Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has criticized African leaders for the influx of mainly African refugees to Europe and North America. Kadaga said African refugees make dangerous crossings through the Mediterranean, fleeing harsh economic conditions and conflicts in their countries. “Today, many of our countries are independent, …
Read More »Africa should pay its bills – Kagame
It’s an embarrassment to depend on outsiders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Africa should start paying its own bills, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has said. The President was on March 15 speaking at the 11th General Assembly of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) where he held …
Read More »History as 44 African nations sign free trade area pact
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Forty-four African countries have signed an agreement establishing a free trade area seen as vital to the continent’s economic development, the head of the African Union said Wednesday. The creation of a free trade area — billed as the world’s largest in terms of participating …
Read More »Uganda to review Africa Free Trade Area pact
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda has sent a strong delegation to Kigali where African leaders will formally launch the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty on Wednesday, but the country is reconsidering its full involvement in the pact as it is. Uganda, in many ways like …
Read More »AU launches ambitious bid for world’s largest free trade area
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Africa’s leaders will gather in Rwanda Wednesday to launch what they say will be the world’s largest free trade area but Nigeria has already pulled out, highlighting the challenge in getting the continent to sign up. Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) with …
Read More »Mbadi preaches intelligence sharing as Africa spy chiefs meet in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Chief of the Defence Forces in Uganda, Lt.Gen Wilson Mbadi has emphasized the need for African states to share intelligence to effectively deal with emerging security threats such as terrorism. Mbadi noted that the word has turned into a small village for …
Read More »Making French great again: Macron looks to Africa
Paris, France | AFP | He’s France’s most anglophone president ever, who reaches for the language of the old foe when telling global audiences that “France is back”, or that he wants ecologically to “make our planet great again.” Emmanuel Macron’s mastery of English has wowed foreign leaders, who are …
Read More »KCCA FC celebrate historic place, Zamalek shocked
Historic CAF Champions League group spots for four clubs Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | KCCA of Uganda, Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland, Township Rollers of Botswana and Horoya of Guinea became the first clubs from their countries to reach the CAF Champions League group stage Saturday. A dramatic weekend …
Read More »African leaders call on EU to shut ivory trade
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Thirty-two African countries on Friday called on the European Union to stop its ivory trade at a conference in Botswana aimed at saving African elephants. Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Ali Bongo of Gabon and host Ian Khama of Botswana wrote a petition along …
Read More »African SMEs set to benefit from $74million guarantee
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) has entered into a re- guarantee transaction of up to $74 million with GuarantCo to increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing on the continent. The new financing will enable AGF to support larger …
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