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Do Not Lose the Gains of 20 years of UN Investment in Peace in a Rush for the MONUSCO Mission to Leave

Do Not Lose the Gains of 20 years of UN Investment in Peace in a Rush for the MONUSCO Mission to Leave

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By Rigobert Minani Bihuzo The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) October 2020 session will debate the future of its peace mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). IDP camp appeared around MONUSCO base in Kitshanga after heavy fighting broke between APCLS and FARDC, it is estimated that 5000 peoples where displaced and at least 90 where killed, the 7th of March 2013. © MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti According to UNSC Resolution (UNSCR) 2502 adopted last December, MONUSCO’s mandate will end on December 20, 2020. This completion date conflicts with the recommendation made last year by an independent assessment of MONUSCO ordered by the UNSC. Fataki,Ituri Province,DR Congo: Bangladeshi troops of MONUSCO patrol the villages of Fataki to protect the civilai...
How the Hero of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fell into a Vengeful Strongman’s Trap

How the Hero of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fell into a Vengeful Strongman’s Trap

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As the manager of a five-star hotel where 1,268 people sheltered from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina was known for his cool head — a quality that kept the killers at bay, helped ensure that all his guests survived, and led to an Oscar-nominated movie, “Hotel Rwanda,” that brought his story to a global audience. Now Mr. Rusesabagina is back in Rwanda, but this time under arrest, in a spartan cell in Kigali’s central police station, where he sleeps in a simple bed draped in a mosquito net. He still cuts the figure of an unruffled hotelier — pressed blazer, white shirt, polished loafers — even as he wrestled with how to explain the latest twists of a life story that threatens to outdo even its Hollywood version. Not long ago Mr. Rusesabagina, 66, was the toast o...
Juventus Star Cristiano Ronaldo Wins IFFHS World’s Best International Top-Scorer Trophy

Juventus Star Cristiano Ronaldo Wins IFFHS World’s Best International Top-Scorer Trophy

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Cristiano Ronaldo has added another silverware in his glittering cabinet as he bagged the IFFHS World’s Best International Top-Scorer Trophy for 2019. Ronaldo – who recently got engaged to his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez – won the coveted award for the fourth time in his illustrious career. He won it twice with Real Madrid in 2016 and 2017.  He has been in top form lately, becoming the second player in the history of the game to score 100 goals and above. The five-time Ballon D’Or-winner scored his ninth hattrick when he made a comeback for Portugal in November 2019. The hattrick made it 99 international goals In 2019, he scored 19 international goals in 10 games. It took the Juve star around six months to reach the three-figure mark when he scored a goal against Sweden recen...
“I want to lead Maroons FC back to Ugandan Premier League” Ashaba

“I want to lead Maroons FC back to Ugandan Premier League” Ashaba

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The Kampala-based side was relegated to the Fufa Big League after finishing in the bottom-three of the abandoned 2019/20 season Maroons FC midfielder Racmac Ashaba is determined to be a consistent feature in the team to stand a chance of helping them get back to the Ugandan Premier League (UPL). The Kampala-based side was relegated after managing 24 points in the 25 games played, with six wins, six draws, and 13 losses. Tooro United and Proline FC were the other teams that went down with the Maroons. "We shall arguably believe that many people look at us as favourites of the Big League since we are fresh from the top tier league," Ashaba "However, this will be a challenge that will call for our commitment. I will work hard to earn playing time so that I lead my team back ...
IOM Supports Voluntary Return of Ugandans Stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IOM Supports Voluntary Return of Ugandans Stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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 More than 100 Ugandan migrant workers stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and travel restrictions have been assisted to return home voluntarily by the International Organization for Migration, in partnership with the governments of Saudi Arabia and Uganda.   With support from the IOM Regional Office in Nairobi, IOM missions in Uganda and Bahrain worked closely with Ugandan authorities and embassy representatives in Riyadh on the identification and screening of 229 Ugandan nationals in Saudi Arabia. IOM assistance eventually went to the 113 most vulnerable migrants who had no other means to return to Uganda and had tested free of COVID-19.  Tens of thousands of Ugandans are working abroad, especially in the Middle...
Military leaders Mark End of U.S. Marines Engagement in Uganda

