry 'frustrating' health screening at Uganda border

25 may 2020 - 13:52:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Truck drivers stuck along Bungoma-Malaba highway on the Kenya-Uganda border are decrying frustrating coronavirus screening by Ugandan [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinean President Alpha Condé says mentholatum, hot water can kill COVID-19

10 april 2020 - 17:12:24
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Head of State, Alpha Condé, advised his compatriots on Thursday to use mentholatum in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uganda's Museveni declares 14-daylong lockdown to battle coronavirus spread

31 march 2020 - 02:02:26
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced a total lockdown for 14 days on Monday to combat the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IGAD leaders adopt regional approach to combating COVID-19

30 march 2020 - 22:39:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday decided [...] Full text...

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IGAD leaders agree joint strategy to handle coronavirus pandemic

30 march 2020 - 17:14:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to forge a joint approach [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus cases rise to 14 in Uganda

25 march 2020 - 17:17:39
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Two out of six Chinese nationals arrested in a random swoop for reportedly violating self-quarantine rules [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uganda confirms first case amid border closure

22 march 2020 - 14:11:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A 36-year-old Ugandan citizen, who arrived on a flight from Dubai on Saturday, tested positive for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uganda bans all incoming passengers flights, shuts borders

22 march 2020 - 11:05:59
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has banned international passenger flights except air cargo and humanitarian flights. The Ugandan [...] Full text...

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Quadripartite meeting between Rwanda and Uganda highlighted by Rwandan media

22 february 2020 - 12:36:35
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week commented on the fourth quadripartite summit between the Heads of State of [...] Full text...

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Kagame, Museveni trying to mend fences over feud between Uganda and Rwanda

21 february 2020 - 19:26:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweli Museveni, met Friday at Gatuna border crossing [...] Full text...

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Uganda court frees President Museveni critic over cyber-bullying charges

20 february 2020 - 16:32:03
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan civil rights activist and university don, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has successfully defended herself to freedom, [...] Full text...

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Kenya military fires cannons to salute Moi's end of an era

12 february 2020 - 21:40:24
Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan military concluded week-long mourning of retired President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, who rose to [...] Full text...

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Quadripartite committee on Rwanda/Uganda conflict makes 'significant progress': President Tshisekedi

09 february 2020 - 12:35:48
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The committee set up to resolve the conflict between Rwanda and Uganda has made "significant [...] Full text...

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Six countries sign 'Lomé Declaration' on fight against counterfeit drugs

19 january 2020 - 13:37:55
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Congo, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, Senegal and Togo have agreed to fight against counterfeit drugs by signing [...] Full text...

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Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé says there is extreme urgency in dealing with fake drugs

18 january 2020 - 18:53:20
Lome, Togo (PANA)  - The president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, said here Saturday there was extreme urgency in fighting [...] Full text...

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Presidents Macky Sall and Yoweri Museveni at the summit on fake medicines in Lomé

18 january 2020 - 11:05:30
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Senegalese President Macky Sall and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni are the two heads of state out [...] Full text...

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Former Malawian President Joyce Banda tells African leaders they owe their people in terms of counterfeit drugs

18 january 2020 - 09:11:14
Lome, Togo (PANA)  -  Former Malawian President Joyce Hilda Banda says African heads of state owe it to their people [...] Full text...

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Niger, highly exposed to sale of counterfeit drugs

17 january 2020 - 19:14:22
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only one percent of drugs in Niger are produced in that country, leaving it highly vulnerable [...] Full text...

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Seven African Presidents expected in Lomé to sign agreement to criminalise counterfeit drugs

17 january 2020 - 08:53:41
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for [...] Full text...

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African presidents expected in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs

16 january 2020 - 23:46:02
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - African heads of state are expected here Friday to attend the summit on counterfeit drugs, official [...] Full text...

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Ugandan tax body pushes for social media tax to be included in data fees

14 january 2020 - 21:05:29
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda Revenue Authority, the body charged with collecting taxes in the country, is pushing for the [...] Full text...

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Ugandan pop star locked in day-long meeting with electoral body over blocked meetings

09 january 2020 - 19:41:38
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan pop star, Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, spent the whole of Thursday [...] Full text...

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Kigali welcomes Kampala's decision to release "illegally detained" Rwandan citizens

09 january 2020 - 00:39:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vincent Biruta, on Wednesday welcomed a decision by [...] Full text...

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Museveni continues walk as pop star challenger is foiled

07 january 2020 - 18:57:42
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has since Saturday been walking through some of the areas where he [...] Full text...

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Uganda takes step to diffuse feud with Rwanda

07 january 2020 - 17:55:54
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A military court in Kampala on Tuesday released seven Rwandan nationals, many of whom have been [...] Full text...

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Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine launches consultations for shot at presidency

04 january 2020 - 18:45:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Robert Kyagulanyi, a pop star whose stage name is Bobi Wine, has released a programme for [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s President Museveni in 100 km walk to renew 'Bush War' memories

04 january 2020 - 17:46:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda for close to 34 years and now aged 75, on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Year-end Analysis: Uganda’s year blighted by conflict with Rwanda, US sanctions on army general

31 december 2019 - 12:39:37
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s ruler for close to 34 years, spent 2019 laying ground for a renewal [...] Full text...

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2019: Rwanda’s year of diplomatic offensive in SADC region, political standoff with Uganda

29 december 2019 - 13:53:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   For Rwanda, 2019 has been an active year in diplomacy that extended not only to many [...] Full text...

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Uganda polls body clears three presidential aspirants to consult with voters ahead of campaign

21 december 2019 - 11:24:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's Electoral Commission (EC) has cleared three presidential aspirants to begin consultations with the electorate without [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, Uganda deadlocked on ministerial talks to ease tensions - headlines

14 december 2019 - 17:02:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   The failure of top officials of Rwanda and Uganda to defuse tensions Friday in Kampala made [...] Full text...

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Rwandan delegation in Kampala for second round of talks to normalise relations

13 december 2019 - 14:47:52
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A high-level delegation of Rwandan officials led by the State minister in Charge of East African [...] Full text...

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African leaders seek more beneficial trading partnership with Caribbean partners

09 december 2019 - 20:36:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders attending the 9th African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Summit of Heads of State and [...] Full text...

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Museveni leads Ugandans in walk against corruption amidst cynicism

04 december 2019 - 13:18:31
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president of 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, on Wednesday morning led out government officials and supporters [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight Kigali-Kampala "diplomatic row"

23 november 2019 - 15:17:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan newspapers this week highlighted disputes that created a renewed strain on bilateral ties between Kigali and [...] Full text...

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A delegation of French businessmen expected Monday in Uganda

21 november 2019 - 19:23:42
Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of the Africa Committee of Medef-International, organization of French businessmen, will visit Uganda from [...] Full text...

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Sudanese, South Sudanese and Ugandan leaders in Entebbe for tripartite meeting on South Sudan

07 november 2019 - 17:18:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The leaders of Sudan, Uganda and South Sudan are meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, on Thursday to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, Uganda ad-hoc Commission meets in Kigali to end hostilities

16 september 2019 - 13:36:38
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Senior Government officials and top diplomats from Rwanda and Uganda are meeting in Kigali on Monday [...] Full text...

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African Union through two decades

09 september 2019 - 18:01:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union is marking the end of its second decade since taking over from [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni woos Japanese to process agricultural produce

29 august 2019 - 22:34:02
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (PANA) – Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, on Thursday appealed to Japanese investors to transfer their technology to Uganda [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni, Egypt’s El-Sisi meet in Japan

29 august 2019 - 22:04:03
Yokohama, Japan (PANA) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday met with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt on the sidelines [...] Full text...

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Museveni woos Japanese businessmen to invest in made-in-Uganda vehicles

29 august 2019 - 21:41:00
Yokohama, Japan (PANA) – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Thursday asked businessmen from Japan to invest in the commercial [...] Full text...