Military leaders Mark End of U.S. Marines Engagement in Uganda

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U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, and members of the Uganda People's Defense Force celebrate in Camp Singo, Uganda, in February. American and Ugandan military leaders held a virtual ceremony this week marking the end of a U.S. Marine engagement with Uganda as part of that nation's six-year participation in the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership. Major Gen. Stephen M. Neary, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa spoke by video teleconference with Brig. Gen. Peter Omola, the Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Center Commandant and his soldiers. While the overall APRRP effort is not ending, the event marked th...
Museveni Orders Housing Finance Bank Off  NRA Hero Widow’s Property

Museveni Orders Housing Finance Bank Off NRA Hero Widow’s Property

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By Keefa Nuwahereza President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Managing Director of Housing Finance  Bank (HFB) to desist from attaching and auctioning a house belonging to Ida May Kwesiga, the widow of Samwiri Mishambi Kwesiga,  National Resistance Army (NRA) Bush war hero. Mrs. Kwesiga appealed to President Museveni to intervene in the matter a few months ago after the Bank deployed bailiffs to distress her property which she had staked as collateral security for a long she acquired some time back. So in a letter dated September 9th, 2020,  copied to the Manager Housing Finance Bank and the Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile, Museveni directed the Bank to allow Mrs. Kwesiga to sell the property herself, such that  she can offset the loan remain with ...
Armed Militia Kill Over 30 Civilians In Ethiopia

Armed Militia Kill Over 30 Civilians In Ethiopia

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By Our Reporter A gang of yet to be identified armed militia men killed over 30 people in the Metakal zone of Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, a senior opposition leader told the media Thursday, the latest security headache for reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government. The attacks, whose victims included women and children, happened between September 6-13, 2020, said Desalegn Chane, a senior member of new political party the National Movement of Amhara (NAMA). “Farmers and members of their families were kidnapped (and) brought to an elementary school in the area where they were handcuffed and shot one by one,” Desalegn said. Abiy said a meeting on Thursday of the federal and regional authorities had “evaluated the sporadic security incidents that have been occurrin...
Museveni COVID-19  National Address  Postponed As Cases Shoot To 5,380

Museveni COVID-19 National Address Postponed As Cases Shoot To 5,380

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The Presidential Address on Coronavirus (COVID-19) that had been scheduled for Saturday September 19th, 2020 has been shifted to Sunday September 20th, 2020, at 8:00PM, according to Don Wanyama, the Senior Presidential Secretary. Wanyama revealed that President Yoweri Museveni decided to   shift the national address to Sunday following resolutions  carried by the cabinet sittings on Monday and Wednesday respectively, which came up with resolutions that he has to communicate to all Ugandans.  “UPDATE: The Presidential Address on Covid-19 has been rescheduled to Sunday, September 20th, 8pm. Thanks,” Wanyama tweeted Friday morning. During his speech, President Museveni is expected  to address the nation about reopening of schools, the...
Uganda Federal Alliance Party Vows To Front Presidential Candidate  For 2021 Election

Uganda Federal Alliance Party Vows To Front Presidential Candidate For 2021 Election

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Members of the Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA), a political  party that was started by Minister for Kampala City Betti Olive Kamya before she defected from it to join the National Resistance Movement (NRM), have vowed to front a candidate to contest against President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 election. The revelation was made during a meeting held Thursday evening at Mamerito Hotel  in Bweyogerere, by party senior officials, who resolved to  come up with a flagbearer for the presidential election, since the party President (Minister Kamya) literally abdicated her throne. Some members of the Uganda Federal Alliance who attended the meeting We have established that the party Central Executive Committee has since proposed two candidates who incl...