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Universal Health Care, Special Economic zone top agenda as Kenyatta, Japanese premier meet

29 august 2019 - 17:32:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s national carrier readies for inaugural flight

26 august 2019 - 17:06:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Preparations for the re-launch of Uganda Airlines, the national carrier for the East African country, are [...] Full text...

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Ugandan authorities react in face of spiraling road carnage

26 august 2019 - 13:10:57
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The authorities in Uganda have been panicked into action following a spate of accidents that have [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson welcomes MoU on Rwanda, Uganda relations

24 august 2019 - 10:11:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed the signing on Wednesday of a [...] Full text...

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Uganda-Rwanda deal excites Ugandans at border

21 august 2019 - 21:09:10
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The news of the signing of a memorandum of understanding (NoU) for normalization of relations between [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, DR Congo set for third quadripartite meeting in Luanda

19 august 2019 - 12:45:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Angola will on Thursday host the third quadripartite Summit of Angola, Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda [...] Full text...

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Uganda police hold six men for pelting magistrate with plastic bottle

02 august 2019 - 21:08:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The police in Kampala are holding six men on allegations of hitting a magistrate with a [...] Full text...

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Museveni's critic gets 18 months in jail, strips before court

02 august 2019 - 17:21:52
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – An acerbic critic of President Yoweri Museveni was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International slams guilty verdict on Ugandan academic

02 august 2019 - 09:35:05
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the guilty verdict for slapped on Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi on the [...] Full text...

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Ugandan academic cuts defiant posture as she is convicted for cyber harassment against Museveni

01 august 2019 - 21:26:30
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A lower court in Uganda on Thursday convicted an academic and critic of President Yoweri Museveni [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight "quadripartite" regional security summit in Angola

13 july 2019 - 18:08:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A regional security meeting, dubbed Quadripartite Summit, that took place earlier this week in Luanda at [...] Full text...

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President Museveni on private visit to village home of Tanzania’s Magufuli

12 july 2019 - 18:33:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, will Saturday undertake a one-day private visit to Tanzania for [...] Full text...

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Uganda underlines progress, faces challenge of youth ahead of World Population Day

09 july 2019 - 20:35:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The government of Uganda has outlined what it called progress regarding human development, ahead of World [...] Full text...

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Sudan Military Council leader returns home after Uganda visit

05 july 2019 - 20:09:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The President of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, on [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni hails China’s role in Africa’s struggles

25 june 2019 - 21:23:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has hailed China for adopting a "win-win" approach in its relations [...] Full text...

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Uganda still bedeviled by intermittent power supply despite ‘surplus’ production (Feature by Eriasa Mukiibi, PANA correspondent)

24 june 2019 - 14:23:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan, Dicta Asiimwe, during a visit to the northern town of Gulu, tweeted: “Hi @UmemeLtd, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda closes border with Uganda again after temporary opening

23 june 2019 - 18:01:58
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Truckers who ply their trade across the Uganda-Rwanda main border at Katuna on Sunday had a [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni flies to China, loan on standard gauge railway high on agenda

23 june 2019 - 17:09:20
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has flown to China with discussions on a possible loan to build [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni chest-thumps about economy in nation-wide address

06 june 2019 - 20:32:11
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Thursday delivered his annual State-of-the-Nation Address, painting a rosy picture [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni congratulates India’s Modi on re-election

24 may 2019 - 20:54:46
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Friday sent a congratulatory message to the prime minister of [...] Full text...

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Former Uganda army commander launches political party

22 may 2019 - 16:18:48
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A former commander of Uganda’s army on Wednesday launched a political party, taking the national tally [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s opposition protests $4.7m passed for Museveni’s countrywide tour

22 may 2019 - 10:16:17
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Parliament of Uganda Tuesday evening approved $4.7 for long-serving president Yoweri Museveni to traverse the [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni meets opposition leaders, biggest opposition party boycotts

21 may 2019 - 11:57:27
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president of 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, on Monday night met with leaders of three opposition [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s biggest opposition party snubs political parties’ summit

15 may 2019 - 17:23:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s biggest opposition political party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has declared that it will not [...] Full text...

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Ugandans in renewed debate on electoral reforms

15 may 2019 - 14:12:36
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Parliament of Uganda will be presented with the government’s proposed amendments to the electoral law [...] Full text...

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Uganda to hold event to mark Israel’s Independence

15 may 2019 - 09:04:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda will on Wednesday host an event dubbed Uganda-Israel worship festival to mark 71 years of [...] Full text...

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Uganda military court convicts regime loyalist on charges of illegal possession of firearms

13 may 2019 - 22:16:17
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A man who, until two years ago, was a leading enforcer for the regime in Kampala [...] Full text...

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Museveni in campaign mode two years before election in Uganda

11 may 2019 - 13:57:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president for 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, has spent the past week traversing the country in [...] Full text...

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Ugandan President Museveni calls for lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions

26 april 2019 - 22:28:47
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Friday called for the lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe, official source [...] Full text...

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Uganda's President Museveni lands in Harare to open ZITF exhibition

25 april 2019 - 22:02:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni arrived here Thursday to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni on two-day visit to Zimbabwe

25 april 2019 - 19:46:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Thursday embarked on his first visit to Zimbabwe since the ouster [...] Full text...

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Ugandan popstar-politician out with song targeting police on third day of house arrest

24 april 2019 - 19:34:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar-politician who has been under house arrest, has used his time at home to [...] Full text...

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Professor clocks five months in prison over calling Uganda’s Museveni ‘pair of buttocks’

23 april 2019 - 20:09:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The trial of a university professor who is accused of calling Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, ‘a [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni hails Canada for delving into commercial aircraft production

23 april 2019 - 20:02:54
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday hailed Canada for delving into the production of commercial aircraft, [...] Full text...

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Uganda to host International Muslim Youth Conference

23 april 2019 - 19:47:01
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda will host a two-day conference of Muslim Youth, with participants from across the African continent, [...] Full text...

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Ugandan popstar politician under house arrest for second day running

23 april 2019 - 16:50:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar who is eyeing the presidency is under house arrest for the second consecutive [...] Full text...

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Top court allows Uganda's long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021

18 april 2019 - 23:54:00
      Kampala, Uganda (PANA)  -  Uganda’s apex court, by a verdict of 4-3, Thursday ruled that the country’s parliament had legally [...] Full text...

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Top court allows Uganda’s long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021

18 april 2019 - 19:03:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s topmost court has, by a verdict of 4 to 3, ruled that the country’s parliament [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s opposition leader silenced ahead of ruling on Museveni’s eligibility to extend presidency

18 april 2019 - 13:21:51
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's leading opposition politician, Dr Kizza Besigye, has been forced off a local radio station for [...] Full text...

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Uganda may grant al-Bashir asylum – Minister

16 april 2019 - 18:33:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The deposed leader of Sudan, Omar al-Bahir, can be granted asylum in Uganda if he applies [...] Full text...

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Church, elders and civil society push for dialogue in Uganda

16 april 2019 - 18:27:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Promoters of national dialogue in Uganda are locked up in a two-day conference to deliberate on [...] Full text...

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Uganda to polish up Amin torture cave for tourism

14 april 2019 - 16:51:01
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - One of the caves in which victims of the regime of Idi Amin were tortured will [...] Full text...

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Police block Uganda’s opposition leader’s radio talk show, chaos engulfs town

13 april 2019 - 19:18:40
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda police, supported by the military, has invaded a radio station in the eastern town of [...] Full text...

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Uganda launches fruit factory, funded by South Korea

13 april 2019 - 13:37:18
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - South Korea is re-establishing its foothold in Uganda and has stepped in to support a number [...] Full text...

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Uganda gears up to relaunch national airline

12 april 2019 - 20:00:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The government of Uganda is in advanced stages of relaunching the national airline carrier, Uganda Airlines, [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni concludes tour of army barracks amidst tensions with Rwanda

11 april 2019 - 22:25:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Thursday concluded a tour of military formations across the country, including [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni commissions wood processing plant, talks up country’s industrialisation efforts

10 april 2019 - 21:54:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni, has commissioned a wood processing plant 115 kilometers north of the capital, [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni, Equatorial Guinea’s Nguema discuss cooperation

04 april 2019 - 19:20:50
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni, on Thursday held talks with Equatorial Guinea’s minister of external security, Mr. Juan [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir discuss peace agreement

04 april 2019 - 18:10:04
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Thursday hosted President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, and the [...] Full text...

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Museveni applauds improved regional infrastructure in Kenya

27 march 2019 - 22:43:44
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) – Visiting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has praised efforts to improve regional integration and the road and [...] Full text...

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Ugandan President Museveni to pay working visit to Kenya

26 march 2019 - 15:26:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is expected to arrive at the port city of Mombasa, for a [...] Full text...

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DR Congo’s Tshisekedi, Uganda’s Museveni discuss regional peace, trade

23 march 2019 - 16:13:30
KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday paid a courtesy call on Uganda’s [...] Full text...

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Uganda commissions 183MW power dam

21 march 2019 - 17:12:52
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda on Thursday commissioned a newly constructed 183 megawatt hydroelectric power dam, bringing its installed power [...] Full text...

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'I refused to support Rwanda rebels' - Uganda’s Museveni

19 march 2019 - 12:50:44
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has written to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame over the tense [...] Full text...

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Uganda refuses to blink as Rwanda's border closure continues (News analysis by Eriasa Mukiibi, PANA correspondent)

13 march 2019 - 08:53:30
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Rwanda closed its border to goods from its neighbour to the north, Uganda, a fortnight ago, [...] Full text...

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Uganda hosts conference on Africa’s future

12 march 2019 - 19:15:37
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) = Political and business leaders on Tuesday met in Kampala, Uganda, to discuss the future of Africa, [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Rwanda call for enhanced friendship

11 march 2019 - 22:13:34
Gabiro, Rwanda (PANA) - Visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for more mutually-beneficial engagements between Kenya and Rwanda, his [...] Full text...

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Uganda summons Rwanda envoy as relations further deteriorate

01 march 2019 - 14:42:33
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda has summoned the High Commissioner of Rwanda for a discussion on the deteriorating relations between [...] Full text...

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Tensions mount between Uganda and Rwanda

28 february 2019 - 21:53:09
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) . Rwandan authorities have blocked their nationals from crossing into Uganda, underlining the simmering tensions between the [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni congratulates Nigeria’s Buhari on re-election

28 february 2019 - 13:43:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Thursday sent a congratulatory message to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...

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Uganda prepares for first 'Miss Curvy' contest

27 february 2019 - 16:26:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Dozens of plus-size women stormed Uganda’s Parliament on Wednesday to drum up support for a first-of-its-kind [...] Full text...

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Uganda social media up in arms against errant military generals

26 february 2019 - 19:27:50
  Kampala, Uganda (PANA). The story of a top general in the Ugandan military and his bodyguards assaulting a female traffic [...] Full text...

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Uganda: ‘Some education for all than all education for some’ (Feature by Erisa Mukiibi)

21 february 2019 - 09:09:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Gen. Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s president since January 1986, usually woos voters, especially in the countryside, using [...] Full text...

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Museveni says some education for all than all education for some

21 february 2019 - 01:48:15
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has since January 1986 usually wooed voters, especially in the countryside, using [...] Full text...

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Uganda's ruling party endorses Museveni to extend 35-year rule

20 february 2019 - 10:05:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president of 33 years, Gen Yoweri Museveni, on Tuesday had his chances of continuing in [...] Full text...

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EAC maintains status quo on situation in Burundi

02 february 2019 - 13:19:42
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The final statement of the 20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African [...] Full text...

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EAC to speed up regional confederation process

01 february 2019 - 23:31:28
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The 20th Ordinary annual Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State held in [...] Full text...

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East African states take steps towards regional Confederation

01 february 2019 - 20:12:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit, which kicked off in the Northern Tanzanian [...] Full text...

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Burundi VP attends 20th Summit of East African Heads of State

30 january 2019 - 20:21:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's first vice-president, Gaston Sindimwo, left Bujumbura on Wednesday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the 20th [...] Full text...

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Burundi to participate in EAC 20th Summit of after initial withdrawal

17 january 2019 - 17:03:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - After several postponements of the 20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African [...] Full text...

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Burundian president to step down in 2020

28 december 2018 - 15:56:58
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose third five-year term in 2015 triggered an insurgency in his own [...] Full text...

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EAC heads of state postpone ordinary session

30 november 2018 - 19:33:56
Arusha, Tanzan8a (PANA) - The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the East African Community Heads of State that [...] Full text...

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African leaders take front row in seeking blue economy dividends

28 november 2018 - 18:02:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders took the front-line position to urge the world to take serious steps to conserve [...] Full text...

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World leaders pledge to support policies to bolster marine, fisheries at Nairobi Summit

26 november 2018 - 14:59:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged Kenya’s support for the sustainable blue economy by highlighting key [...] Full text...

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Museveni calls for fishing controls at global marine summit

26 november 2018 - 10:12:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday urged leaders attending a global summit on the conservation of [...] Full text...

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African leaders in Nairobi to discuss exploitation of fisheries sector

26 november 2018 - 08:42:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders, ministers of environment and fisheries from Africa and around the world gathered in Nairobi [...] Full text...

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Ugandan cruise boat capsized amid 'wild partying': Museveni

25 november 2018 - 19:10:23
Kampala, Uganda  (PANA) - Revellers on board a privately-owned cruise boat which capsized in Mukono, near Kampala on Saturday, may [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Japan and Canada to co-host Blue Economy Conference

16 november 2018 - 12:06:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Seychelles President Danny Faure and Namibia’s Hage Geingob are among world leaders who will attend a [...] Full text...

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South Sudan's exiled leader returns home to boost peace effort

31 october 2018 - 11:20:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar, who fled into exile through the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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South Sudan peace pact not excuse to mobilise for war - Museveni warns

06 august 2018 - 16:05:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has warned South Sudanese foes against using the peace agreement signed in [...] Full text...

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Rights group criticises Uganda's 'troubling' social media tax

03 july 2018 - 07:43:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organisation, has joined in the chorus of criticism [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams Uganda for social media tax

02 july 2018 - 18:29:48
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - An international human rights watchdog on Monday slammed Uganda for introducing social media tax saying it [...] Full text...

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AU welcomes South Sudan’s permanent ceasefire agreement

28 june 2018 - 19:12:38
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, [...] Full text...

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"We will win the World Cup one day" - Uganda President Museveni

10 march 2018 - 04:37:29
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says the Cranes will qualify and lift the FIFA World Cup [...] Full text...

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Somalia, Troop Contributing Countries call for halt to AMISOM troop reduction

04 march 2018 - 10:10:10
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Troop Contributing Countries to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Federal Government of [...] Full text...

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Ugandan leader calls for public awareness on non-genetic causes of infertility

03 march 2018 - 09:41:00
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for countrywide sensitization of the people about non-genetic causes [...] Full text...

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‘Gains made in Somalia risk being eroded,’ warn AMISOM troop contributors

02 march 2018 - 10:50:20
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Foreign affairs and defence ministers from troop contributing countries (TCCs) of the African Union Mission in [...] Full text...

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Military chiefs from troop contributing countries urge more support for AMISOM

01 march 2018 - 18:27:38
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Military chiefs from Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta calls for elimination of red tape in EAC affairs

22 february 2018 - 16:53:31
Entebbe, Uganda (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on East African Community (EAC) leaders to join hands in [...] Full text...

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EAC leaders hold summit on infrastructure, health financing and development

21 february 2018 - 13:17:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli arrived in Kampala on Wednesday to attend the 19th [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta swears oath for second term, violent clashes rock capital

28 november 2017 - 15:04:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two people, a teenager and an infant, were shot dead in Nairobi, when security personnel [...] Full text...

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Rwandan president attends 2017 Africa Global Business Forum in Dubai

01 november 2017 - 13:27:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is currently in Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE) where he is attending [...] Full text...

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